FBI Releases Crime Rate Stats
The FBI finally released the crime data for 2011. The charts show the 5-year trend for the FBI
defined definitions of Violent Crime and Property Crime. Violent Crime includes murder, rape, robbery,
and aggravated assault. Property Crime
includes burglary, theft, and auto theft.
I’m especially pleased that violent crime is trending downward even faster
than other cities our size. Preliminary
numbers for this year show an uptick in simple assaults. Most other crimes seem to be
maintaining the same downward trend.
