2021 was a slight return to normal from 2020.
In Alexandria, arrests for various crimes, as reported by ALXNow, have both risen and fallen.
- Most notably, DUI arrests were up 34%. With 3 weeks left in the year, there were a reported 193 DUI arrests in Alexandria. While this number is an increase in arrests over 2020, it is a decrease in DUI arrests from 2019 – the last year before the pandemic.
- Homicide arrests in Alexandria have remained largely static over the past 3 years, with 2 in 2019, 3 in 2020, and 2 in 2021.
- Rapes charges in Alexandria have steadily decreased over the past 3 years, from 20 in 2019 to 10 this year.
- There were 79 reported Robberies in Alexandria, this year. This is down from last year’s 87, and 2019’s 82.
- Alexandria Aggravated Assault arrests, such as Malicious Wounding, have increased in the past 3 years, from 196 in 2019 to 215 this past year.
- Burglaries have increased a good amount from 117 in 2019 to 175 in 2021.
- Larceny arrests in Alexandria, at 2,244, are lower this year than in 2020, but higher than 2019.
- Car Thefts in Alexandria were lower this year than last year’s high, with 245 in 2021, compared to 359 in 2020.
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