U.S. crime rate static
NZPA-Reuter Washington One in every four United States households experienced a violent crime or a theft last year, a rate little changed from the previous year, according to a Government report. More than 22 million households suffered ’ a rape, robbery, assault, burglary or theft, said the annual Justice Depart-
ment report, which shows crime trends. It said the percentage of households touched by crime, while down only 1 per cent from 1984, was at the lowest level since 1975, when the figures were first compiled and when nearly a . third of American households were victims of crime. “Clearly, crime remains a serious problem for our
society,” said Mr Steven Schlesinger, director of the department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. Of the various crimes covered in the survey, the only one to show a measurable decline last year from the 1984 level was personal theft. The report said households with high incomes and in urban areas were the most vulnerable to crime last year.
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