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Last updated on Wednesday, September 27, 2017
(UNDATED) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the violent crime rate increased by 3.4 percent in 2016, up from 3.3 percent in 2015; and, the nationwide homicide rate increased by 7.9 percent in 2016, a decrease from the previous year’s 11.4 percent.
The 2016 Crime in the United States report said violent crime increases in 2015 and 2016 represented the largest single-year increases in the violent crime rate since 1991.
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