1.   All those factors are linked to rising crime rates.

2.   And the male crime rate during any nine-day period is still higher than the female crime rate during the premenstrual period.

3.   Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.

4.   Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale.

5.   But, overall, our crime rate could and should be even lower.

6.   Crime rates have great importance for the government.

7.   Crime rates in Manchester bucked the national trend.

8.   Crime rates often distort more than they clarify.

9.   He failed to make only one comparison - that on crime rates.