January 25, 2013
New Playground Equipment
City of Midland Parks & Recreation and friends met at Grafa Park today for a ribbon cutting and official opening of six parks that have new playground equipment.
Each park has a different theme -- check out the one nearest to you!
Grafa Park (3201 Ma-Mar Ave., adjacent to Midkiff Road)
John P. Butler Park (3801 Bluebird Lane)
Pioneer Park (2001 Lindora Way)
House Park (4800 Ric Drive)
Sparks Park (1500 E. Golf Course Road)
Ulmer Park (2700 W. Kentucky Ave.)
2012 Crime Statistics
The Midland Police Department has compiled crime statistics for the 2012 calendar year. The following numbers refer to Part I crimes, which are crimes that are most likely to be reported and are also serious in nature and/or volume.
Crime |
2011 |
2012 |
Change |
Murder & Manslaughter by Negligence |
4 |
4 |
0% |
Forcible Rape |
20 |
23 |
15% |
Robbery |
58 |
52 |
-10.34% |
Aggravated Assault |
252 |
321 |
27.38% |
Burglary |
715 |
559 |
-21.82% |
Theft |
2,435 |
2,313 |
-5.01% |
Auto Theft |
137 |
136 |
-0.73% |
Total Part I |
3,621 |
3,408 |
-5.88% |
Midland's crime rate has fallen in eight of the last nine years. The number of reported Part I crimes has declined each year since 2004, with the exception of 2009, when 4,360 were reported.
The largest reductions were in the categories of Robbery and Burglary. The department has continued its burglary reduction strategy, which was implemented in June 2009. There were a total of 909 reported burglaries that year, and the new strategy has helped reduce reported burglaries a total of 38.5 percent since it began.
MPD attributes the decrease in crime to its partnership with the community and the continued dedication of officers and detectives. MPD also uses crime data and statistics to identify possible crime trends or spikes in crimes in a specific part of the city.
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