Less People, Less Crime Reported In OC So Far In ‘14

OCEAN CITY – Crime statistics for the month of August continue to reflect a decrease in overall crime in Ocean City so far this year, remaining consistent with the downward crowd trend seen in 2014.

According to the report, August’s total calls for service, including traffic stops, business checks and assistance to citizens, totaled 13,261, which is a 2.1-percent increase from August 2013 when there were 12,983 calls for service.
Out of that total, 9,664 were officer initiated, which is a 2.6-percent increase from August 2013, and 3,597 were citizen initiated, which is a 1.0-percent increase from August 2013.

The total number of calls for service, excluding traffic stops, business checks and assisting citizens, totaled 8,352, which is a .6-percent decrease from August 2013 when there were 8,400 calls for service. Out of the total, 4,958 were officer initiated, which is a 1.1-percent decrease from August 2013, and 3,394 were citizen initiated, which is a .1-percent increase from August 2013.
Out of the top 25 calls for service, the number of categories that increased or decreased came in at about even. The categories that increased start with disorderly conduct with 714 calls this year compared to 713 last year; assist to OC EMS increased from 294 in August of 2013 to 348 this year; suspicious person or activity increased from 275 last year to 325 this year; assist to motorists increased from 163 last year to 172 this year; civil dispute increased from 115 last year to 123 this year; domestic assault/dispute increased from 107 last year to 119 this year; assault already occurred increased from 85 last year to 94 this year; forgery of any kind increased from 82 last year to 91 this year; malicious destruction of property increased from 73 this year to 83 last year; DWI investigate and/or arrest increased from 33 last year to 50 this year; warrant attempt or arrest increased from 38 last year to 46 this year; report of a fight increased from 23 last year to 31 this year; and breaking and entering increased from 11 last year to 18 this year.
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