Downers Grove Police respond to 1,548 offenses in 2024

Michael DeVries, Chief of Police at Downers Grove Police Department
Michael DeVries, Chief of Police at Downers Grove Police Department | https://downersgrovemagazine.com/
By M. O. Sosa

In 2024, law enforcement officers with the Downers Grove Police Department responded to 1,548 offenses, based on data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This amounted to an average of 4 offenses daily in 2024.

Among the categories tracked by NIBRS, simple assaults were most frequent, totaling 411 occurrences in 2024.

The NIBRS aims to provide greater detail and context for crime statistics. The prior reporting system only counted the most severe crime per incident; for example, if an incident involved homicide, aggravated assault, and theft, it would only be logged as a homicide in crime data.

Agencies at the local, state and federal levels utilize NIBRS.

Offenses Handled by the Downers Grove Police Department in 2024
Type of Crime No. of Offences
Aggravated assaults 33
Larcenies 184
Animal cruelty 1
Arsons 8
Assisting or promoting prostitution offense 1
Betting and wagering violations 0
Briberies 0
Burglaries/breaking and entering crimes 67
Commercial sex acts 0
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes 43
Credit card and ATM frauds 11
Acts of damage or vandalism 158
Drug equipment violations 2
Drug and narcotic violations 69
Embezzlements 0
Extortions and blackmail offenses 0
Obtaining property by false pretenses 122
Gambling equipment violations 0
Hackings and computer invasions 5
Identity thefts 127
False impersonations 5
Incest crimes 0
Intimidations 44
Involuntary servitudes 0
Justifiable homicides 0
Kidnapping and abduction 1
Motor vehicle thefts 44
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter 1
Negligent manslaughters 0
Operating, promoting and assisting gambling offenses 0
Pornography and obscene materials violations 8
Prostitution offenses 9
Purchasing prostitution 9
Rapes 17
Robberies 4
Sexual assaults with an object 0
Shopliftings 118
Simple assaults 411
Sodomy 1
Sports tamperings 0
Statutory rapes 0
Stolen property offenses 2
Theft from building 1
Thefts from motor vehicles 4
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories 14
Weapon law violations 15
Welfare frauds 0
Wire fraud 1

Details for this article were sourced from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The original dataset is available here.


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