Crime & Safety
Rain Keeps Crime Away in Marple For August
The inclement August weather may have reduced criminal activity in the township, according to Marple Police Chief Tom Murray.
BROOMALL–The rain may have slowed crime in Marple Township last month, but the burglary rate so far this year remains a concern, Thomas Murray Jr. told the Board of Commissioners at a meeting on Monday night.
Murray said August was a “good month” in terms of low crime. A total of 69 crimes were reported for the month, Murray said.
“I guess all the rain we had kept people off the streets,” Murray said.
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But one thing that concerns Murray is the number of amount of burglaries occurring in the township.
There were five burglaries reported in August and there have been a total of 27 burglaries so far this year, which already exceeds the total number of burglaries reported in 2010, Murray said.
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The Marple Police Department is making arrests for the burglaries but not for all of them, Murray said.
