Statistics show crime reduction
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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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New figures show violent crime rising in the third quarter of last year and an increase in firearms offences.
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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 proportion of crimes solved by police in England and Wales fell last year, says the Home Office.
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Armed police numbers have dropped despite a rise in gun crime, the Conservatives say.
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Murders, robberies and other violent crimes reported in the United States jumped 3.7 percent in the first half of the year, continuing a troubling upswing that began in 2005, the FBI said on Monday.
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A Welsh police force reveals crimes  by under-10s almost doubled last year, while other forces record sharp drops.
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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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China has halved the number of bicycles stolen to about 2 million in the past nine months, police said on Thursday, following a campaign to clamp down on theft months before its capital hosts the Olympics.
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More than six out of 10 people regularly commit petty crimes, exposing the belief in the "law-abiding majority" to be a myth, say researchers.
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Was getting the lead out of gasoline a factor in the drop in crime?
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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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New York was the safest of the nation's 10 largest cities in 2005, with about one crime reported for every 37 residents, according to an Associated Press analysis of FBI statistics.
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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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The number firearms offences fell by almost 10% last year in Scotland, according to the latest figures.
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Murders in the United States dropped by nearly 6 percent in the first half of the year after rising for four straight years, the FBI reported Monday. Almost all other crimes declined, too.
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A study by Britain's Camden New Journal has found that crime rates drop considerably in neighbourhoods when supermodel Kate Moss moves there.