From Washington to Oregon, to Vermont, states across the country are tallying lower crime rates over the past few years. Even in 2009, amidst economic downturn, cities like Los Angeles, Dallas and New York have seen a dramatic reduction in violent crime. "In much of Los Angeles County and elsewhere in Southern California crime has dropped significantly so far this year, despite an economic meltdown that has pushed unemployment into double digits, imploded the housing market and shuttered countless businesses," exclaimed the LA Times last month.
New York City's crime rate for the first three months of 2009 was the lowest in more than 40 years, which "defied fears that the sinking economy might send the city back into the bad old days of rampant murders and rough streets," said the New York Daily News three weeks ago.
More Astonishing Statistics:
"Homicides are down almost 23 percent in Memphis so far in 2009, part of a trend that has seen a near 10 percent decrease in rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor-vehicle theft and arson," according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A report out of Milwaukee in April said nearly 1,600 fewer people were victims of violent crime in the city in the first three months of 2009. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn announced crime numbers in the city were down 17 percent in the first quarter of 2009 from the same time period last year.
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