“According to the annual Uniform Crime report, overall violent crime rose nationally in 2015 compared to the year prior. Property crime, which occurs roughly six times as often as violent crime, went down, however, by an estimated 2.6 percent across the country—continuing the almost unabated drop we’ve experienced for over two decades.
“A close look at the data reveals that the largest increases aren’t pervasive nationwide, but are geographically uneven and concentrated among a small handful of cities.”