The crime rate is rising.

犯罪率正在上升。

《牛津词典》

It is indisputable that the crime rate has been rising.

毫无疑问，犯罪率一直在上升。

《牛津词典》

Their basic criticism was that prisons do not reduce the crime rate, they cause recidivism.

他们的基本评论为：监狱的存在无法降低犯罪率，它只能引发重犯。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

Concerns over security have been especially hard to dispel due to the country's high crime rate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

For instance: conventional wisdom says that the crime rate should rise during a recession.

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And during the current downturn, the unemployment rate rose as the crime rate fell.

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Most of the tourists stick to the north coast, where the crime rate is fairly low.

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