Most Crimes of Violence and Property Hover at 30-Year Lows
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The rate of property crime and violent crime other than homicides remained at a 30-year low in 2003, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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Hundreds of the cityâs best and brightest are leaving, driven away by crime, high rents and what many say is a dissipating sense of possibility.
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Many residents in an area of west Belfast badly hit by violence say life has worsened since the end of the Troubles.
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Sharp drop is marred by a 4% rise in gun crime and a 21% rise in recorded drug offences, figures show
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FBI mission change brought 30 percent fewer cases to court since 9/11, including drug, organized-crime, and white-collar crime charges.
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Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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Robberies at highest level for three years, according to government figures.
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It has been a long and winding road paved with 30 years of disharmony.
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Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a mosque attack last year which unleashed the deadliest phase of the Iraq war, the deputy commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings -- along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings -- have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.Comment
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Every type of violent crime fell last year with one notable exception: Murders were up for the fourth straight year, according to an annual FBI report released Monday.
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Violent civilian deaths in Iraq in December were down 75 percent from a year ago, new figures released on Monday showed as Iraqis partied in the streets of some parts of the capital Baghdad to bring in the New Year.
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Chicago and New York are about to close out 2007 with the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years, while cities such as Baltimore, Atlanta and Miami have seen killings go up because of what police say is a surge in guns and gang violence.
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As violent crime rates continue to drop, experts look for explanations -- and signs of whether the decline is permanent
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The FBI says violent crime was down by a fraction in Florida last year compared to 2002. Nationally, every type of violent crime fell last year with one notable exception: Murders were up for the fourth straight year.
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The divorce rate falls to its lowest level for 22 years, amid a record low in marriages themselves.
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Almost 3,000 crimes were committed last year with suspects too young to be prosecuted, the BBC learns.