General Calls for Service Information

The Tempe Police department received 108,815 calls for service in 2008.  These were citizen generated calls for service where an officer was dispatched and did not include officer initiated calls.  The number of calls for service in 2008 was 7.4% lower than 2007.

The following chart shows the time of day and day of week distribution of all calls for service during 2008 in Tempe. The chart is a three dimensional chart that has been flattened in which the colors represent the third dimension (height). The darkest areas represent times wherein the most calls for service occur.  The most frequent times for calls for service were between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., and the most frequent days were Fridays and Saturdays.

The “2008 Calls for Service by RD” thematic map shows the frequency of calls for service XE "Calls For Service"  by reporting districts XE "Reporting Districts"  (RDs XE "RD" ).  RDs are geographic areas approximately two to three square blocks in size. This map does not depict a call for service rate for each RD, but shows the total number of calls for service in the area during 2008.

2008 Calls for Service by RD

The following table shows the frequency and percentage of the twenty-five most frequent types of calls for service in Tempe XE "Tempe" .  These categories are combinations of more specific call types.  For example, “suspicious activity calls” are a combination of “suspicious person,” “suspicious vehicle,” and “suspicious transient” calls.

Twenty-Five Most Frequent Types of Calls for Service: 2008
  Type of Call For Service Frequency Percent
1 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY CALLS 10631 9.8%
2 BURGLARY ALARM CALLS 7105 6.5%
3 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CALLS 6975 6.4%
4 LOUD MUSIC/NOISE/PARTY CALLS 6682 6.1%
5 CHECK WELFARE CALLS 6656 6.1%
6 AGENCY ASSIST CALLS 4529 4.2%
7 THEFT CALLS 3866 3.6%
8 CRIMINAL INFORMATION CALLS 3770 3.5%
9 ILLEGAL PARKING CALLS 3681 3.4%
10 THEFT/BURGLARY FROM VEHICLE CALLS 3579 3.3%
11 911 HANGUP CALLS 3151 2.9%
12 CRIMINAL DAMAGE CALLS 2978 2.7%
13 FAMILY FIGHT CALLS 2950 2.7%
14 SUBJECT DISTURBING CALLS 2238 2.1%
15 STRANDED MOTORIST CALLS 2189 2.0%
16 FIGHT CALLS 2173 2.0%
17 TRESPASSING CALLS 2015 1.9%
18 BURGLARY CALLS 1979 1.8%
19 SHOPLIFTING CALLS 1711 1.6%
20 TRAFFIC HAZARD CALLS 1500 1.4%
21 ASSAULT CALLS 1464 1.3%
22 STOLEN VEHICLE CALLS 1419 1.3%
23 DRUG RELATED CALLS 1142 1.0%
24 ANIMAL CALLS 1138 1.0%
25 FOUND PROPERTY/SAFEKEEPING CALLS 989 0.9%
  All Other Calls 22305 20.5%
    108815 100.0%