Over the past decade, Tamaqua has reduced its crime risk by 42%.

It’s a success story that officials will share during a Reducing Crime Seminar scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 31 at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center, 125 Pine St. They’ll also talk about what residents can do to reduce the risk of crime in their own neighborhoods.

Presenters include Micah Gursky, executive director of the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership; Michael Hobbs, Tamaqua Police chief, and Alan Lynch, directory of safety and security for St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Gursky said that “crime risk” measures the chance of violent crimes happening. Tamaqua’s has gone down by almost half in the last 19 years.

“That doesn’t mean that there is a zero chance of crime, it just means that the risk has been reduced,” he said.

For the most part, Gursky said residents aren’t aware of what their community’s crime risk score is - or even how to find it.

“That is one of the things we are hoping this seminar will help with - giving people information on how to find this data,” he said.

Speakers will also share strategies on how to reduce crime risk.

“We are going to give examples of what Tamaqua did over the 10 years with the purpose of addressing crime,” he said. “It is not going to be theoretical. We will talk about specific tools that we used. We will talk about specific strategies that we used and also how we implemented them.”

There is a fee for the seminar. Registration may be made at https://tamaquaarts.thundertix.com/events/210372