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Crime rate is a measure of the rate of occurrence of Crime s committed in a given area and time. Most commonly, crime rate is given as the number of crimes committed among a given number of persons. Often, the type of crime is exactly specified. Thus, a crime rate might be given as the number of Murder s (or Rape s, Theft s, etc.) per 100,000 persons per year within a city.

Crime rate is a useful statistic for many purposes, such as evaluating the effectiveness of crime prevention measures or the relative Safety of a particular City or Neighborhood . Crime rate statistics are commonly used by Politician s to advocate for or against a policy designed to deal with crime. As with any set of Statistics , crime rate statistics can be presented in a misleading manner to fit the presenter's agenda.


WORLD CRIME RATE DATA

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