LANCASTER'S CRIME RATE GROWS FASTER THAN ITS POPULATION.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. -- Lancaster's crime rate -- highlighted by a nearly 19 percent increase in homicides -- outpaced the city's population growth, a recently released Sheriff's Department report says. The report said Lancaster experienced a 6.4 percent increase in Part I crimes, felonies tallied by the FBI for the purpose of determining the rate of serious crimes. The sheriff's station in Lancaster reported 6,347 Part I crimes in 2006, compared to 5,968 the previous year. Part I crimes are the most serious -- homicides, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts and arsons. Lancaster's population in 2006 grew 4.1 percent from 132,951 to 138,392. The city's crime rate -- the number of crimes based on population -- increased 2.3 percent, from 448.5 per 10,000 in 2005 to 458.6 last year. Homicides were up 18.8 percent, from 16 in 2005 to 19 last year, and violent crimes were up 7.4 percent, from 1,186 in 2005 to 1,274 last year. The number of reported robberies and burglaries increased 24.5 and 22.1, respectively. Reported arsons were down 34.3 percent. About the only good news city officials could discern dis·cern v. dis·cerned, dis·cern·ing, dis·cerns v.tr. 1. To perceive with the eyes or intellect; detect. 2. To recognize or comprehend mentally. 3. from the report was the increase is slightly less than the 8 percent spike A burst of extra voltage in a power line that lasts only a few nanoseconds. See power surge, power swell, sag and surge suppression. (jargon) spike - To defeat a selection mechanism by introducing a (sometimes temporary) device that forces a specific result. Lancaster experienced in 2005. ``It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have alarming to see any increase in crime, and we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are not going to stand for it,'' Lancaster Mayor Henry Hearns said. City Manager Bob LaSala said crime reduction plans such as hiring new sheriff's deputies are already in place. The city established a set of programs that aims to reduce Part I crimes by 30 percent in five years. ``We're implementing plans to accomplish that goal,'' LaSala said. ``It's not just about more police on the street. We're partnering with schools and Neighborhood Watch (groups) and Business Watch (groups). We have to have an engaged community.'' gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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