Over all, crime rose 2.1 percent across the nation, the report said.

The latest figures show crime rose nearly 8 percent here last year.

The homes became neglected and crime rose in the area.

But crime on Metro as a whole was rising in the late 2000s.

According to figures released for the first six months of this year, crime rose 32.1 percent over the same period in 1988.

Crimes against people in all four categories rose 4.6 percent, to 84,660 from 80,904.

In Berlin violent crime rose 15 percent from 1994 to 1996.

Again, it may help to look backward and see why crime had risen so much in the first place.

Violent crime rose slightly in 2001 from the year before, according to federal statistics.

Why has crime in this country risen by an average of 6 per cent.