The LRPD today released crime stats for the year through August and they show a drop in most categories of crime, with violent crimes down 27 percent and property crimes, which are far more numerous, down 5.9 percent. Residential burglaries and breaking and entering cases, however, are both up, by 2.4 and 1.7 percent respectively.

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