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Is Nashville getting safer? The good news from Metro Police is that for the first seven months of 1999, overall crime was down 19.7% as compared with the first seven months of 1998.
Robbery: -14.1%
Burglary: -20.5%
Larceny: -20.6%
Auto Theft: -31.8%
Criminal Homicide: -40.6%
Rape: -1.4%
Aggravated Assault: -2.3%
But compare the month of July with the same month a year ago. Overall crime decreased 15%. But whether Nashville is getting any safer depends on how you define safe:
Robbery: -26.6%
Burglary: -3.7%
Larceny: -19.7%
Auto Theft: -26.4%
Criminal Homicide: +9.1%
Rape: +11.1%
Aggravated Assault: +9.9%
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