Serious crime little changed in St. Paul

Article by: CHAO XIONG , Star Tribune
Updated: January 14, 2013 - 9:26 PM

But an unusually low homicide rate in 2011 inflated the 2012 change.

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furguson11Jan. 14, 13 9:44 PM

"Serious crime in St. Paul stayed nearly static between 2011 and 2012, as violent crimes increased and property crimes decreased." Really, St Paul is reporting on "Serious Crime"? The FBI hasn't reported on Serious Crime since 2004 because the majority of reported Part I crime is larceny/theft and those stats wash out the numbers for everything else. Plus when does St. Paul PD plan to start reporting all of their part II numbers again? I'm calling this poorly manipulated statistics. Across the river they're reporting changes in gunshots weekly. The Crime Lab was the tip of the iceberg, St Paul PD should get with the program.