Crime in Tennessee Report; Local Statistics

Apr 27, 2015 at 12:37 pm by bryan


The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released its "Crime in Tennessee Report" for 2014. In that is a breakdown of crime stats from each jurisdiction in Rutherford County.

Group A offenses are various crimes against persons, property and society. Group B offenses include, among others, DUI, drunkenness and writing bad checks.

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RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
There were a total of 3,349 Group A offenses reported by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department. There were no murders reported. In other crimes against persons, there were 734 simple assaults reported and 130 aggravated assaults. There were 652 drug/narcotic violations and equipment violations reported by the RCSO. Total arrests in all groups were 9,871. Of that, 9,429 were adults and 442 juveniles.

REPORT ON RUTHERFORD COUNTY CRIME STATS

EAGLEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
There were a total of 13 Group A offenses reported by the Eagleville Police Department. Seven of the 13 were crimes against property. Total arrests in all groups were six and all were adults.

REPORT ON EAGLEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME STATS

LA VERGNE POLICE DEPARTMENT
There were a total of 2,138 Group A offenses reported by the La Vergne Police Department. There was one murder reported along with 144 aggravated assaults and 362 simple assaults. As for crimes to property, there were 218 destruction, damage and vandalism crimes and 165 burglaries. There were 398 drug/narcotic violations and equipment violations reported by the LPD. Total arrests in all groups were 1,009 with 941 being adults and 68 being juveniles.

REPORT ON LA VERGNE POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME STATS

MURFREESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
There were a total of 11,915 Group A offenses reported by the Murfreesboro Police Department. There were seven murders reported along with 1,576 simple assaults and 455 aggravated assaults. There were 1,225 crimes of intimidation. As for crimes to property, 981 were reported vandalism, destruction or damage. There were 1,045 shoplifting crimes reported by MPD. Also, there were a total of 2,030 drug/narcotic violations and equipment violations reported. Total arrests in all groups totaled 5,177 with 4,905 being adults and 272 being juveniles.

REPORT ON MURFREESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME STATS

SMYRNA POLICE DEPARTMENT
There were a total of 2,699 Group A offenses reported by the Smyrna Police Department. Two of those were murders with 471 simple assaults and 105 aggravated assaults. Of crimes against property, there were 322 shoplifting crimes, 274 theft from buildings and 227 reports of vandalism, destruction or damage. Also, there were a total of 407 drug/narcotic violations and equipment violations reported. Total arrests in all groups totaled 1,885 with 1,779 being adults and 106 juveniles.

REPORT ON SMYRNA POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME STATS


The full 'Crime in Tennessee' report is available online:
http://www.tbi.tn.gov/tn_crime_stats/publications/2014%20Crime%20in%20TN%20-%20secured.pdf

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