FBI report: U.S. crime rate, homicides down; rapes increase for 6th straight year
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(Worthy News) – Violent crime overall in the United States has fallen by 4 percent, continuing a substantial decline since the 1990s, but the number of rapes have trended in the other direction, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday in its annual assessment.
The statistics are detailed in the bureau’s Uniform Crime Report, which accounts for offenses in 2018. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]
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