BAY MINETTE, Ala. — The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office released its Annual Report for 2010, showing an increase in property-related crimes, narcotics arrests and methamphetamine manufacturing.

Contained in the comprehensive report are statistical and administrative information regarding the operations of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. Some of the items included are crime statistics, financial status, employment information, as well as, many categories of sheriff’s operations.

A brief synopsis of the Annual Report is as follows.

In 2010, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office answered 77,561 calls for service. The top five calls for service were:

• Burglary Alarms, 1,591

• Suspicious Autos, 1,259

• Civil complaint issues, 1,186

• Assist another agency, 1,073

• Animal complaints, 1,035

The Sheriff’s Office served 23,754 civil documents which include subpoenas and various orders from the Court.

The Sheriff’s Office issued 10,573 permits in 2010, and executed 13,863 warrants of arrests.

The top five types of warrants were:

• Possession of controlled substance, 580

• Theft, 473

• Possession of Marijuana, 426

• Domestic Violence , 403

• Burglary, 321

There was a decrese in many categories in criminal activity in 2010 as compared to 2009. There were, however, increases in a few areas.

The most significant increase in criminal activity in Baldwin County in 2010 was that in the area of property related crimes, particularly those related to the breaking and entering of motor vehicles and farm related theft to include copper wire from irrigation systems and air conditioning systems.

Narcotic crimes were also reported at a substantial increase, mainly due to several large scale narcotic investigations being concluded in 2010 through several arrests.

Methamphetamine usage continues to be on the increase in Baldwin County. However, crack cocaine and marijuana still seem to be the drugs of choice among illegal drug activity.

The average daily inmate population for the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Corrections Center continued to drop with the highest average daily population being in September with 587 and the lowest in December with an average of 439 individuals in the 649 bed facility.