Kettering police crime survey shows rise in school safety concerns

School safety broke into the top three crime concerns for Kettering residents last year, according to recent police department survey results.

Safe schools were named as a concern by 45% of survey respondents, trailing only theft and burglary (70%), and drug problems (51%) as the crimes they worry most about, the 2022 results show.

School safety issues increased 6% since the last Kettering police survey in 2020 and replaced traffic safety among the highest concerns, while the top two remained unchanged, survey records show.