{"id":109358,"date":"2021-08-09T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=109358"},"modified":"2021-08-09T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T23:57:08","slug":"violent-and-property-crime-down-thus-far-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/08\/09\/violent-and-property-crime-down-thus-far-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent and property crime down thus far in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"crime\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-78711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tCity_of_Fort_Wayne_seal_04262020.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, announced that violent crimes are down by 46.30 percent and property crimes are down 6 percent for the first seven months of 2021 as compared to data from the same 2020 timeframe.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Mayor Tom Henry and Police Chief Steve Reed announce reduction in violent crimes and property crimes<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Data compares January \u2013 July 2021 to same 2020 timeframe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (August 9, 2021) &#8211; Mayor Tom Henry and Police Chief Steve Reed today announced that violent crimes are down by 46.30 percent and property crimes are down 6 percent for the first seven months of 2021 (January 1 \u2013 July 31) as compared to data from the same 2020 timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>Homicides are down 13.04 percent with a clearance rate of nearly 70 percent, which means someone has been charged, the act was considered to be in self-defense or the victim of the homicide was a person of interest in a previous homicide. <\/p>\n<p>Arrests for possession of a handgun without a license are up 50.85 percent.<\/p>\n<p>518 firearms have been recovered and placed in evidence for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual assault is up by 57 percent, but it is believed that sexual assaults were underreported in 2020 due to COVID-19. There have been 82 sexual assaults so far in 2021, compared to 85 in 2019 and 90 in 2018 during the same January 1 \u2013 July 31 timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>Non-fatal shootings are up 22 percent, which also includes pointing a firearm or shooting into an inhabited dwelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurder and overall violent crimes are up across the nation, but not here,\u201d said Mayor Tom Henry. \u201cFort Wayne is a safe city, and I\u2019m very proud of the efforts of the men and women of the Fort Wayne Police Department for everything they\u2019re doing to keep our residents, neighborhoods, businesses and visitors safe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\">Return to the AroundFortWayne home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='60a1d7e3970ee35a820cf799af2d7adf' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  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