overall crime

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallandcrime

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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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(Definition ofoverallandcrimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However,overallcrimeis down.
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Overallcrimehas fallen in the past five years.
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Armed crime accounts for a very small proportion ofoverallcrimeoffences.
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The survey also shows a much larger increase inoverallcrime.
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Those measures support theoverallcrimereduction strategy; they are part of it.
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It showsoverallcrimelevels significantly above those of the recorded crime statistics.
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Theoverallcrimerate in this country has quadrupled in the past 20 years.
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We have bucked the trend, and ouroverallcrimefigure for 1999–2000 was down.
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Vasszcseny has a lowoverallcrimerate.
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Another area of disappointment wasoverallcrime.
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The rate of increase inoverallcrimeslowed down in 1971, but it was still an increase.
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Baselines to monitor the target of a reduction in the rate of increase inoverallcrimeare currently being established.
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The witnesses also emphasised the importance of thefts of and from vehicles in theoverallcrimefigures.
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It is always important in such debates, without any suggestion of complacency, to put theoverallcrimepicture into context.
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I have put the debate in the context ofoverallcrimefigures, which have decreased in the past few years.
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Theoverallcrimerate decreased over the same period.
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However, between 2001 and 2004 theoverallcrimerate decreased.
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However, as a result of the street crime initiative, street robbery is now down andoverallcrimeis down, not up, in this country.
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It has continued to maintain downward pressure onoverallcrimefigures and has an especially good record on crimes such as burglary and car crime.
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We know thatoverallcrimehas fallen in the past five years, but we have a serious problem with street crime and antisocial behaviour.
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I fear that they are far too thinly stretched at present because theoverallcrimefigures give a veneer that all is well.
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From 1991 to 1992, the number of both officially reported crimes and theoverallcrimerate increased by 27%.
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Overallcrimestatistic comparisons are difficult to conduct, as the definition and categorization of crimes varies across countries.
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