Crimes in Clawson Remain Steady, FBI Report Shows

The year 2010 brought no significant changes in crime to the city of Clawson, according to a national crime report released this week by the FBI. Larceny and property crimes continue to be the most the common offenses, with only small decreases since 2009.

In 2010, there were 108 property crimes reported in Clawson and 74 larcenies – both up from 2009, according to the report. This was no surprise to Chief Harry Anderson who calls them "crimes of opportunity."

"If someone is a little more vigilant about locking their things up, that will usually cut down on your larcenies," Anderson said.

Anderson said property crimes often include vandalism and officers are working to boost their patrols around businesses and neighborhoods to mitigate that problem. Residents can also help by reporting any suspicious behavior to police immediately, Anderson said. 

Offenses will naturally go up and down each year, Anderson said, adding that he sees no new areas of concern from the report.

"I don’t see anything that’s really earth shattering," he said.

Nationally, violent crimes dropped 6 percent in 2010 compared with 2009, the fourth consecutive year of decline. For the eighth consecutive year, the volume of property crimes went down as well, 2.7 percent.

The FBI report tracks murders and non-negligent manslaughters, forcible rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larceny-thefts, motor vehicle thefts and arsons in each U.S. city.

Here are Clawson's crime statistics as reported by the FBI: