Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
Sweet Home police had anticipated an increase in the crime rate from 2004 to 2005, and it has materialized.
Sweet Home had the highest crime rate among Linn County’s three cities with police departments, according to the recently released FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
Overall, Sweet Home had a rate of 103.28 crimes per 1,000 residents reported for 2005. Albany had a crime rate of 71.46 crimes per 1,000…