In 2024, Marengo Police Department officers responded to 122 criminal offenses, data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) shows.

This equated to slightly fewer than one offense per day during 2024.

Simple assault accounted for the highest number of recorded crimes, with 30 incidents reported during the year, according to NIBRS.

The NIBRS system was created to offer greater specificity and context for crime statistics. The former reporting method included only the most severe offense per incident. For example, if an incident involved a homicide, aggravated assault, and theft, only the homicide was counted in the official crime data.

Agencies at the local, state and federal levels use the NIBRS for reporting purposes.

Offenses Handled by the Marengo Police Department in 2024
Type of CrimeNo. of Offences
Aggravated assaults4
Larcenies9
Animal cruelties0
Arsons0
Assisting or promoting prostitution offenses0
Betting and wagering violations0
Bribery1
Burglaries/breaking and entering crimes9
Commercial sex acts0
Counterfeiting and forgery crimes2
Credit card and ATM fraud1
Acts of damage or vandalism16
Drug equipment violations7
Drug and narcotic violations10
Embezzlements0
Extortions and blackmail offenses0
Obtaining property by false pretenses1
Gambling equipment violations0
Hackings and computer invasions0
Identity thefts2
False impersonation1
Incest crimes0
Intimidations13
Involuntary servitudes0
Justifiable homicides0
Kidnappings and abductions0
Motor vehicle thefts0
Murders and non-negligent manslaughters0
Negligent manslaughters0
Operating, promoting and assisting gambling offenses0
Pornography and obscene material violation1
Prostitution offenses0
Purchasing prostitution0
Rapes0
Robberies0
Sexual assaults with an object0
Shopliftings10
Simple assaults30
Sodomies0
Sports tamperings0
Statutory rapes0
Stolen property offenses0
Theft from building1
Thefts from motor vehicles0
Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories0
Weapon law violations0
Welfare frauds0
Wire fraud1

The information in this article is sourced from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Access the original data here.