The law enforcement agency provides fingerprint-based criminal background checks through IDEMIA, a third-party vendor. The New Jersey State Police maintains criminal history records for all law enforcement agencies in the state and provides background checks upon request. There were 51.5% fewer burglary cases in the same period while larceny theft rate dipped by 22% and motor vehicle theft rate fell by 44.7%. Murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault rates shrank by 30%, 33.7%, 2.2%, and 14.5% respectively. The most recent five-year crime trend for Monmouth County indicates that the rates of all Part I crimes declined between 20.

While they grew by 4% and 5% respectively, murder, rape, burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft rates fell by 30%, 16%, 12%, 6%, and 23% respectively. Out of these Part I crimes, only robbery and aggravated assault rates grew compared to the previous year.

In the same year, incidences of property crimes reported include 1,252 burglaries, 7,160 larceny thefts, and 194 motor vehicle thefts.

Monmouth County recorded 7 murders, 57 rapes, 355 robberies, and 554 aggravated assaults in 2016, the most recent year with a complete set of crime data.

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