Sweet Home had a 7.2 percent increase in serious crimes per 1,000 population from 2000 to 2001, according to recently released FBI figures for 2001.
Overall, the number of serious crimes was up 8.2 percent, from 426 in 2000 to 461 in 2001. Serious crimes, called part one crimes, includes such crimes as aggravated assault, rape, arson, burglary and murder. The number of part one crimes per thousand increased from 53.18 in 2000 to 57.01…