Violent crime up in the homeland, except in the smaller towns, per FBI
The homeland was safer last year, according to the FBI's
Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report.
Violent crimes in the country declined by 2.5 percent in
recent months, compared to the previous year, while property crimes decreased 1.6 percent nationally.
In fact, the only property crime to show an increase nationally was burglary, up 1.3 percent over last year.
And in the violent crime categories, only smaller towns, those with fewer than 10,000 residents, suffered crime increases. Specifically, in the nation's small hamlets, murder was up 5.5 percent, forcible rape was up 1.4 percent and robbery was up 3.9 percent.
Nationally, murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down 4.4 percent, aggravated assault was down 3.2 percent, forcible rape was down 2.2 percent and and robbery was down 1.1 percent.
Arson crimes, separated out from other property crimes, were down all across the country, too, with the biggest drop (5.9 percent) in the West. The FBI will release final 2008 statistics in the fall of this year.
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