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cities when grouped byj population size reported increases ranging from 17 percent in cities under 10,000 population to 24 percent in cities 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. The suburban areas also reported a 21 percent ris*?, while crime in the rural areas was up 14 percent.
The FBI Director said the upward crime trend was consistent throughout the geographic regions of the country. The Northeastern States ! registered a 27 percent rise, the Western States 20 percent, the Southern States 18 percent, and the North Central States 17 i percent.
Mr. Hoover specifically pointed out the significant increase in robbery and other street crimes. He noted a 34 percent rise in irmed robbery and a significant 28 percent increase in assaults with the use of firearms. Likewise, purse-snatching rose 45 percent and theft of personal property from automobiles 20 oercent during the six-month oeriod. A copy of the preliminary figures for the first six months of 1968 is attached. *
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