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Originally Posted by BOMBERO
And the reason I say that...
77 Replies and over 3500 Views and not one person said anything about a
story in Friday's 4/29/11 Daily Sun. Page C-1. The local section. Bottom right of page.
You can get the paper in or close to the Villages. I'm not sure about
Hillsborough County.
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I went back and looked in my
Daily Sun. According to the article, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released the 2010 Uniform Crime Reports for 2009 to 2010.
The report says, statewide, Florida saw a 6.7 drop in total offenses. These included subcategories like sex offenses, robbery, murder, aggravated assault and larceny.
Sumter County saw a 16 percent decrease in crime in 2009 to 2010. According to the report, "aggravated assault was up about 5 percent, and an increase in murders from one in 2009 to three in 2010 accounted for a 200 percent increase."
Lake County crime rates fell 8.2 percent (23 percent drop in robberies and 19 percent in burglary.)
Marion County's crime rates decreased 2.4 percent for the same period.
Here's the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Report if anyone is interested. Thanks BOMBERO for the heads-up.
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/...-Profiles.aspx