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Old 05-01-2011, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 View Post
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
Smart girl BK. No wonder you won national awards for investigative reporting.