Farmington Police Crime Statistics

Crime Statistics for 2020



The Farmington Police Department responded to 19,148 calls for service in 2020 a 6% increase from 2019.

From the calls for service, the police department generated 3,219 incident reports, approximately 9 per day. A large percentage of the incident reports required follow up investigation and additional supplemental reports.

The police department made 985 arrests in 2020, approximately 2.7 arrests per day.

The police department responded to and investigated 666 motor vehicle crashes a 15% decrease from 2019.

The police department initiated 4,245 traffic stops, issued 1,653 traffic summons and 4,721 traffic warnings in 2020. Officers do not have a citation quota, but they are required to conduct traffic enforcement and stop motorists who are disobeying traffic related laws and ordinances.

The police department arrested 72 motorists for driving while intoxicated and 28 for other alcohol related incidents such as; underage possession, public intoxication, etc. 

The police department investigated 150 drug related incidents and from those investigations made 122 arrests. Marijuana possession was the most prevalent drug abused, although we had several incidents involving prescription medications, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. 

The police department responded to 50 drug overdose incidents. No overdose incident resulted in death. The police and fire departments have been trained to administer NARCAN and it was utilized (27) times successfully in reviving overdose victims. 

And as a reminder, the police department continues to be a drop off center for unwanted prescription medications.

Crime is generally broken down into two categories; Crimes against Property and Crimes against Persons. 

Crimes against Property such as; Stealing (felonies/misdemeanors combined), account for approximately 64% of our overall crimes statistics. These types of crimes are generally “crimes of opportunity’ and can be reduced significantly if citizens would lock their automobiles and residences.

Serious crimes against persons such as homicides, rape and robbery continue to be less than 2% of our overall crime statistics. 

There were two homicides reported in 2020, both of which were cleared by arrest or request for prosecution. There were five reported rapes, four or which were cleared by arrest or request for prosecution. In all reported rapes the victim knew the assailant; there were no random acts of violence. There were four reported robberies one cleared by arrest, two were determined to be unfounded and one remains active. A suspect in the active incident has been identified but the location of the suspect is unknown. 

In summary, history has shown that crime in the City of Farmington does not increase significantly on a year to year basis. We do see slight increases and decreases in specific crime categories. Crimes against property especially theft remains a concern. We need to minimize the opportunity by locking our homes and vehicles. And finally, Farmington continues to be a safe community to live in. Year after year, serious crimes against persons such as homicide, rape and robbery continue to be less than 2% of our overall crime statistics.