The City of Danbury has seen a recent uptick in the number of crimes reported and being investigated.  Chief Patrick Ridenhour says this is likely in part to a return to normalcy since the pandemic.  Compared to this time last year, when there were still a lot of emergency declaration restrictions in place, there's been a rise in theft, burglary and auto theft.  The latest Uniform Crime Report lists 133 thefts, 29 burglaries, 16 motor vehicle thefts, five assaults, five robberies and two forcible rapes during the first two months of 2022. Ridenhour says that data is similar to the number of incidents to the time before the pandemic in March 2020.  Ridenhour told the City Council at their most recent meeting that there's a slower than usual data verification processing at the state-level so March figures were not available.