1.   Government crime statistics indicate that the murder rate is falling.

2.   The good news for Thames Valley cops is that the murder rate May now drop to a realistic level.

3.   The murder rate in the city has risen to four times the national average.

4.   The prison murder rate has increased.

5.   South Africa has the highest murder rate in the world but the area where the women were holidaying is relatively crime free.

6.   The murder rate would undoubtedly rise.

7.   And he pointed to changes in drug markets as another important reason for the fall in murder rates.

8.   As a result of such pressures, Japan has a very low murder rate but a fairly high suicide rate.

9.   As heavily armed gangs fought over turf, murder rates shot up.