DATA: 1,400 Police Calls to Kent Apartments in 2011

Kent's largest apartment complexes accounted for 1,426 — or 7.3 percent — of the 's 19,470 total calls for service in 2011.

The department released a report this month detailing the number and type of calls associated with the city's 11 largest apartment complexes.

The report was made public as Kent City Council prepares to discuss Wednesday the idea of requiring apartment complexes throughout Kent to hire on-site security personnel.

Data in the report outline the total number of calls to each of the 11 complexes and how many of those calls resulted in reports being filed by responding officers.

The 2011 data break down as follows; Patch has listed the complexes by total number of calls:

1.

• Total calls: 672
• Cases filed: 255
• Number of residents: 759
• Security measures: intermittent off-duty patrol by Kent Police officers paid by apartment complex

2.

• Total calls: 207
• Cases filed: 30
• Number of residents: 376
• Security measures: off-duty patrol by Kent Police officers paid by apartment complex

3.

• Total calls: 114
• Cases filed: 40
• Number of residents: 707
• Security measures: intermittent private security

4.

• Total calls: 106
• Cases Filed: 33
• Number of residents: 528
• Security measures: intermittent private security

5.

• Total calls: 98
• Cases filed: 29
• Number of residents: 594
• Security measures: intermittent private security

6.

• Total calls: 78
• Cases filed: 33
• Number of residents: 455
• Security measures: intermittent private security

7.

• Total calls: 76
• Cases filed: 22
• Number of residents: 216
• Security measures: n/a

8. University Townhomes

• Total calls: 37
• Cases filed: 12
• Number of residents: 216
• Security measures: n/a

9. Hickory Mills Apartments

• Total calls: 14
• Cases filed: 4
• Number of residents: 300
• Security measures: n/a

10.

• Total calls: 6
• Cases filed: 1
• Number of residents: 232
• Security measures: n/a

11.

• Total calls: 18
• Cases filed: 0
• Number of residents: 560
• Security measures: n/a

Members of Kent council have lightly discussed the idea of mandating on-site security for apartment complexes as plans have been submittted, approved and gone to construction for several new complexes in the city.

Three different student apartment complexes expect to add a total 1,728 new student housing beds by the start of the fall semester. And those are just the beds under construction now, which are: University Oaks, ; The , 596; and , 612.

Editor's note: this article was updated July 10 to clarify how many calls resulted in reports filed by officers.