The crime rate dropped across the country in 2009 for the third straight year.
The Associated Press: Crime rates down for third year, despite recessionWASHINGTON Crime in the United States dropped dramatically in 2009, bucking a historical trend that links rising crime rates to economic woes. Property crimes and violent offenses each declined about 5 percent, the FBI said Monday, citing reports from law enforcement coast to coast.
It was the third straight year of declines, and this year's drops were even steeper than those of 2007 and 2008, despite the recession.
Of course it did - one can say how coincidental that it dropped in the years where there have been more deportations and when many cities including Los Angeles proclaimed war against the gang bangers and amongst those were many illegals.