Show Crimes Increase ease Preliminary FBI statistics indicate indicate indicate in in- in- in that the number o 0 f crimes in the Nation continued to increase during 1970 but at a rate slightly lower than the rate of increase reported the year before Attorney General General General Gen Gen- eral John N. N Mitchell announced today The increase for 1970 and 1969 was 11 percent as compared to 12 percent the previous year and 17 percent percent percent per per- cent the year before THE FIGURES also reveal that 22 major cities reported an actual reduction in the number of crimes in 1970 as compared to 1969 Of these six were cities with a population population population pop pop- of or more four with a population of more than and the balance with a population in excess of The 10 largest cities were Chicago Washington n r Pittsburg Cleveland St. St Louis Lows Kansas City Missouri Oak Oak- land Seattle Louisville ana and anaSt St St. Paul THE OTHER cities reporting reporting reporting report report- ing a decrease in the number Berkeley Berkeley Berkeley Berke Berke- of crimes in 1970 were ley Fresno California Savannah Savannah Savannah Savan Savan- nah Georgia Rockford Illinois Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- Illi- Illi nois Waterbury Connecticut Cedar Rapids Iowa Flint Michigan Duluth Minnesota Utica New York Providence Rhode Island Columbia South Penn Penn- Carolina and Reading sylvania The preliminary figures for tor 1970 are contained in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports a collection of or nationwide police statistics supplied on a voluntary voluntary voluntary volun volun- tary basis by local county and state law enforcement agencies agencies agencies agen agen- cies and released by FBI Director Director Director Di Di- rector J. J Edgar Hoover today FINAL NAL crime figures and cn crime e rat rates s per unit of population population pop pop- will be available in the detailed Uniform Crime Reports Reports Reports Re Re- ports scheduled for release during during during dur dur- ing the Summer of 1971 |