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Fueled by spikes in robberies and aggravated assaults, violent crime
last year jumped more than 32 percent in Las Vegas and unincorporated
Clark County, according to FBI statistics released Monday.
Henderson and North Las Vegas police saw their own violent crime rate
surges of 15 percent and 12 percent, respectively. The numbers dwarf
the national average of a 1 percent climb in the violent crime rate
per 100,000 residents.
"All of the law enforcement agencies in the valley have seen the
methamphetamine problem drive robberies, aggravated assaults, car
burglaries and thefts," Henderson police spokesman Keith Paul said.
Nationally, murders in 2006 increased by 1.8 percent over the previous
year. In cities of more than 1 million people, however, murder jumped
by 6.8 percent. The number of robberies and arson also rose, while the
number of rapes and car thefts dropped, FBI data show.
The new numbers confirm that crime rates continued on a two-year
upward trend after a relative lull in violence
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