The
Stamford Historical Society Presents
Law & Order: The
History of the Stamford Police Department 1830-1956
a 2004 Exhibit and more
Police
Blotters 1899-1934
The
data below were assembled from the annual reports issued by the city.
Since then, we have been notified that actual Complaint Books – large
bound folios – do exist. They were rescued by the Police Department
from a dumpster. One of them is on view in the exhibit. Note the typo
on the cover.
The chart
below represents all charges listed between 1899 and 1934, the last
year these statistics were included in the reports. Reports
from some early years are missing.
All Charges
Population
Census Data
| 1900 |
1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 |
|---|
| 18,839 |
28,836 |
40,067 |
56,765 |
61,215 |
We have
broken down the charges by group as best we could:
Alcohol
and Drugs
Assault, Breach of Peace (BoP) not listed
elsewhere
City Ordinances, other Violations
Court related, etc.
Domestic Crimes, etc.
Fraud, Robbery, Theft, etc.
Insanity etc.
Morals
Charges
Murder Charges, Attempted Suicide, etc.
Property Damage, Arson, etc.
Vagrancy, Panhandling, etc.
Vehicle Violations
Weapons Charges
Other Charges
