Eufaulians experienced a dramatic rise in robbery and theft of property incidents during 2003, and police made 39 percent more arrests on drug charges than in 2002. (...) On the good side, there was a slight decline in domestic violence incidents and juvenile arrests. (...) Robbery incidents increased by 52.94 percent, from 17 robberies reported in 2002 to 26 in 2003. Officers responded to 461 reported theft of property incidents, for an increase of 13 percent from the year before, when the number reported was 408. In each of the two years, police have cleared one-fourth or more of the thefts, clearing 151 in 2003. (...) There was also a 33 percent jump in reported vehicle thefts last year, with 16 such thefts in 2003 and 12 in 2002.
