Town of Amherst, Massachusetts Police Department
 

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AMHERST CRIME STATISTICS
 
 

The crime statistics below encompass the past month's numbers, as well as the current fiscal year to date information beginning July 1, 2007.  While the crimes listed document all offenses that we’ve reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigations as part of the mandated FBI Uniform Crime Reporting System, it does not represent our actual calls for service.    On average the Amherst Police Department responds to 15,000 calls for service and 3,000 of those calls results in the generation of incident and/or arrest reports.

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IBR CODE JUL   AUG   SEP   OCT   NOV   TOTALS
KIDNAPPING / ABDUCTION       1   1
FORCIBLE RAPE 1   1 1 3 6
FORCIBLE SODOMY     1     1
FORCIBLE FONDLING     1     1
ROBBERY     3     3
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 3 4 7 8 5 27
SIMPLE ASSAULT 5 8 15 16 15 59
INTIMIDATION 1 2 1 8 6 18
BURGLARY / BREAKING AND ENTERI 21 45 17 26 34 143
POCKET-PICKING       1   1
SHOPLIFTING 1 1 2 1 1 6
THEFT FROM BUILDING 1 4 3 3 7 18
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS O         1 1
ALL OTHER LARCENY 21 27 18 19 24 109
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 3 6 2 3 2 16
COUNTERFEITING / FORGERY 1 5   1 1 8
FALSE PRETENSES / SWINDLE / CO 4 1 9 4 1 19
CREDIT CARD / AUTOMATIC TELLER     2 2 1 5
IMPERSONATION       1   1
EMBEZZLEMENT       1   1
STOLEN PROPERTY OFFENSES   2 1 3 1 7
DESTRUCTION / DAMAGE / VANDALI 9 8 6 5 17 45
DRUG / NARCOTIC VIOLATIONS 2 13 22 19 7 63
WEAPON LAW VIOLATIONS   2     1 3
BAD CHECKS 6 3 3 1   13
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 1 4 14 7 3 29
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 6 7 7 19 17 56
DRUNKENNESS 4 1 5 3 3 16
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS 5 9 181 76 22 293
TRESPASS OF REAL PROPERTY   2   1 1 4
ALL OTHER OFFENSES 16 6 12 14 12 60
TRAFFIC, TOWN BY-LAW OFFENSES 10 19 28 40 35 132
           
121 179 361 284 220 1165