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32. <br /> <br />PROBLEM STATEMENT <br /> <br />During the past twelve years, the number of reported burglaries <br />ccmm~itted in Orange County h~s grown substantially from 5,688 in <br />1960 to 28,27B in 1972, an increase of 39? percent. ~he rate of <br />burglary clearances for the same period, however, has.decreased <br />from 28 percent in 1960 to 19 percent in 1972. The nmgnitude .of <br />the burglary problem in Orange County is graphically'illustrated <br />by Tables 1-5 and by the following additional BCS statistics: <br /> <br /> 1960 1972 % of ChanEe <br />County Population 688,290 1,565,200 +127 <br />Reported Burglaries 5,688 28,273 +397 <br />Police Officers 1,025 2,255 +120 <br />Burglary Rate Per 100,000 Popul. 721 1,~06 +128 <br />Police Officers Per 100,O00 Popul. 149 144 -03 <br />Clearance Rate 28% 19% -09 <br />Note: <br /> <br />1973 statistics not available at this time <br /> <br />It is e~rldent from these figures tha5 the increase in the rate of <br />burglaries per 100,000 pop.ulation (128%) has tended to parallel an <br />increase in the population growth (127%). It also should be noted <br />that the increase in the burglary rate has not been matched by an <br />equivalent increase in the number of polige officers which, in fact, <br />has shown a regional d~cline of 3 percent per 100,000 population dur- <br />ing the same period. <br /> <br />There has been an apparent interaction between the population growth <br /> <br />- 12 - <br /> <br /> <br />