There was spirited voting in the crime poll with 54 of the readers giving their perspective. Tinted windows were indeed the most worrisome crime with 14 votes (26%), followed by Drugs (11 votes 20%), and litter (9 votes 17%).
Alcohol related crimes edged out expired tags 7 votes to 6, bicycles downtown (4), and domestic abuse (3). Larceny and murder/rape did not receive any votes.
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Kodiak with a population of 6,343 had 36 reports of violent crime, all of which were aggravated assault, no murder, rape, nor robbery. There were 271 incidents of property crime, 16 burglaries, 238 larceny/theft, 17 vehicles stolen, and 3 cases of arson. These are the statistics for 2005 when the Kodiak Police Department employed 34 people, 18 officers and 16 civilians.
The Perspective is of the opinion that litter is the most serious crime problem in Kodiak. We chose to live in the most beautiful place and then despoil it with litter. How much effort does it take to put your trash in a waste receptacle? Keep Kodiak beautiful.
Total crimes in Kodiak in 2005 were 307 or less than one each day. Just another reason why Kodiak is a great place to live.
