FBI Reports Crime Rate Falling
The FBI has released its latest semi-annual crime figures for the early part of 2008. Good news overall. According to the report,
the nation experienced a 3.5 percent decline in violent crime and a 2.5 percent decline in property crime [from the same period the previous year].
Each of the four violent crimes (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) experienced a decrease nationwide. Murder declined 4.4 percent, aggravated assault declined 4.1 percent, forcible rape decreased 3.3 percent, and robbery decreased 2.2 percent …
For each property crime offense (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft), a decrease was reported during the first six months of 2008 when compared with data from the first six months of 2007. The number of motor vehicle thefts decreased 12.6 percent; larceny-thefts, 1.2 percent; and burglaries, 0.8 percent.
There are a lot more details in the FBI’s press release and, of course, in the full report.