A presentation by the State's Criminal Records and Identification Bureau Chief compares Alaska's recently released crime statistics to national figures, with Alaska leading in several main violent and property crime categories.
Kathryn Monfreda presented her report at a town hall on Saturday that was focused on the flaws of SB91, Alaska's controversial crime reform package.
The presentation was based on Alaska's uniform crime reporting results for the last several years, including 2017.
Monfreda noted a 20 percent increase in reported murders between 2016 and 2017, along with a 40 percent increase in vehicle theft.
The presentation analyzed Alaska's violent crime rates between 2007 and 2017, showing the rates of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault to be significantly higher in Alaska than the national average by 2017.
The presentation displayed consistently higher rape and aggravated assault rates for Alaska during the entire 10 year time period, while showing murder and robbery rates were below the national average for more than have of the same time period, rising steadily above it in the last few years.