By Emma Loura
Riley County police officials say vehicle burglaries have been lower this spring, though there have been more reports of stolen cars. On Thursday, the RCPD director presented county officials with the past month’s crime report.
“For vehicle burglaries, we were about 56 percent below the five-year average,” said Brian Peete, the RCPD director. “This was the fourth-consecutive five-year low for vehicle burglaries since December 2024, which had the second-highest reports of the last five years. There were no incidences or signs of forced entry into the vehicles into these burglaries.”
In December 2024, RCPD investigated a string of motor vehicle burglaries. Police had 20 vehicle burglary reports in the span of about two weeks. They also responded to three motor vehicle thefts that month.
