Joplin Crime Statistics Report
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
If you live in one Four State community, you may feel a little safer. According to the latest report, crime is down overall in Joplin. The preliminary crime numbers show Joplins crime for last year to be about 200 cases below the year 2000. Thats more than a 6% decrease in the past year. While murders, rape, and robberies have stayed about the same in Joplin, there`s been a significant decrease in the number of burglaries, larceny, and motor vehicle thefts and a slight decrease in aggravated assaults and arson. The numbers are taken from the official FBI publication, Crime in the United States 2000.
To view the report, log on to: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/00cius.htm
