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Almost all aspects of violent crime have been on a downward swing since the early 90's..

Here's a good graph overlaying a lot of different trend lines (I'll post a link to the page, since the graphic is rather large..)

http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2009/07/g ... atter.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's some great sites to explore for more stats:

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's an interesting breakdown by region for the 2009 preliminary numbers:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/2009prelimsem/table_2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting that the south saw the largest decrease in overall violent crime (due to the decrease in robbery, aggravated assault, etc) but has the only + number on the tanks- burglaries up by 0.7%.