Capitol Police responded to more than 7,500 threats made against legislators last year

According to new data released Tuesday, 7,501 threats were made against Congressmen by the U.S. Capitol Police last year.

Although the numbers were down for the first time in at least five year, they remain “historically high”, nearly double the 3,939 cases in 2017, Capitol Police stated. 2021, the date of Jan. 6, riots. threat cases jumped to 9,625.

“The threats against Members of Congress are still too high,” U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement. “This has resulted in a necessary expansion of, not only our investigative capabilities, but our protection responsibilities as well.”

The tallies include investigations into “concerning statements and direct threats,” and police said the number of threats against Democrats and Republicans has been similar, noting every member of Congress has been affected.

An intruder was charged with breaking into the San Francisco home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. attacked her husband with the hammer in October. Later, police said that the attacker claimed he was searching for Nancy Pelosi, who was at the time in Washington, D.C.

A Michigan man was found dead weeks later. arrested and accused Of threatening to kill Rep. John Garamendi (another California Democrat) and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Recent developments have seen a Washington man was charged After he was accused in two-years of leaving voicemails totaling more than 400 for Congressmen, he was charged with seven counts of interstate threats.

The state and local levels have been threatened with political violence as well. Solomon Pena, a failed GOP candidate for New Mexico’s state House was arrested Monday This is in relation to four shootings At the homes of two county commissioners as well as two state legislators.

This article was originally published by NBCNews.com