Nature of Incident: Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR) Crime Statistics
Location: Countywide
Date & Time: 2/21/2018 @ 10:00 AM
Unit(s) Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Narrative:
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has released its 2017 Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) crime statistics for Part 1 crimes (Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Theft and Arson).
The data represents the information collected from the five contract cities where the Sheriff’s Office provides police services and the unincorporated areas of the county. Those cities are Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Moorpark, Fillmore and Ojai.
Overall, reported crime was up 1% compared to 2016, when combining all of the Sheriff’s jurisdictions. However, certain Part 1 crimes showed a more significant increase, the rate of Robbery increased by 24% (23 additional victims), and Theft increased by 4% (116 additional victims). The largest decrease in a single category was in Aggravated Assault, down 9% (32 fewer victims), followed closely by Burglary, down 7% (56 fewer victims).
Theft related crimes (Burglary, Theft / Larceny) continue to be the most common type of crime reported in 2017, comprising over 72% of all the Part 1 crimes. We remind residents to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of theft by locking doors to their homes and vehicles, not to leave keys or key fobs in their vehicles, and not keeping valuables in their vehicles visible to people walking by. We also continue to encourage people to actively report suspicious and/or criminal activity immediately by calling 9-1-1. Non-emergency reports can be made through our Sheriff’s Communication Center by calling (805) 654-9511.
For a copy of the full report go to http://www.vcsd.org/crime_stats.php.
For questions on specific patrol area crime statistics please contact:
Camarillo Police Department
Commander Dave Murray: 388-5102
Fillmore Police Department
Captain Dave Wareham: 524-2233
Moorpark Police Department
Captain John Reilly: 532-2705
Ojai Police Department
Captain James Fryhoff: 646-1418
Thousand Oaks Police Department
Commander Tim Hagel: 494-8265
Prepared by: Captain Garo Kuredjian
News Release Date: 2/21/2018
Media Follow-Up Contact: Captain Garo Kuredjian (805) 797-6322
Sergeant Eric Buschow (805) 947-8129
Approved by: Assistant Sheriff Bill Ayub
