Figures show drop in murder rate
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The murder rate in Scotland falls to its lowest level since 2000 with stabbings the most common cause of death.
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Big-city murders rose sharply in 2006 as violent crime increased nationally for the second straight year, the FBI reported Monday. Homicides committed in small towns and mid-size cities took a dramatic downswing &#151; resulting in an overall 0.3 percent increase in the murder rate across the country, the new preliminary data show.
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The nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported on Sunday.
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Overall crime in England and Wales falls by 9%, the Home Office announces, but gun crime shows an increase.
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Overall violence continues to decline in Iraq, although the rate of decrease has slowed since September and a few indicators have actually gone up in recent weeks, according to U.S. military figures released yesterday by the White House.
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Â· Crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths  Â· European safety figures show UK falling behind
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The number of drink drivers arrested in the three weeks before Christmas fell slightly, according to police.
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The nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported Sunday.
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The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers.
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American and Iraqi officials said that they were seeing a decline in the monthly civilian casualty count in June.
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A report seen by BBC News suggests violent criminals are less likely to re-offend if they meet their victims.
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The murder rate jumped by more than 10 percent among dozens of large U.S. cities since 2004, a study shows in the latest sign of the end of a national lull in violent crime. Robberies also spiked during the two-year period, as did felony assaults and attacks with guns, according to the report to be released Friday by the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington-based law enforcement think tank.
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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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The number of people killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence dropped dramatically in 2007, according to a report from an Israeli human rights group released Monday.
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The number of cot deaths in England and Wales fell by 15% between 2004 and 2005, provisional figures show.
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The Home Office reveals fewer crimes were solved by police in England and Wales last year.
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Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages over the last two years, reversing the declines of the 1990s.