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AG: Violent crime in Calif. up 10% in 2015


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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times

After two years of decline, the number of violent crimes in California rose by 10 percent 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 percent, and robbery and aggravated assault climbed by more than 8 percent.

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