The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs released its 2023 Washington crime report, revealing several crimes have gone up.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department vehicles can be seen in Buckley in late 2023. ‘ 2023 Washington crime report revealed crimes against people, crimes against property and violent crimes have each decreased overall while crimes against society — including hate crimes and car thefts — have gone up since last year.
Crimes against society include animal cruelty, drug/narcotic violations, drug equipment violations, pornography/obscene material, prostitution, weapon law violations and gambling offenses. The data showed one of these types of offenses is committed every 24.5 minutes. According to the same data, drug violations are occurring every 47.7 minutes.
Crimes against people — including murder, manslaughter, rape, assault and human trafficking among others — occurred every 4.7 minutes in 2023, while crime against property occurred every 90 seconds. In comparison, Strachan noted that violent crime fell 5.5% overall. However, the numbers are far from 2019 levels.
Sports Weather Traffic Talk And Community. Home Mynorthwest.Com
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Brent Key Brings the 'Hate' Back to Clean, Old-Fashioned HateThe Georgia Tech head coach made his feelings clear on the narrow loss to Georgia last year.
Read more »
Washington Post Live - The Washington PostA compelling gathering exploring the race to research, develop and regulate the rapidly evolving technology of artificial intelligence.
Read more »
Chicago hate crimes spike, especially anti-Jewish incidents, report says; ordinance targets fliersThe Chicago Commission on Human Relations' first annual hate crime and hate incident report, hate crimes in the city have spiked in the past few years.
Read more »
With Biden's SAVE Plan on Hold, What's Next for Student Debt Relief?See multiple perspectives from CNBC, Washington Examiner, and Washington Post at AllSides.com.
Read more »
Police seek 'armed and dangerous' person after 2 dead in southern Utah shootingWashington, Washington County, police investigated a fatal shooting Tuesday evening.
Read more »
President Biden Refuses to Pardon His Son or Commute His SentenceSee multiple perspectives from NewsNation, Washington Examiner, and Washington Post at AllSides.com.
Read more »