South Brunswick Crime Rate Increases
Crime rate increase driven by rise in larcenies; township still comes in with fourth lowest crime rate in Middlesex County.
An increase in petty crimes caused the South Brunswick crime rate to increase for the year 2011, according to the latest Uniform Crime Report. The township's overall crime rate went from 11.5 per 1,000 residents in 2010 to 12.4 per 1,000 residents in 2011. Non-violent crimes jumped from 469 in 2010 to 509 in 2011. Middlesex County as a whole experienced a 7 percent increase in crime, with 16,581 offenses reported in 2011. South Brunswick's increase was due mainly to a spike in larcenies, which jumped from 345 in 2010 to 394 in 2011. "The majority of crime increases in 2011 were for petty crimes or larcenies, which are typically crimes of opportunity," said Chief Raymond Hayducka. "Many of these crimes are committed by offenders addicted …
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