Do you wonder what type of criminal convictions happen in Olmsted County? I’ve put together the statistics in a table, listing out every single conviction that an Olmsted County judge has sentenced for 2008. There is quite a variety of charges, from thefts to drugs to careless driving, and even some tampering with a witness charges.
What is really surprising though, at least to me, was the extremely high number of DUI convictions relative to all the others combined. The three statutes indicating DUI’s totaled 38% of the convictions in Olmsted County for 2008. The next highest? I had to add up all the different variations of drug convictions, and I got roughly 6%. Then domestic assaults are around 3%.
I knew drunken driving was a large problem, but wow. One in three cases going to the courthouse involve a DUI. Looking at the state of Minnesota’s convictions overall, this is about the norm. You can download an excel file with the entire list of convictions, total counts, and percentages below and analyze it for yourself.
Let me know if you discover anything else interesting from this list!
Download 2008 Olmsted County Conviction Statistics (Excel)
This information was compiled from publicity available data obtained from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
