Violent crimes fell 7.2%, reflecting national trend
Maryland's crime rate decreased 6.3 percent last year, reaching a new low in the state's per-capita incidence of violent and property offenses and mirroring a national trend.The figures released by state officials Wednesday and reported to the FBI are the lowest since modern crime tracking began in 1975. That continues a pattern of the state notching record lows for most of the past 14 years, though as crime rates dropped more sharply in other states, Maryland has remained one of the most violent.
The numbers run counter to the public's perception about crime and safety and even surprise some experts who expected the rates to rise amid a recession — a pattern that's been borne out in previous economic downturns, according to criminologists. Some experts said they are hard pressed to pinpoint an explanation for the declines.
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4 comments:
most have moved to salisbury.
More liberal election year crap.
I think things are better in Salisbury with the new police chief and the safe streets teamwork.
Way better than the days of that bald guy.
Didn't Baltimore a couple years back change the way crimes are reported and classified? ...and didn't that generate some controversey because it resulted in a significant decrease in the crime rate simply by changing the rules? Back when O'Malley had a little somethin' to do with the running of that "charmed" city? Seems like manipulation of statistics to me.
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