Looking at Troy's Crime Statistics

Information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is released for the nation's communities

Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released crime data for communities across the country, including Troy. This isn’t the first time we have looked at crime in this publication; you can look at our previous work here.

However, this data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation gives insights on different aspects of crime in the community. Of particular interest was the number of arrests and the age of those being arrested.

Looking over the last ten years, arrests have consistently gone down for the seven more prolific crimes, after reaching a high in 2016. The number of arrests for these crimes in 2023 as compared to 2022 was down over 40% and over 50% as compared to 2014. Arrests for these seven crimes all went down over the ten-year period, but the most dramatic decrease was in arrests for drug related offenses. In 2014, there were 450 arrests for drug offenses, in 2023 the number of arrests dropped to 98; a drop of 78% over ten years.

Perhaps more interesting than the crimes being committed for arrests, is the age of those being arrested. The Federal Bureau of Investigation data gives this age data and for purposes of this analysis, this publication only looked at the six most arrested age groups.

One of the most interesting aspects of the data, is that those that are arrested are getting older. In 2014, those between the age of 20 and 24 were the largest cohort of those being arrested. For those between 15 and 24, 618 arrests were registered in that age group. By 2023, the number of arrests in that age group dropped to 163. The data shows that younger people are not being arrested as they were in the recent past.

Over the ten-year period, those between the ages of 35 and 39 are now make up the largest cohort of those being arrested. While the number of those between these ages actually decreased over the ten-year period, from 128 to 104, the reduction in other groups were larger.

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