1960: 160.9/100K 2002: 494.6/100K
peak in 1991 at 758.2/100K
It's interesting that murders are essentially the same in 1960 and 2002 (5.1 v. 5.6) That makes me wonder if there is some methodological jimmying going on here: most murders probably get counted, but rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults probably don't.
-WD
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 04:46 PM 3/31/2009, WD wrote:
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>> whereas in 2002 the
>> violent crime rate was 4118.8 per 100,000.
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> Whoa. You're reading it waaaaay wrong.
>
> 4118 is the sum of 3.624 property crime and 494 violent crime.
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