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Show Latest Stats Show Drop in Crime of All Types The Cedar City Police Department Depar-tment today released crime statistics for the first six months of the year. Police Chief Douglas S. Bolton said he was pleased that the figures show most types of crime have decreased in Cedar City. The statistics indicate declines in motor vehicle thefts, burglaries and vandalism. Crimes which showed an increase were assaults and thefts. Crime Prevention Officer Craig Holyoak reported that although thefts increased, the value of property lost had declined. While for the first six months of 1978 there were 118 reports of thefts as compared com-pared to 163 reports for the first half of this year, dollar loss for the two periods totaled $19,534 for January to June 1978 as compared to $18,820 for this year. Comparisons in vandalism for the two periods indicate an even larger decrease in property lost. The first months of 1978 showed vandalism amounting to $7,347 in damages while this year that figure has been reduced to $3,276. Officer Holyoak further reported there have been major reductions inburglary statistics in both the number of incidents and in dollar totals. Burglaries from January to June 1978 totaled 56 with a loss of $28,547 while this year's tally is 24 burglaries with a dollar value of $11,634. When compared to the same time period last year the statistics show this year Cedar City residents lost 59 percent fewer dollars due to burglary, four percent less from thefts and 57 percent less from vandalism. van-dalism. The theft of motor vehicles in Cedar City also declined from 1 1 in the first half of last year to six this year. Officer Holyoak said Cedar City's largest crime problem at this time appears to be thefts and that the items taken from unlocked vehicle and buildings proved to be the most troublesome kinds of thefts. "It is disturbing," said Officer Holyoak, "that two thirds of Cedar City's thefts occur in places where they could be prevented. If people would remember to lock their doors when they leave their cars and not leave things in the back of pickups, we would see a big difference in the number of thefts in the area." Arrest statistics show that there appears to be a decline in the number num-ber of juvenile arrests for alcohol related offenses and that theft is the leading category of arrests for both juveniles and adults. If the current arrest trends continue con-tinue this year there could be a 20 percent increase in arrests over last year's total. Adult arrests and Juvenile Ref-ferals, Ref-ferals, Jan. -June, 1979: Offense Adult Juveniles Robbery 1 0 Aggrevated Assault .... 6 0 Assaults 4 4 Forgery 1 0 Stolen Property 3 0 Possession marijuana ... 8 1 Vehicle Theft 7 1 Arson 0 2 Larceny 36 28 Fraud 3 0 Burglary 7 6 Driving Under Influence 28 1 Liquor Laws 12 15 Drunkeness 5 0 Vandalism 0 3 Runaway 0 6 Curfew 0 1 Offenses Against Family 1 0 Other Offenses 29 17 Disorderly Conduct ... 12 0 TOTALS 163 85 |