The Paducah Police Department is proud to report that major crimes in Paducah have hit at least a 21-year low.  Since the 1930s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been responsible for tracking crime in the United States through the Uniform Crime Report which is published annually.  Crimes are sorted by categories, and the most serious offenses are referred to as Part I Crimes.  They include the violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and assault and the property crimes of burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson.  For Paducah, crime fell once again in 2011, falling six percent overall from 2010.  When looking at national averages, violent crime in Paducah is lower than the national average, and property crimes are slightly below average.

Arrests 

In 2011, the department had 44,041 calls for service.  The department made 2974 adult arrests in 2011 compared to 2840 arrests in 2010.  The arrests resulted in 4789 criminal charges.  Additionally, there were 248 juveniles charged criminally with a total of 311 charges.  Another 1419 people were issued criminal summonses in lieu of arrest, for a total of 1918 charges.  It is important to note that the powers of arrest in many misdemeanor cases changed during 2011, requiring officers to simply issue a criminal summons in lieu of arrest.

Part I Crimes

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for tracking crime in the United States through their Uniform Crime Report.  As part of their report, the FBI considers eight types of crime to be Part I Crimes:  murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson.  In 2011 Paducah saw a decrease in violent Part I Crimes by 9 percent as compared to 2010.  Property crimes (burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson) fell by 5.7 percent.

Of Paducah's Part I Crimes, rape, assault, auto theft, and arson all changed by very little as compared to 2010.  However, robberies were down 44 percent, and burglaries were down almost 23 percent.  Larcenies decreased by 2.7 percent.  Murders increased from zero in 2010 to two in 2011.

-Crime Comparison Report (Part 1 Crimes) 1990-2009- 

-2010 Crime Statistics Summary-

Part II Crimes

Part II crimes increased slightly Paducah by 0.4 percent in comparing 2011 to 2010.  Part II crimes include the following types of crime:  simple assaults, forgery and counterfeiting, fraud, criminal mischief, weapons offenses, sexual offenses (other than rape), drug abuse violations, offenses against family and children, and all other offenses not includied in Part I crimes.  The total number of Part II crimes in Paducah for 2010 is 2752.  

False Alarm Statistics

-2008-2009 False Alarm Statistics and Comparison- 

-2007-2008 False Alarm Statistics and Comparison-

-2006-2007 False Alarm Statistics and Comparison- 

Monthly Crime Statistics

Each month, the Paducah Police Department compiles a report of crime statistics.  Statistics include number of major crimes, adult arrests, juvenile arrests, traffic citations/charges, traffic accidents, parking tickets, and noise violations.  The report also shows the percent change between years and year-to-date percent change.  At the bottom of each monthly report, more information about major crimes is detailed.  The crime classifications include murder, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft, and arson.  In the report, TBUT is the abbreviation for "Theft by Unlawful Taking."