The Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for the first half of 2008 has been released by the FBI. Violent crimes are down nationally: murder by 4.4 %, aggrevated assault 4.1 %, forcible rape 3.3 % and robberies by 2.2 %. Property crimes are also down: motor vehicle theft by 12.6 %, larceny-theft by 1.2 % and burglaries by .8 %. Cities of 250,000 to 500,000 had the largest decrease in both catagories. Of the four major regions of the US only the northeast had an increase in property crimes. The FBI puts arson in a separate category, and that has declined by 5.6 %. Crime figures began being collected in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and taken over by the FBI the next year. The info comes from the FBI; the AP.
(Source: "Region's 2008 crime rates are mixed bag, FBI data show". The Virginian Pilot on January 26, 2009).
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