Crime Statistics

In order to provide our citizens with the most reliable and comprehensive overview of crime figures and police activity in Sweeny, we have listed, in the four tables below, data regarding the following topics:

• UCR

• FBI Major Crime Index

• Police Activity

• Traffic Accidents/Fatalities

• Officers Assaulted/Killed

If you are concerned about other crime statistics or police activity figures, e-mail us your comment or question.  We will be happy to respond.

UCR

The Sweeny Police Department participates in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which is a nationwide, cooperative effort of city, county, and state law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes.  Since its inception in 1930, the UCR system has been the most frequently cited national crime indicator.  Approximately 16,000 law enforcement agencies contribute data to this system.  This includes agencies at all levels of government and all types of departments, i.e., general law enforcement (Federal agencies, State and local police and sheriffs) and special departments (school, university, transit, and other types of authorities, and Indian tribes).

The Sweeny Police Department maintains a computer database of UCR data and information which is summarized and reported to the State of Texas and the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Section each month.  Each year, the FBI uses this data, along with data reported by other states, to publish "Crime in the United States".

To learn more about the FBI's UCR Program, visit the following link:  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm.

FBI Major Crime Index

The FBI collects crime data from every law enforcement agency in the United States.  The seven crimes listed in the FBI Major Crime Index (Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny, Auto Theft, Arson) are classified as major crimes (the most serious to society.)

The following table represents data collected for each of the crime index fields, and represents the total number of crimes reported to the Sweeny Police Department in each of the stated years.

* This crime rate is based on a 5,000 population, the estimated population of the City of Sweeny according to the City of Sweeny.  This rate is translated as the percentage of people who live in Sweeny who were victims of these seven crimes during the stated time period.

Police Activity

The following table represents data collected from police activity reports filed each day by officers, the total number of traffic tickets issued, and the total number of arrests made for each stated year.

Traffic Accidents/Fatalities

The following table represents data collected from traffic accident reports filed in each of the stated years in the City of Sweeny.

Officers Assaulted/Killed

The following table represents data collected from officer injury reports filed after an officer reports an assault or when an officer is killed in the line of duty.