Sean C. Morgan
Based on data collected by the FBI, while crime rates increased statewide, Sweet Home’s crime rate continued to decline in 2017, falling by 9.7 percent from the year before.
The FBI released its Uniform Crime Reports for 2017, which summarizes crime trends and statistics throughout the country, on Sept. 24. UCR information provides law enforcement with data for use in budget formulation, planning, resource allocation, assessment of police operations, etc., to help address…