Violent crime rises in Oklahoma City, falls nationally

 
Peter Wright | Modified: June 2, 2009 at 6:58 am | Published: June 2, 2009   

A continuing rise in robberies and a spike in aggravated assaults gave Oklahoma City a 17 percent increase in violent crime in 2008, the FBI reported Monday.

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Nationwide, violent crime was down 2.5 percent from 2007 figures, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report.

Oklahoma City saw small declines in murder and forcible rape.

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