In Michigan the stats show an increase in violent crimes of just over 9 percent to more than 45,000 violent crimes last year. Drilling down further: the number of murders in Michigan was up 13 to 598. The largest increase in the state was aggravated assaults, a 15.5 percent increase, from about 26,600 to nearly 31,000. The number of rapes was also up. The number of robberies, however, dropped.
Clearly, Detroit remains a trouble spot. About a third of all violent crime in the state occurred in Detroit, 13,705 — and 303 murders; more than half of the murders in the state, were committed in Detroit.
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FBI: Violent Crime Spikes In Michigan; Half The Murders In Detroit
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terrible for a state with about 9.8 million people.