2007 Tempe Summary of Crime Stats

Here are some interesting crime stats taken from the cities web site:

The population of Tempe was 167,871 in 2007

• There were a total of 117,570 citizen generated calls for service in 2007 (an 8.7% decrease from 2006)
• The most common type of citizen generated call for service is the "suspicious activity" call. These calls account for approximately 10.4%  of the total number of citizen generated calls for service
• Approximately one police report is generated for every four calls for service (these are not necessarily criminal reports)
• In 2007 Tempe's crime rate was 74.8 Part I crimes per 1,000 persons.