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– View the Preliminary Crime Statistics

For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime, property crime, and arson have decreased. The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008.

Crimes reported to our Uniform Crime Program are down collectively: violent crime overall decreased 4.4 percent, property crime is down 6.1 percent, and arson fell 8.2 percent.

Individual crimes are also decreasing across the board:

• Murder (down 10.0 percent);
• Forcible rape (down 3.3 percent);
• Robbery (down 6.5 percent);

• The 2009 crime statistics are preliminary; the final report will be issued next year. Past full-year reports: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | More – More About the Uniform Crime Reports (Statistics) – Frequently Asked Questions

  Aggravated assault (down 3.2 percent);

• Burglary (down 2.5 percent);
• Larceny-theft (down 5.3 percent); and
• Motor vehicle theft (down 18.7 percent).

Other interesting highlights:

• Murder was lower in all four regions of the country, with the largest decreases in the Northeast (13.7 percent) and the West (13.3 percent).
• Motor vehicle thefts decreased significantly in all four regions of the country (Northeast, 19.3 percent; Midwest, 21.4 percent; South, 17.8 percent; and West, 18.2 percent).
• While violent crime and aggravated assault were down in cities of more than 1 million people (7.0 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively), in cities of populations between 10,000 and 24,999, violent crime rose 1.7 percent and aggravated assault rose 3.8 percent.
• While both metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan areas experienced decreases in violent crime and property crime in general, non-metropolitan counties saw increases in robbery (3.8 percent) and arson (1.2 percent).
• On a regional basis, the only uptick in any crime was a slight increase in burglaries in the South (up 0.7 percent)