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Monday, January 23, 2012

NATIONAL- Falling Crime Rates

Recently, I posted an article about rising burglaries in south Snohomish County and what you can do to prevent becoming a victim of a burglary. But, overall, crime of all kinds, have been trending down throughout the US over the last 20 or so years. This may be of little comfort if your house was just burglarized or your car broken into. But, the long term statistical trend has been positive for safer communities.

Earlier this month, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" had an interesting discussion about the lowering crime rate:


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