Windsor Police Service release stats for Amherstburg Detachment in 2022

By Ron Giofu

The Windsor Police Service has reported on the total number of incidents that occurred in Amherstburg in 2022.

According to statistics received by the Windsor Police Services Board last Thursday afternoon, there were 5,906 dispatch generated incidents in Amherstburg last year. The month with the most calls was July with 584, closely followed by August (576), September (566) and October (540).

The Windsor Police Service –Amherstburg Detachment reported 2,161 traffic offenses in 2022, including 97 Part III summons. The most came in October as there were 261 traffic offences with 244 reported in

December.

There were three liquor offenses reported by police last year and 48 incidents classified as “other provincial offenses.”

Crime statistics showed there were 72 charges of theft under $5,000 laid, with the most per month being ten charges in March and another ten in October. There were three cases of theft over $5,000 last year, Windsor police report.

All assaults were classified under one line items with the total being 71 for 2022. The month with the highest was August with 12.

There were 61 mischiefs reported in 2022 with ten being in the busiest month of October. Sixty fraud charges were laid last year with nine being the monthly high point with that total report in each of August and September.

A total of 40 break-and-enters were reported last year with September having a year-high total of seven.

Of the other totals reported in the policing activities report, there were two robberies in Amherstburg last year, six charges of possession of stolen goods, two cases listed in each of the drug and arson/fire calls line items, one firearms charge, 15 impaired charges, two federal statues and 56 charges listed under the “other criminal code” line item.

Community service calls/COAST totalled 63 for 2022 with the most being in the latter half of the year.

There were 14 calls in August, 13 in September and November, and 11 in October and December.