Crime Mapping

The FBI recently released preliminary crime statistics for 2009, and there’s good news in the numbers. Violent crime, which includes murder, forcible rape robbery and aggravated assault, was down 5.5 percent in the US in 2009. The percentage change is compared to 2008 crime rates. Additionally, property crime including burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft [...]

There’s always a danger in making any general statement or conclusion, but the latest crime statistics show some extremely interesting trends as to what areas of the country are the safest, and which aren’t. Despite the reputation of the south as the God-fearing, church-going folk, crime rates below the Mason-Dixon line are relatively high compared [...]