Another reason for low crime stats we see every day in court is criminals charged with numerous offences over time going to court and convicted of only a small portion of the crimes they committed. They might have committed 4 assaults, 9 break and enters and 7 auto thefts yet are convicted on only one to three of the charges. The other charges are dropped, in effect they didn't happen as far as crime stats are tallied, it all depends on how crime stats are tallied. Add to that the many people who don't bother to report crimes like assaults, thefts, frauds etc.
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