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FBI: Phoenix crime up, Tucson crime down

The Arizona Daily Sun

PHOENIX - The overall number of violent crimes increased in Phoenix by 4.7 percent last year but decreased in Tucson by nearly 10 percent, according to preliminary FBI data released Monday.

The biggest disparity between Arizona's two largest cities was in the number of forcible rapes reported. Rapes dropped by 22.2 percent in Tucson, but rose by 3.2 percent in Phoenix.

Phoenix had 14 more murders last year, 234 compared to 220 in 2005. Tucson saw a 5.5 percent drop in the number of murders in 2006, going to 52 from 55 in 2005, the FBI reported.

Posted by Editor at June 5, 2007 01:28 AM

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