The City of Angels is home to the fourth highest crime rate of the 50 cities measured with more than 20, 000 violent crimes committed in 2011 according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report and an unemployment rate of 10.3%, nearly three points higher than the national average.
From the mid-1930s to the early 1960s, despite stockmarket crashes, wars and recessions, the rate of serious crime in the United States barely changed from year to year.
But as the general crime rate went down, so did the crime rate of released offenders.
Led by Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.), proponents cited increases in the rate of juvenile crime and said it's time to get tough.
One piece of evidence supporting this is the falling rate of violent crime in states permitting honest citizens to carry concealed handguns.
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What's more there are rumours of Polish burglars on the prowl in an area that used to have a crime rate of near zero (ignoring the criminal antics of the East German regime that is).
The Home Office says that despite rising crime figures, the rate of the rise is slowing.
The region has the third-highest crime rate of any metro area in our Best Places for Business and Careers survey.
Mr Perez Molina, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2007 election, made tackling Guatemala's high crime rate and combating the presence of Mexican drug gangs in the country his priorities.
Some believe that the upturn in the crime rate is directly linked to the number of unreformed ex-convicts on America's streets.
Elsewhere, the report said the crime rate in Scotland was lower than in England and Wales for most types of offences, while the "fear" of crime was falling.
Many people say they moved here because of the low crime rate and inexpensive homes.
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The crime rate in parts of the big cities such as Johannesburg is well known.
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They pointed out - under the bid slogan Discover Tomorrow - the advantages of the city's strong economy, low crime rate and extensive transport infrastructure.
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It is explained neither by a difference in criminality (the English are slightly more criminal than Americans, though less murderous), nor by the success of the policy: America's violent-crime rate is higher than it was 40 years ago.
The fall in the crime rate has coincided with a fall in the number of young men between the ages of 15 and 21, the peak age for criminal activity in any society, including America.
True, there are signs of improvement in the capital's crime rate (murders this year so far number just over 270 compared with 397 for all of 1996), but from an appallingly low base.
Mexico City, by contrast, has enjoyed a falling crime rate and the introduction of a number of successful social programs.
Some 19.7% of Northern Ireland households experienced a crime during that period, three-quarters of the rate in England and Wales during 2000 (26.8%).
In the same way, the rise in the crime rate that started in the early 1960s coincided with the teenage years of the baby-boomers.
But although the crime rate remains well below that of other rich countries, it has been rising over the past seven years.
"A greater number of law enforcement officers doing a better job than ever before is the major reason for the drop in our nation's crime rate, " said Craig W. Floyd, chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which compiled the report with Concerns of Police Survivors.
According to the largest study of released prisoners, conducted by the Bureau of Justice, the re-arrest rate for sex offenders is lower than that for perpetrators of any violent crime except murder.
People moved here because of the schools, the low crime rate, the job opportunities and a business-friendly environment.
Though some types of crime have gone down, the rate of violent house robbery has doubled in the past five years.
Pause in the library to check out the books the average prisoner read at a rate of 75 to 100 per year - though none of the books could have references to crime, violence or sex.
Mr Crompton does expect to see an increase in the conviction rate in the coming years, though, and says he will try to raise the profile of wildlife crime.
One would think that the crime rate would go up with the release of all of these inmates.
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Police are now failing to clear up three-quarters of all crime being committed, the worst rate since records began.
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