reported crime
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreportedandcrime
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reported
adjective[before noun]
uk/rɪˈpɔː.tɪd/us/rɪˈpɔːr.t̬ɪd/
described by people although there is no ...
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crime
noun
uk/kraɪm/us/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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(Definition ofreportedandcrimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For all its apparent calm in the city centre, there are something like 600 cases per month ofreportedcrime.
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Based on victimization rates rather thanreportedcrime, it was designed to get more accurate data on crime.
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Details ofreportedcrimeare not available.
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The incidence ofreportedcrimehas been rising, not falling.
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These are only the statistics ofreportedcrime.
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Very often such units produce an increase inreportedcrime.
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Between 1978 and 1990reportedcrimerates doubled.
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That is against the background of a general increase inreportedcrime.
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That is broadly what the police figures ofreportedcrimesuggest.
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Despite more than 60 pieces of criminal justice legislation,reportedcrimehas doubled since 1979.
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That trend has been going the same way asreportedcrimefigures.
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After all, one-third of allreportedcrimeis theft either of or from motor vehicles.
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They will not work andreportedcrimewill continue to rise.
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There is no simple correlation between levels ofreportedcrimeand the need for police posts.
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It will be impossible to find any other scapegoats for the rises inreportedcrime.
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Centrally held statistics ofreportedcrimedo not distinguish between tourist and other areas.
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As my noble friend pointed out, it represents about a quarter of allreportedcrime.
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When studying crime, the important word is not crime butreportedcrime.
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Those are the silent voices behind the pages of what are merelyreportedcrimestatistics.
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This means that onereportedcrimeis committed every 11 minutes.
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It was anticipated that high rates ofreportedcrime, a widespread fear of crime, and concern about a range of other social problems would directly affect individuals' quality of life.
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The period of the war witnessed an overall decline in the statistics ofreportedcrime, though they showed an increase in the proportion of offending by women and young people.
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I am somewhat cynical about those who say that we are merely talking aboutreportedcrime, not actual crime.
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