The St. Charles Police Department's 2024 annual report is available for viewing on the city's website. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Local News Network

The St. Charles Police Department released its 2024 annual report, which showed increases in traffic incidents, DUIs and arrests over the previous year.

While the total number of crimes to which St. Charles police responded in 2024 remained steady from 2023, arrests went up from 655 to 786. Of those arrests, 76 were for DUI, up from 57 in 2023.

Crime statistics in the report were split between Part 1 and Part 2 offenses, with Part 1 including the most serious crimes.

Of the 434 Part 1 offenses, there was one homicide, 14 sexual assaults, 30 aggravated assaults or batteries, three arsons and 386 burglaries, robberies or thefts.

Of the 2,186 Part

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