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Goal The goal of this document is to provide objective measures related to current and future staffing of the Lino Lakes Police Division. Historical Crime Data Since 2000, the combined crime rate in the City of Lino Lakes has declined 45% from 5526 in 2000 to 3062 in 20131. The Lino Lakes Police Division achieved the lowest combined crime rate of all the cities in Anoka County. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) breaks crime into the most serious crimes, referred to as Part 1 crimes, and less serious crimes, Part 2. Since 2000, Part 1 crimes in Lino Lakes have declined from 2031 to 918, a 54% decline. The UCR also groups similarly situated cities and compares the crime rates within that group. The city of Lino Lakes falls into Group V2. Over the past 13 years, the part one crime rate in Group V fell from 3584 to 2508, a 30% decrease (Figure 1). The LLPD achieved a reduction in Part 1 crimes that is 24% lower than other cities in Group V. Figure 1 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 • Lino Part 1 2031 1769 1950 2165 1716 1372 1518 1279 1461 1075 982 1117 983 918 ■ Group V 3584 3475 3602 3329 3366 3505 3325 3149 3057 2944 2741 2734 2827 2508 Part One Crimes •'11 IIR 1 1 1 i • Lino Part 1 • Group V Using data from the US Census, the Uniform Crime Report, and the Council for Community and Economic Research; the research group Areavibes3 provides community profiles and livability ratings. They also provided the following information based on 2013 data: 1 Obtained from 2013 Uniform Crime Report. The 2013 UCR has not been released. 2 Previous versions of this staffing document incorrectly used Group V data for Sheriffs Departments 3 Information located at http://www.areavibes.com/methodology/