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| Report: Major U.S. Crimes Up |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 07/01/2002 |
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Major crime in the United States rose last year for the first time in a decade and there was a three percent jump in the nation's murder rate, the Washington Post reported recently. A preliminary FBI survey of crime in 2001, obtained by the newspaper, also found significant increases in robbery, burglary and car theft. Overall major crime was up two percent from the previous year. The largest increase was in the western United States, followed by the South and Midwest. The Northeast was the only region to experience a drop in crime, the survey found. Most of the increase nationwide was driven by a rise in various property crimes, the Post reported. Car theft, for example, was up 6 percent. Homicide rates rose sharply in many U.S. cities, including a 67 percent jump in Boston, Massachusetts, and double-digit increases in Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; St. Louis, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. Murders rates showed smaller rises in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California, but continued to fall in New York. Those killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center were not included in New York's total. Experts disagree on the causes of higher crime, although they believe that economics and demographics play a role and that the sagging U.S. economy was likely a factor in the rise. The Post said police are also concerned about the steady increase in the teenage population, which has historically been the age group most likely to commit crimes. |
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