Rockford Police Stats Show Crime Rate Is Coming Down

The Rockford Police Department has some good news as they post crime data comparing January-June of 2019 to the January-June of 2018.

According to numbers released by the Rockford Police Department, we've seen a very impressive decrease in a variety of crimes:

• Violent crimes are down 21%
• Robbery is down 16%
• Property crimes are down 15%
• Aggravated assaults are down 20%
• There's also been a 20% decrease in shots fired
• Auto thefts have decreased by 25%

13 WREX News:

• Fifty-four percent of aggravated assaults in Rockford are related to domestic violence.
• So far in 2019 24 people have been shot in Rockford (including murders), compared to 45 people shot in Rockford during this time in 2018.
• Rockford Police has seen 750 calls for gunfire compared to 1,163 during the same time last year.
• Police recovered 57 guns in 2019 and 83 guns in the same time last year.