31.   Police feel that dadah addicts and habitual offenders are the cause of an increase in thefts involving property crimes.

32.   He said authorities believe it was simply a random property crime.

33.   However, there was a corresponding increase in property crime.

34.   It is the most costly property crime in the United States.

35.   Overall, the number of robberies, aggravated assaults and murders fell, as did property crime and burglary.

36.   Under the law, the definition of domestic violence includes any property crime used to coerce, control, punish or intimidate a person involved in a relationship.

37.   The declining figures included a four percent drop in violent crimes and three percent in property crimes.