Violent US crime falls – FBI

Violent crime dropped in the United States in 2010 for a fourth consecutive year, with six per cent fewer such cases than the previous year, an annual FBI survey has found. Burglaries, theft and other crimes against property also went down, by 2.5 per...

Violent crime dropped in the United States in 2010 for a fourth consecutive year, with six per cent fewer such cases than the previous year, an annual FBI survey has found.

Burglaries, theft and other crimes against property also went down, by 2.5 per cent as a group, for the eighth year in a row, according to the FBI’s estimates.

Attorney General Eric Holder said the new figures showed that federal law enforcement agencies had made progress on the crime fighting priorities of President Barack Obama’s Administration.

“We’ve targeted gang leadership in communities from Florida to New York, and from Tennessee to North Carolina,” he said in a statement. “We’ve renewed our commitment to fighting organised crime, whether it is traditional La Cosa Nostra or Mexican drug cartels.”

But the report also shows that last year’s drop in violent crime is part of a long-term trend with the number of such cases falling each year since 2006.

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