About 50% lower over the last few years give or take, ymmv.
Funny thing, I read an article written by the boys at the Media Research Center http://www.mrc.org which said that even though violent crime has been reduced by some generic average of 20% over the country during the last few years, media coverage of crime has increased 720%. 720%!!!
We could have the lowest crime rate since 1902 and the media would still be showing us TV news helicopter video footage of some hold up in Florida.
This is no accident, fellas.
rick
"J. Thaddeus" wrote:
> "With incidents of school violence on the rise throughout the nation..."
>
> This seems to be a very false statement. I am to understand that school
> violence in America is at an all time low.
>