The ridiculous violence in N.O.
I beg to differ. In the sixties and seventies, there were poor. We didn't see this wanton disregard for life. The difference between then and now is that we no longer have a moral compass that we had in quieter times.
Video games have gotten exponentially more violent with the passing years, news footage shows us horrors that we never would have seen in my youth. Sex and depravity seem to be the calling cards of every news stand publication and silver screen offering. Our kids have become so jaded to what would have given me nightmares as a 13 year old, that they think little of joining in with what we've allowed them as a society to think is acceptable.
The church is no longer the moral bedrock it once was. There too, scandal after scandal has caused the majority of the world to dismiss anything the (remaining few) good men there might have to say.
It's up to us.
So if all of that is true, why in 2010 was the violent crime rate in the United States the lowest it had been since 1972?
There was a big spike in crime in the US during the crack epidemic, but violent crime has been a pretty big decline for a while now, yet so many people don't want to believe it.
(from the FBI)
http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Crime.cfm
<table title="Data table: crime, state level, state-by-state" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><th rowspan="3" id="year" valign="BOTTOM">
Year</th> <th rowspan="3" id="population" valign="BOTTOM">
Population</th> <th colspan="6" id="rate" align="CENTER" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" valign="BOTTOM">
Crime rate per 100,000 population <hr> </th> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="5" id="vcrime2" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" valign="BOTTOM">
Violent crime <hr> </th> </tr> <tr> <th id="vctot2" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
Violent Crime rate</th> <th id="murd2" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate</th> <th id="rape2" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
Forcible rape rate</th> <th id="rob2" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
Robbery rate</th> <th id="aggr2" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
Aggravated assault rate</th></tr></tbody></table>
<table title="Data table: crime, state level, state-by-state" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1970</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
203,235,298</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
363.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
7.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
18.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
172.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
164.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1971</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
206,212,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
396.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
20.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
188.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
178.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1972</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
208,230,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
401.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
22.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
180.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
188.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1973</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
209,851,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
417.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
24.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
183.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
200.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1974</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
211,392,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
461.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
26.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
209.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
215.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1975</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
213,124,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
487.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
26.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
220.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
231.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1976</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
214,659,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
467.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
26.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
199.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
233.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1977</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
216,332,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
475.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
29.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
190.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
247.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1978</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
218,059,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
497.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
31.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
195.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
262.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1979</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
220,099,000</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
548.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
34.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
218.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
286.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1980</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
225,349,264</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
596.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
10.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
36.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
251.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
298.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1981</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
229,465,714</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
593.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
36.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
258.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
289.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1982</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
231,664,458</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
570.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
34.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
238.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
289.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1983</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
233,791,994</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
538.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
33.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
216.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
279.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1984</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
235,824,902</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
539.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
7.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
35.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
205.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
290.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1985</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
237,923,795</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
558.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
36.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
209.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
304.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1986</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
240,132,887</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
620.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
38.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
226.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
347.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1987</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
242,288,918</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
612.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
37.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
213.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
352.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1988</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
244,498,982</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
640.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
37.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
222.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
372.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1989</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
246,819,230</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
666.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
38.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
234.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
385.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1990</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
249,464,396</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
729.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
41.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
256.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
422.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1991</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
252,153,092</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
758.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
42.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
272.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
433.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1992</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
255,029,699</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
757.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
42.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
263.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
441.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1993</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
257,782,608</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
747.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
41.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
256.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
440.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1994</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
260,327,021</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
713.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
9.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
39.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
237.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
427.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1995</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
262,803,276</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
684.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
8.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
37.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
220.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
418.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1996</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
265,228,572</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
636.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
7.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
36.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
201.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
391.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1997</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
267,783,607</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
611.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
6.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
35.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
186.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
382.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1998</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
270,248,003</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
567.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
6.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
34.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
165.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
361.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
1999</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
272,690,813</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
523.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
32.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
150.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
334.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2000</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
281,421,906</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
506.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
32.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
145.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
324.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2001</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
285,317,559</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
504.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
31.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
148.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
318.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2002</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
287,973,924</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
494.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
33.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
146.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
309.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2003</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
290,788,976</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
475.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
32.3</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
142.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
295.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2004</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
293,656,842</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
463.2</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
32.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
136.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
288.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2005</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
296,507,061</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
469.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
31.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
140.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
290.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2006</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
299,398,484</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
473.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
31.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
149.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
287.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2007</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
301,621,157</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
466.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
30.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
147.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
283.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2008</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
304,374,846</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
457.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.4</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
29.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
145.7</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
276.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2009</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
307,006,550</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
431.9</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
5.0</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
29.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
133.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
264.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td scope="row" headers="year" align="center" valign="BOTTOM" width="67">
2010</td> <td headers="population" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
308,745,538</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 vctot2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
403.6</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 murd2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
4.8</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rape2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
27.5</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 rob2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
119.1</td> <td headers="rate vcrime2 aggr2" align="right" valign="BOTTOM" width="57">
252.3</td></tr></tbody></table>