According to the most recent FBI crime report, Connecticut saw one of the more significant drops in violent crime in the United States.
Overall, violent crime is down by 9.7 percent compared to last year. For the second straight year, the state saw such a a decrease as violent crime was down more than 10 percent for 2013.
"We're hitting it out of the ballpark" said Gov. Dannel Malloy who announced the new figures at a press conference at State Police Headquarters in Middletown.
For some historical perspective, Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner Dora Schriro said, “Connecticut’s violent crime rate in 2014 is the lowest since 1974. Our property crime rate is the lowest since 1966.”
According to the data, Connecticut led the nation among states with more than 1.3 million people when it came to the reduction in violent crime. Murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults all saw decreases in 2014.
Gov. Malloy was asked about the recent spike in homicides in Hartford and said even though the Capital City may have seen an uptick for 2015, it can't be misinterpreted as a trend.
"There’s no way to ignore what’s happened in Hartford" Malloy said. "But listen, what’s happened in Hartford is not playing out in other municipalities.”
