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Paducah Police Dept. Releases 2017 Crime Stats

Paducah Police Dept. Releases 2017 Crime Stats
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jan. 16, 2018 | PADUCAH, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jan. 16, 2018 | 12:18 PM | PADUCAH, KY
The Paducah Police Department has released city crime statistics for 2017.

The department said in a press release that thefts increased from 993 in 2016 to 1,080. 126 of those were thefts from vehicles, which according to police were mostly left unlocked.

Auto thefts reportedly went up from 76 to 95. Of those 95 reported thefts, 28 were classified as “unauthorized use.”

Other than a man charged with murder after a fatal vehicle collision last January on Paducah’s southside, there were no homicides last year.

Reported rapes fell from 15 to 13; robberies were down from 33 to 26. Aggravated assault reports remained about the same: 51 in 2017, 52 in 2016. Reported burglaries rose from 152 to 168, and arsons remained the same at seven.

Assaults, forgery, fraud, criminal mischief and sex offenses (other than rape), drug violations, offenses against family and children and “all others” were down 43, with 2,849 reported offenses in 2017. 

Paducah police officers received 52,275 calls for service in 2017. Of these, 2,357 resulted in an arrest. There were 132 juveniles charged with crimes. Officers served 1,209 warrants and 220 criminal summonses, compared to 1,179 and 215, respectively the prior year.

Traffic accidents were down for the second year in a row. Officers investigated 1,737 vehicle collisions in 2017, down from 1,894 in 2016 and 1,904 in 2015. There were six fatal crashes in 2017. Officers issued 4,079 traffic citations.

The Drug and Vice Enforcement Unit opened 226 cases – nearly 100 more than in 2016. They investigated 428 tips and collected 221.5 pounds of prescription medications for disposal through the department’s semi-annual Drug Take-Back Day.

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