Burglaries, assaults and other incidents that occurred in Prince William County this week.
Incidents on this map are represented by block number, not exact addresses. For more information about the incidents referenced in this article, see: Manassas Area: Woodbridge Area:
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Burglaries, assaults and other incidents that occurred in Prince William County.
Incidents on this map are represented by block number, not exact addresses. For more information about the incidents referenced in this article, see: Manassas Area Eastern Prince William County
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Burglaries, assaults and other incidents that occurred in Prince William County.
Incidents on this map are represented by block number, not exact addresses. For more information about the incidents referenced in this article, see: Eastern Prince William County Manassas and Manassas Park
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A visual representation of some of the recent incidents in the Prince William County Police Department jurisdiction.
For more on the incidents referenced in the map, see: Police Search for Armed Robber Police: Man Assaulted Officers: Made a Commotion After Arrest Dumfries Man Fires Shots into Neighbor's Home After Robbery Burglar, Armed With Knife, Assaults Lake Ridge Homeowner Robber Strikes Dale City Woman in Face, Steals Phone Masked Man Sexually Assaulted Motel Clerk at Knifepoint Police: Woman Accidentally Shot After Orchestrating Robbery Police: Fredericksburg Man Chased Woodbridge Victim With Machete Check Cashing Store Robbed Armed Robber Steals Woman's Ring Crime Blotter: Woodbridge-Area Burglaries Armed Robber Steals Woman's Ring
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The victim was reportedly flown to an area hospital for a precaution.
A 17-year-old Woodbridge teen has been charged with strangulation after Prince William County police investigated a reported assault at Woodbridge Senior High School Wednesday. Police responded to the school at 9:30 a.m. According to police reports, an investigation revealed that a 15-year-old Woodbridge male was "in a restroom within the school along with a group of others students, including the accused, a known acquaintance." "During the encounter, the accused became upset and placed his arm around the neck of the victim," police reports state. "The victim became limp, at which point, the accused dropped him to the floor causing the victim to hit his head on the concrete floor. The victim was flown to an area hospital as a precaution…
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The number of criminal arrests increased slightly.
The rate of violent crimes in the county fell by 20.7 percent in 2011, and the overall crime rate also declined, Prince William County Chief of Police Charlie Deane reported today. "The rate of crime in all categories is down," he said. In 15 years, the county's population has increased from nearly 265,000 to over 409,000, but the crime rate per 1000 residents has dropped from about 32 in 1997 to about 17.5 in 2011. With three murders last year, murder was down by 66.6 percent, from nine murders in 2010. The highest number of murders in the county in recent years was 16 in 2006. "What we've always seen is the number of murders each year has fluctuated dramatically," Deane said. Rape was down 13.2 percent, from 53 reported in 2010 to …
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A slight decrease has resulted in fewer murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts.
The overall crime rate for Prince William County in 2010 has slightly declined. Chief of Police Charlie T. Deane said that in 2009; there was a rate of 19.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in the county. For last year, that measurement is slightly lower, at 19.2 crimes per one thousand residents. Deane said the overall number of reported property crimes rose less than one percent while the number of reported violent crime fell by just over five percent. In total, murder, rape, robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft decreased while aggravated assault and larceny saw small increases. Deane also noted that nine murders occurred in the county in 2010, of which all have been solved. The police department has a 63.3 percent closure rate in crimes …
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3:42 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bel, Here's an update on the crime stats for 2011: http://woodbridge-va.patch.com/articles/violent-crime-rates-down-significantly-in-2011 The full police report is here: http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/police/Documents/2011%20Crime%20Report.pdf The county doesn't break down crime rates for individual areas of the county, though. more ›
Neil Jacobs
1:27 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
It seems to me crime is on the rise in the county. The police need to spend more time fighing crime instead of spending so much time on Godwin Drive giving out speeding tickets.the speed limint is 25 and should be 35.I know the county needs more revenue but this isn't the road they should be spending a lot of time on.there are only 3 homes where they are seting up radar.again spend more time … more ›