"Violent crime in U.S. rises for FIRST TIME since 1993 and is up 18%..."

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"Violent crime in U.S. rises for FIRST TIME since 1993 and is up 18% from last year"

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics’ annual national crime victimization survey, the size of the percentage increases in both violent crime and property crime for last year was driven in large part by the historically low levels seen in 2010.

The increase in violent crime was the result of an upward swing in assaults, which rose 22 percent, from 4million in 2010 to 5million last year.

But the incidence of rape, sexual assault and robbery remained largely unchanged, as did serious violent crime involving weapons or injury.

The increases in violent crime experienced by whites, Hispanics, younger people and men accounted for the majority of the increase in violent crime.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219212/Violent-crime-U-S-rises-FIRST-TIME-1993-18-year.html#ixzz29awIZGw3