Police chief: violent and property crime decreases in Manchester - WMUR Manchester

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

New numbers show a decrease in crime in the Queen City.

The Manchester Police Department says total violent crimes are down over the past year.

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Police Chief Nick Willard said that after seeing violent crime rise by 2 percent last year, he knew his team had to act.

"It was something of concern to us,” he said.

The department took a strong focus on the areas of robberies and aggravated assaults.

"We used our predictive analytics to predict when a robbery was most likely to occur, and we put officers in those areas where our predictive analytics said a robbery was going to occur at a particular location, and clearly it had an effect,” Willard said.

Total violent crimes are down from 360 to 329 over the past year, and property crimes are continuing to drop, leading to a significantly lower total this year than what was reported during the same period two years ago.

Willard credits the drop to the dedication of his officers.

"When we're asking them to do more than they're already doing and they respond like that, it's not a surprise to me,” he said. “If anything, it makes me very proud of them."

The information comes as a sign of hope for some residents, while others said they would also like to see an increase in police presence throughout their neighborhoods.

"I think that's great,” resident Devin Trevena said. “The city has so much potential. If we can get the crime down, it'll bring more families back into the city."

“They could at least send a car to drive up and down once in a while, just to let people know police are monitoring the neighborhood,” resident Joe Moriarty said.

Willard said all statistics provided in the report are subject to change as data is reviewed and revised.

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