February ’07 Norwood Police call stats

A monthly feature

The February NPD call report showed an increase in total call volume over the three previous months.

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
January: 2,546 = 82.1 per day = 3.42 per hour
February: 2,556 = 91.2 per day = 3.8 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 five sets of numbers below is for August through December ’06, followed by January and February ‘07 in this partial breakdown by categories of calls:

Auto Accidents: 78-78-70-75-74 - 2007: 69-80
Criminal Damage: 58-54-47-42-41 - 2007: 41-32
Dom. Violence: 35-34-39-20-27 - 2007: 25- 24
Fights: 40-42-43-37-42 - 2007: 36-35
Burglary: 34-16-26-15-22 - 2007: 23-20
Traffic Stops: 298-184-317-287-189 - 2007: 248-208
DUI: 6-5-11-7-9 - 2007: 1-1
Assault: 20-26-29-14-14 - 2007: 22-21
Noise Complaints: 50-71-49-36-37 - 2007: 31-33
Theft: 145-102-139-125-105 - 2007: 106-80
Theft/Motor Vehicle: 21-12-14-7-12 - 2007: 10-10
Rape/Attempted Rape: 4-2-4-1-1 - 2007: 1-1