Article: AURORA 4TH SAFEST CITY OF ITS SIZE FBI CITES DOWNTURN IN CRIME DESPITE RISE OF 56% IN AUTO THEFT AND 54% IN HOMICIDE.(Local)

Article: U.S. Violent Crime Rate Declines
AP Online;  September 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the 1980s. Since 1993, the violent crime rate has decreased by almost 50 ... 10 percent decrease in the violent crime rate for whites. It also included ... year experienced a drop in the violent crime rate of about 23 percent. Those ...

Article: Joliet reports lower violent crime rate
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  March 15, 2003 ;     472 words ... ... crime overall, but also a 15 percent drop in the violent crime rate. The violent crime category includes murder, criminal sexual assault ... increase in arrests compared to the decrease in the crime rate certainly indicates that the many fine members ...

Article: Violent crime up in Minneapolis; The city's ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Staff Writer Minneapolis' violent crime rate continues to outpace that of ... slowing the increase. The violent crime rate from January to Sept. 11 ... which showed Minneapolis' violent crime rate for that year increased 13 ...

Article: Violent Crime Rate Drops 7 Percent ...
The Washington Post;  June 2, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The nation's crime rate in 1996 fell for the ... 7 percent decrease in violent crime nationwide, which left the U.S. crime rate at the lowest level in ... the other categories of violent crime -- robbery, rape ...

Article: New Jersey: Crime rate plunges 4%; violent ...
Corrections Digest;  September 12, 2003 ;     306 words ...Attorney General Peter Harvey reported a 4 percent decline in the state crime rate for 2002 including a 2 percent decrease for violent crime. "The overall decrease in crime is a real reflection on every man and woman in law enforcement ...

Article: Violent crime up in Elgin Latest statistics show ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 3, 2005 ;     671 words ... ... to state crime statistics release today. Elgin's violent crime rate, which includes murder, criminal sexual assault ... Police Chief Christopher Merritt said. The statewide crime rate decreased 3.1 percent in 2004 and the murder rate ...

Article: Survey: Violent Crime Rate Plunges
AP Online;  August 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Writer AP Online 08-27-2000 Survey: Violent Crime Rate Plunges WASHINGTON (AP) -- The violent crime rate declined by 10.4 percent last year ... an estimated 44 million crimes. The violent crime rate decline began in 1994. The decline ...