Violent crime falls for third straight year: FBI | Reuters
Violent crime also dropped in states like Arizona, nearly 14 percent, where local officials have complained that illegal immigrants coming across the porous U.S. border with Mexico were contributing to increases in criminal activity.
However, in the Arizona city of Nogales, which is located on the U.S.-Mexican border, the violent crime rate remained unchanged from 2008 though property crime dropped almost 14 percent. In nearby Tucson, violent crime fell 16 percent, but property crime statistics were incomplete.
