December '06 Norwood Police call stats

A monthly feature

The December NPD call report showed a lower total call volume than November’s report.

Total NPD calls:
August: 2,853 = 92 per day = 3.8 per hour
September: 2,688 = 89.6 per day = 3.73 per hour
October: 2,850 = 91.9 per day = 3.83 per hour
November: 2,407 = 80.2 per day = 3.34 per hour
December: 2,358 = 76.06 per day = 3.16 per hour

Below are the number of calls for some of the more serious incident categories the NPD tracks. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to format with a chart. The first set of numbers below is for August, followed by September, October, November, and December in this partial breakdown by categories of calls:

Auto Accidents: 78-78-70-75-74
Criminal Damage: 58-54-47-42-41
Dom. Violence: 35-34-39-20-27
Fights: 40-42-43-37-42
Burglary: 34-16-26-15-22
Traffic Stops: 298-184-317-287-189
DUI: 6-5-11-7-9
Assault: 20-26-29-14-14
Noise Complaints: 50-71-49-36-37
Theft: 145-102-139-125-105
Theft/Motor Vehicle: 21-12-14-7-12
Rape/Attempted Rape: 4-2-4-1-1