Violent Crimes In Sandy Springs 2019: FBI Report Shows Increase

Atlanta GA

03 February, 2020

2:49 PM

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SANDY SPRINGS, GA — New data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a decline in violent crimes nationally in the first six months of 2019 compared to the same time period in 2018. The law enforcement agency recently published its "Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report," which covers crime data from January through June 2019. Sandy Springs, however, bucked the nationwide trend and saw an uptick in violent crimes in the first six months of 2019 when compared to figures for the first six months of 2018. The report is based on information from 14,273 law enforcement agencies that submitted three to six months of data for both 2018 and 2019 to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Here is the information for Sandy Springs: Total Violent Crime Reported 2018: 61Total Violent Crime Reported 2019: 72Totals for January-June 2018: Murder: 2 Rape: 6 Robbery: 23Aggravated Assault: 30Totals for January-June 2019: Murder: 0 Rape: 5 Robbery: 17Aggravated Assault: 50All four of the offenses in the violent crime category — robbery, rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault — showed a decrease in the United States from the first six months of 2019 when compared to the first six months of 2018. On a national scale, the number of robberies decreased 7.4 percent, rape offenses dropped 7.3 percent, murder and non-negligent manslaughter offenses fell 3.9 percent, and aggravated assault offenses dropped 0.3 percent, according to the law enforcement agencies that reported data to the FBI. The Federal Bureau of Investigation included a caution against the rankings within its report. "When the FBI publishes crime data via its UCR Program, some entities use the information to compile rankings of cities and counties. Such rankings, however, do not provide insight into the numerous variables that shape crime in a given town, city, county, state, tribal area, or region."