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The Associated Press
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Published: Mon, June 09, 2008 - 11:41 am
Last Updated: Mon, June 09, 2008 - 11:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new report from the FBI finds that bothviolent and property crimes were down in 2007 from the year before.
Preliminary figures for crimes reported to police find that the
number of violent crimes declined by 1.4 percent from 2006 after
two years of increases. Property crimes registered their sharpest
decline in four years -- dropping 2.1 percent from 2006.
The largest declines came in vehicle theft -- down 8.9 percent
-- and rape -- with a 4.3 percent slide. Murder fell 2.7 percent.
Violent crimes dropped most in the Northeast, while the biggest
decline in property crimes was in the West.
An FBI spokesman says that, while one preliminary report does
not make a trend, "it's going the way we want it to go."
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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i do not think the crime rate has dropped maybe shifted to another location, but not dropped.