Violent crime rate rose in Wilmington in 2013
By Adam Wagner
Adam.Wagner@StarNewsOnline.com
WILMINGTON, NC (StarNews) — Even though violent crimes ticked upward in Wilmington in 2013, a decrease in crime throughout downtown meant Part I crimes – including violent and property crimes – fell 3 percent in 2013, Wilmington Police Chief Ralph Evangelous told Wilmington City Council on Tuesday.
In 2013, there were 6,249 Part I crimes, down from 6,411 in 2012, a year that included a temporary annexation of Monkey Junction which officials attributed as the cause for a slight rise in some crime statistics.
Violent crimes did jump upward in 2013, though, with particular gains in the number of rapes and the number of aggravated assaults.
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