Sean C. Morgan
The number of aggravated assaults in Sweet Home more than doubled, from nine in 2011 to 19 in 2012, leading to an increase in the city’s violent crime rate based on the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, released Sept. 16.
Sweet Home had 27 reported violent crimes and 499 property crimes in 2012.
That’s up from 14 violent crimes in 2011 and up from 482 property crimes in 2011.
The crime rate in…