Police officers in Naperville seized 35% more firearms in 2022 than the year prior, according to a recently released report.
City police officers last year seized 35% more firearms than in 2021, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Naperville Police Department.
Statistics show crimes against persons make up about a quarter of the total crime in Naperville in 2022, with roughly 95% falling into the category of assault, which includes domestic reports, intimidation and incidents involving physical contact. About 96% of residential vehicle burglaries and 90% of stolen vehicles were because owners left them unlocked, numbers show.“Think about how just by locking our cars, how much crime could have been prevented in this town. The same thing goes with stolen vehicles,” he said.“Our numbers unfortunately remained pretty consistent there. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that’s down because it is but not a significant amount,” Arres said.
Despite the drop in overdose reports, Naperville saw an increase in fatal drug overdoses in 2022. There were nine reported last year, compared to two the previous year.Arres said of the 30 cases of rapes reported to police in 2022, most were situations where the victims knew or were acquainted with their attacker.
Local data shows 137 people fled from officers in 2022, up from 102 in 2021, 51 in 2020 and 28 in 2019.
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