Staffing Data - City of Wyoming
Staffing Data - City of Wyoming
Staffing Data - City of Wyoming
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<strong>Wyoming</strong> Police Department Annual Report WYPD 2002<br />
Arson Defined<br />
Arson Offense <strong>Data</strong><br />
Arson<br />
10 Year Trend 1993-2002<br />
Arson is defined by the Uniform Crime<br />
Reporting Program as any willful or malicious<br />
burning or attempt to burn, with or<br />
without intent to defraud a dwelling<br />
house, public building, motor vehicle or<br />
aircraft, personal property <strong>of</strong> another,<br />
etc. Only fires determined through investigation<br />
to have been willfully or maliciously<br />
set are classified as arsons.<br />
Fires <strong>of</strong> suspicious or unknown origins<br />
are excluded.<br />
• During 2002, 17 cases <strong>of</strong> arson<br />
were reported to the <strong>Wyoming</strong> Police<br />
Department.<br />
• Based upon a population <strong>of</strong> 70,000,<br />
the adjusted arson rate for the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Wyoming</strong> was 24.2 per 100,000<br />
inhabitants.<br />
• The 2001 national average arson<br />
rate for cities outside metropolitan<br />
areas was 32.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.<br />
Geographically, the Midwest<br />
arson rate was 31.5 per 100,000;<br />
while the U.S. arson rate was 35.5<br />
per 100,000 inhabitants.<br />
• The 2002 WYPD arson rate remains<br />
unchanged from 2001.<br />
• The 2002 WYPD arson rate is 35<br />
percent lower than the 1995 rate.<br />
37<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
20<br />
Property Crime Reported<br />
Offense Distribution<br />
25<br />
26<br />
Arson<br />
1%<br />
Arson Totals<br />
1993 - 2002<br />
27<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
All Other<br />
Property<br />
Crime<br />
99%<br />
22<br />
20<br />
Arson Totals<br />
Ten Year Trend<br />
24<br />
1998<br />
1999<br />
2000<br />
32<br />
17<br />
17<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
1998<br />
1999<br />
2000<br />
2001<br />
2002