Plainfield police release 2015 crime statistics at 'Chat with Chiefs'



The official report hasn’t come out yet, but Plainfield Police Chief John Konopek released the village’s annual FBI crime reporting data for last year’s “Part 1” offenses at a public meeting Wednesday night.
Konopek presented the data during the quarterly “Chat with the Chiefs” public forum. According to the data, the crime index for the village, the total number of Part 1 offenses per 1,000 residents, rose from 8.64 to 9.16.
Even at 9.16, Konopek said that the crime index is low, adding that all the categories are significantly less than years before 2014.
“Obviously, we want all these numbers to be zero,” Konopek said. “We still remain one of the safest communities in the state.”
Part 1 offenses include criminal homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson and human traffic offenses.
According to the data, Plainfield in 2015 reported one criminal homicide, 10 rapes, seven robberies, 21 aggravated assaults and batteries, 44 burglaries, 291 thefts, 10 motor vehicle thefts, two arsons and no human trafficking offenses.
While reported robberies and motor vehicle thefts are down from 2014, rapes, aggravated assaults and batteries, burglaries and theft is up.
“Even though we may have seen an increase, in almost every one of the crimes, [homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and batteries,] the offender was known by the victim,” Konopek said, explaining that it means a higher crime index doesn’t indicate there are more criminals on the streets.
Arsons were down considerably from last year, which produced a string of related juvenile arsons.
Traffic offenses
Sgt. Eric Munson presented statistics on the top 15 areas for traffic crashes in 2015 at the meeting.
More than half of the list was intersections with Route 59, with the top four belonging to Route 59 intersections with Renwick at 62 crashes, Route 126 at 44, 135th Street at 37 and Lockport Street at 36.
Munson said more than half of the crashes involved were fender-benders where drivers on cellphones were likely the culprit.
Munson and Konopek were asked whether Plainfield police are giving tickets for expired vehicle registration stickers, since Illinois Secretary of State Jessie White’s Office announced it would not be mailing out reminders to save on budget.
“It is up to officer discretion,” Konopek said. “But based on what we’ve been looking at so far, officers have been leaning on the side of the residents versus the law.
Konopek also announced Wednesday that the village will continue its sale of weather alerting radios 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the police station March 2 at a discounted price of $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents.

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