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Tennessee Crime Statistics for 2008

By Baker Associates

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Statistics Unit recently released its annual crime report for 2008. The following provides some of the highlights of that report. Group A offenses dropped 2.9 percent from 2007 with a total of 619,465 crimes. Group A offenses consist of crimes against persons (e.g., murder and assault), property crimes (e.g., burglary and arson), and crimes against society (e.g., drug offenses and prostitution). Among the Group A offenses, property crimes were in the majority at 61.3 percent. Of these, theft was the most common offense reported (44.4 percent), followed by vandalism (19.3 percent) and burglary (17 percent). Credit card fraud showed the most increase from previous years rising 34.5 percent from 2006. White males committed the majority of all property crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).