According to documents obtained from local public safety agencies, service calls have risen in Oxford and Addison townships and decreased in the village.
Service calls to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Addison substation have increased by a slight 0.8 percent from last year as of Dec. 5 with a total of 2,817 calls.
There were eight criminal sexual conduct crimes (CSC), 37 incidents of malicious destruction of property (MDOP), 42 larcenies and 30 home invasions reported in Addison Township.
Oxford Township’s service calls have also increased from last year. As of Dec. 5, the substation had received 6,834 calls, 11 percent more than last year.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to or investigated 99 larcenies from an automobile, 194 MDOPs, 76 home invasions and 11 CSCs in Oxford Twp.
As of Dec. 29, service calls to the Oxford Village Police Department totaled 7,167.
However, actual criminal offenses in the village have decreased by 10.6 percent since last year.
There were 270 crimes committed in 2006, which included 39 MDOPs, 52 larcenies and 12 break-ins in the village.
The Oxford Fire Department saw a 9.05 percent increase in service calls in 2006.
As of Dec. 27, the department had 864 medical runs and 208 fire runs for a total of 1,072.
In 2005, the department had 983 runs.
On the other hand, fire and medical calls in Addison Township have decreased by 11.9 percent since 2005.
As of Dec. 27, Addison’s calls totaled 405 as opposed to 460 last year.
Medical runs totaled 268, fire-related calls were 57 and 80 were what the department calls ‘public service? runs, like odor investigations or downed electrical wires.
Fire Chief George Spencer attributed the decrease in calls to the lack of dry weather and grass fires.
A large dry spell in 2005 produced a decent amount of grass fires, whereas 2006 wasn’t as dry.
Editor’s Note: The total number of specific crimes includes those investigations that were unfounded. For instance, deputies could have been called to investigate a home invasion, but only a certain number of them were actual crimes.