The population of Tempe was 172,641 in 2008

  There were a total of 108,815 citizen generated calls for service in 2008 (a 7.4% decrease from 2007)

 The most common type of citizen generated call for service is the "suspicious activity" call. These calls account for       approximately 9.8%  of the total number of citizen generated calls for service 

  Approximately one police report is generated for every four calls for service (these are not necessarily criminal reports)

  In 2008 Tempe's crime rate was 66.4 Part I crimes per 1,000 persons.