FBI Says: Violent Crime Falls 3 Percent
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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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Philadelphia on Wednesday announced a crackdown on violent crime in an effort to curb one of the highest homicide rates among major U.S. cities.
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Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington on Monday disputed a claim that Atlanta is the nation&#39;s third most dangerous city. Pennington said crime has gone down since he took over as police chief in 2002.
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Armed police numbers have dropped despite a rise in gun crime, the Conservatives say.
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The Home Office is falling behind its five-year target for reducing crime, a government report shows.
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A violent crime spike in four cities led the Justice Department on Friday to dispatch additional teams of federal agents to combat guns, gangs or surging murder rates in Mesa, Ariz.; Orlando, Fla.; San Bernardino, Calif., and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Updated figures from Iraq's Health Ministry show there was no significant decline in violent deaths in Baghdad last month, but the U.S. military insisted Thursday the murder rate in the capital had fallen by 52 percent.
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City officials Thursday acknowledged 2003 crime figures were way off. What looked like a drop in crime to historic lows turned out to be a 4 percent rise.
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The number of mortgage fraud cases investigated by the FBI almost doubled in the past three years, reflecting a problem that is "pervasive and growing," the bureau said yesterday in its annual report on financial crimes.
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The federal government has fallen back to prosecuting international terrorists at about the same rate it did before Sept. 11, according to a study based on Justice Department data.
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A recent rise in violent crime accelerated in the first half of 2006, providing the clearest sign yet that the nation is in the midst of a prolonged increase in murder, assaults and other violent offenses, the FBI reported today.
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Overall crime in Scotland fell by 5% in the year to last April, Scottish Executive statistics show.
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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 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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NEW YORK  - Crime rates might be dropping nationwide, but you wouldn't know from the latest wave of vigilante-themed films.
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Property-crime numbers jumped in 2003 in some local cities, according to annual FBI crime statistics released Monday, a rise authorities blame on an increase in auto burglaries and identity theft.
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Violent crime by state for 2002 and 2003, including total crime numbers and crime rates per 100,000 people, according to the FBI&#39;s annual crime report.