Sean C. Morgan
The crime rate in Sweet Home decreased about 6.7 percent from 2001 to 2002, according to the recently released FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2002.
Serious crimes decreased from 57.01 per 1,000 population to 53.2. Total, serious crimes were down from 461 to 439. Serious crimes include such crimes as murder, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.
Sweet Home had the lowest crime rate among Linn County…