{"id":99987,"date":"2016-07-03T07:27:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99987"},"modified":"2016-07-03T07:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:27:45","slug":"lat-violent-crime-in-california-rose-10-in-2015-state-attorney-general-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99987","title":{"rendered":"LAT: Violent crime in California rose 10% in 2015, state attorney general says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Times<\/a>: 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Homicides increased 9.7%, and robbery and aggravated assault climbed by more than 8%.<\/p>\n

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\u2026<\/p>\n

Statewide, 1,861 people were slain in 2015, compared with more than 4,000 in 1993\u2026<\/p>\n

The vast majority \u2013 nearly 83% \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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