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During the first six months of 2006, the rate of robberies and murders across the nation rose, according to preliminary FBI statistics, indicating that the lull in crime in the United States between 2001 and 2004 has come to an end.
Furthermore, the violent crime numbers have seen an increase for the second year in a row—2.2 percent nationwide, the first rise in five years. Violent crime in the first six months of 2006 rose 3.7 percent compared to the same time period last year.
“This is a concern we''ve been focused on,” said chief counsel for the International Association of Chiefs of Police Gene Voegtlin. “A lot of (police) agencies are really stretched thin when it comes to budget and their ability to aggressively combat crime.”
Early Statistics Show:
• Murders increased by 1.4 percent, robberies rose by 9.7 percent, and felony assaults by 1.2 percent.
• The rate of rapes reduced by less than one-tenth of one percent.
• The rate of burglaries rose by 1.2 percent.
• Arson increased by 6.8 percent
The U.S. Justice Department is currently evaluating 18 different cities and suburban regions in an effort to understand why the rate of violent crime in the U.S. in rising.
The FBI''s information is based on reports of more than 11,000 law enforcement agencies around the country.
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