Crime & Safety
FBI Releases 2010 Crime Stats for Greater Media Area
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released its annual Uniform Crime Reports. Check the list below to see how crime has changed in Media Borough and Upper Providence Township from 2008 through 2010.
The FBI released its 2010 Uniform Crime Report last week.
Both and crime statistics are listed below by its incident categories in comparison with the crime statistics for all of Delaware County. Because Middletown and Edgmont townships are covered by the State Police there are no specific crime statistics for those municipalities.
The categories below include violent crime, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, property crime, forcible rape, larceny theft, motor vehicle theft, murder or manslaughter and arson.
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The data reflect communities that reported crime statistics for all 12 months of each year. The FBI notes that variations in population coverage and reporting practices may cause differences in reporting from year to year.
The FBI cautions against using this data to rank police departments and community crime rates. When the FBI determines an agency’s data collection methodology does not comply with national UCR guidelines, that agency’s information will not be included in the Uniform Crime Report.
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Violent Crime
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
26 25
12
Upper Providence Twp.
5
3
7
State Police-Delaware County
77
73
70
Robbery
Town
2008 Media Borough
8
4
6
Upper Providence Twp.
0
0
0
State Police-Delaware County 22
21
26
Aggravated Assault
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough 18
21
6
Upper Providence Twp. 5
3
7
State Police-Delaware County 54
48
36
Burglary
Town
2008 Media Borough
7
23
12
Upper Providence Twp. 14
10
11
State Police-Delaware County 172
159
145
Property Crime
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
88
73
24
Upper Providence Twp.
58
24
36
State Police-Delaware County 1,246 1,338 1,048
*Forcible Rape Rate
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
0
00
Upper Providence Twp. 0
0
0
State Police-Delaware County 1
3
6
* Rates are the number of reported offenses per 100,000 population
Larceny Theft
Town
2008 Media Borough
78
49
12
Upper Providence Twp. 41
13
24
State Police-Delaware County 1,038 1,128 872
Motor Vehicle Theft
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
3
1
0
Upper Providence Twp. 3
1
1
State Police-Delaware County 36
51
31
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
0
0
0
Upper Providence Twp. 0
0
0
State Police-Delaware County 0
1
2
Arson
Town
2010 20092008 Media Borough
0
0
0
Upper Providence Twp. 0
0
0
State Police-Delaware County 1
3
4
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