41.   Statistics show the crime rate rising more dramatically in those allegedly tranquil areas than in cities.

42.   It was a quiet, pleasant, law-abiding land in fact, with the lowest general crime rate in the British Isles.

43.   Their crime rate was far lower than that of any other community.

44.   Shop fire... arsonists strike in county with spiralling crime rate.

45.   New figures show an increase in the crime rate to one committed every six seconds.

46.   He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country.

47.   In one county, the crime rate is up thirty percent in a year.

48.   Our crime rate is one of the lowest in the country.

49.   The estate has a high crime rate and an investigation by Northern Echo reporters last year uncovered deprivation and despair.

50.   -- Labour candidate Alan Milburn, speaking at his adoption meeting, said the Conservatives had failed Darlington.