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Chester police report: 37,578 incidents in 2024; homicide clearance rate 70%
Summary
Police Commissioner Katrina Blackwell presented 2024 departmental statistics to council Feb. 26: 37,578 reported incidents, 20 homicides (70% clearance), 35 nonfatal shootings (26% clearance), and 924 arrests. The department discussed staffing, training, recent grants and recruitment deadlines.
Police Commissioner Katrina Blackwell presented the Chester Police Department’s 2024 statistical report to council on Feb. 26, saying the department handled 37,578 reported incidents in 2024, up from 35,903 in 2023.
Blackwell provided a month-by-month incident breakdown and Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Part I comparisons for 2024: two arson incidents (two arrests), 176 assaults (86 arrests), 114 burglaries (15 arrests), 20 homicides (14 solved by the detective division, a 70% clearance rate), 66 robberies (five…
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