Good News: Crime Down in New Castle County

The good news for South Graylyn Crest is that overall crime in New Castle County is down 22.2 percent.  Homicides in New Castle County over the three year period fell 13.2 percent and shootings/shots fired complaints dropped 29.4 and 28.1 percent, respectively.  The Property Crime Initiative also helped drive down burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts by 32.9 percent, 23.9 percent and 11.2 percent, respectively.  The following charts also show how every significant targeted crime has decreased notably since Targeted Analytical Policing began.

“As we continue using TAPS and re-enforcing its success, we constantly see the need to directly attack the heroin problem,” New Castle Police Colonel Elmer Setting reported.  In South Graylyn Crest, vehicle theft (most often from unlocked cars) is at the top of our minds, so here are the numbers:

“Our persistence in that attack, however, will not always be the type that results in arrests,” he added. “We need to educate our youth about the drug before they can be pressured to try it – or get addicted -- and offer treatment to those already in the deadly downward spiral of heroin addiction.”

Above, Chatham Park in South Graylyn Crest. Want to know more about this neighborhood of mid-50’s split levels? Contact Carolyn Roland for homes for sale in South Graylyn Crest.

Thanks to Councilman Weiner for this report.