Rapes and aggravated assaults push ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall
UAA's ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Justice Information Center presented data from 1979 thru 2021 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Troy C. Payne, Director of AJIC wrote "After a large increase in the mid-2010’s, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ is similar to the national average for property offenses. ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."