Los Angeles Times: After two years of decline, the number of violent crimes in California rose by 10% in 2015, although the overall crime rate remained among the lowest in decades.
The numbers were up in all major categories of violent crime compared with those of 2014, according to reports released Friday by the state attorney general’s office.
Homicides increased 9.7%, and robbery and aggravated assault climbed by more than 8%.
Hate crimes followed the same trend, with a 10.4% jump. The vast majority of the uptick involved religious bias. Anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish incidents were up, as were those targeting Latinos…
Statewide, 1,861 people were slain in 2015, compared with more than 4,000 in 1993…
The vast majority – nearly 83% – of the victims were male. About 47% of all victims were killed by friends and acquaintances; 31% by a stranger and nearly 15% by their spouse, parent or child. Women were more likely than men to be slain by their spouse.
At 43%, the largest proportion of homicide victims was Latino, followed by 28.4% black and 21.3% white. Nearly 29% of homicides were gang-related…
