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Crime

Dallas Crime Down But Violent Assaults Up

The numbers say the city is safer than it's been in a long time.
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The Dallas City Council’s Public Safety committee was presented with the latest crime statistics (through Nov. 11) for 2014 today. Overall, crime is down 12.7 percent as compared to 2013, and 45.38 percent from 10 years ago.

However, aggravated assaults are actually up 6.61 percent in the last year. (Though, it should be noted, that’s still down 56.85 percent from a decade back.)

Dallas 2014 Crime Statistics November

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