Crime Rates up in Monmouth and Ocean County, New Jersey

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Alexander M. Iler

A recent report released by Attorney General Anne Milgram shows that nonviolent crime is on the rise throughout New Jersey. In fact, Ocean County has an increase in both violent and nonviolent offenses which results in a 14% overall increase in crime in Ocean County. On the other hand, Monmouth County has seen an overall increase of 5%.

Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford attributes the increase in crime to an increase in various types of fraud including internet crimes, security fraud, and home improvement/contractor fraud. In Monmouth County, incidents of violent crime decreased from 643 in the first half of 2007 to 607 during the same period of 2008. For additional information, please see the article entitled "Crimes up in Shore area, N.J."

It makes sense in these tough economic times that crime statistics are on the rise in New Jersey. Moreover, many of these crimes appear to be of a nonviolent nature and are typically fraud related offenses.

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