Crime numbers for 2017 were down in Junction City.

Police Chief Dan Breci said the KBI and FBI keep track of eight different Part One crime categories ranging from murder and robbery to arson.

Breci said there were 655 Part One crimes in 2017. There were no homicides that year. “We had 12 rapes, 16 robberies, 153 aggravated assaults, 454 property type crimes, four arsons and 28 motor vehicle thefts.”

Junction City did experience a homicide in August of 2018.