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FBI Reports Violent Crime Down in 2009

By Steve Hall

The Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2009 is available from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported a decrease of 5.5 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention for 2009 when compared with figures reported for 2008. The violent crime category includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The number of property crimes in the United States in 2009 decreased 4.9 percent when compared with data from 2008. Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Arson is also a property crime, but data for arson are not included in property crime totals. Figures for 2009 indicate that arson decreased 10...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).