Crime Scene Archive: Crime Statistics
Increase in Pr. George's non-fatal shootings
There was more than a little consternation within the Prince George's County Police Department when 16 people were killed in the county in the first month of the year. Enforcement efforts were stepped up in communities inside the Beltway. Federal...
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Matt Zapotosky
| March 11, 2011; 10:33 AM ET |
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Four dead in incidents around Washington area
Three people died in separate incidents around Washington overnight, and a fourth perished in Fairfax, police said.Henry Kelly, 20, of Southeast Washington was pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting in an alley on the 3100 block of Buena...
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Daniel de Vise
| March 5, 2011; 2:33 PM ET |
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Officer line of duty deaths up in 2010
A total of 160 officers from the federal and local levels died in the line of duty as of mid-day Dec. 27, an increase over the 117 killed in 2009 when those deaths reached a 50-year low, according to the...
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Mary Pat Flaherty
| December 28, 2010; 1:11 PM ET |
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Less crime in 2010: FBI
Crime continues to decrease across the country, according to preliminary data released by the FBI Monday morning. For the first six months of the year, violent crime dropped by 6.2 percent and property crime dipped by 2.8 percent compared with...
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Allison Klein
| December 20, 2010; 10:02 AM ET |
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Violent crime drops in '09: FBI
The FBI said Monday that violent crime reported to police in 2009 declined for the third straight year. The 5.3 percent drop in violent crime was accompanied by a 4.6 percent drop in property crime, marking the seventh consecutive year...
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Washington Post Editors
| September 13, 2010; 12:27 PM ET |
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Pr. George's crime continues dropping
Crime in Prince George’s County continued its steady decline in the first half of 2010, falling in every major category for an overall deccrease of 6.3 percent compared to the same period last year, authorities announced Wednesday. Propelled by double-digit percentage point drops in robberies, rapes and homicides, violent crime fell by 11.7 percent, authorities said. Property crime, which includes burglary, theft and stolen vehicles, fell by a smaller margin — only 5.3 percent — but authorities highlighted it as significant nonetheless.
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Washington Post editors
| July 29, 2010; 1:13 PM ET |
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