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Comprehensive and current data and information on crime trends in the United States and other nations.


Richard Rosenfeld
Curators Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121
Ph: (314) 516-6717
Fax: (314) 516-5048

New!  Preliminary UCR data for 2007 show small crime decreases.  Violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault) fell by 1.4% and property crimes (burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson) fell by 2.1%.  The largest declines in violent crime (-3.9%) occurred in mid-sized cities with populations between 250,000 and 499,999.
 

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The number of missing children dropped during the 1990s.