| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:59 AM CDT |
Mixed results for crime stats in other area counties
Some Central Illinois counties saw their crime rates drop while others saw increases from 2005 to 2006 in state police data for major crime categories.
Livingston County, including Pontiac, had about 11 percent fewer crimes reported to state police in 2006, and crime dropped in every category except sexual assaults, which were up from nine to 12.
Pontiac had a 22.2 percent drop in the crime categories. There were drops in every category except motor vehicle theft, which matched the 2005 number. A call seeking comment from the Pontiac Police Department was not returned Monday afternoon.
Logan County had about 5.7 percent more reports in the eight categories, going from 900 to 951 reports. The most significant increase was seen in the city of Lincoln, which had 828 crimes in those categories, up by 79 from a year earlier.
Lincoln police officials didn’t return a call seeking comment Monday afternoon.
Tazewell County had a 6.6 percent drop overall, from 3,327 to 3,106; Woodford County decreased 3.7 percent, from 650 to 626; DeWitt County had a 6.2 percent drop, from 504 to 473; and Ford County saw an increase from 236 to 268, a 13.6 percent increase.
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