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crime rate

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Noun1.crime rate - the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"


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The Washington Post recently reported that contrary to conventional wisdom, the Big Apple's violent crime rate dropped dramatically during the last 15 years even as the city emptied its jail cells.
Prisoner's dilemma: incarceration and crime by Balko, Radley / Reason
The decreasing crime rate in the city is the result of cooperation involving the police, the community and city officials, Livingstone said.
VIOLENT CRIME RISES IN SIMI NO SPECIFIC CAUSE FOR TREND NOTED OVERALL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Despite increases in serious crimes such as homicide, attempted murder, serious assaults and robbery, Canada's national crime rate in 2005 fell 5%, the Centre for Justice Statistics reports.
Crime rates down, homicides up in 2005 by Community Action
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