Dayton Follows National Trend in Violent-Crime Rise ; Homicides Ahead of Last Year, but Police Say Most Are Tied to the Drug Trade. Some Categories Are On the Decline.

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DAYTON -- Mirroring a nationwide trend, newly released FBI data showed violent crime increased by 6.4 percent in the city of Dayton during the first six months of 2006. The preliminary crime data released Monday show homicides and robberies continued to rise across the country during the first half of this year, on pace for an increase in violent crime for the second straight year.

The nationwide 3.7 percent uptick in violent crime between January and June comes amid a still-incomplete Justice Department study of 18 cities for clues on why criminal activity is increasing.

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Dayton Follows National Trend in Violent-Crime Rise ; Homicides Ahead of Last Year, but Police Say Most Are Tied to the Drug Trade. Some Categories Are On the Decline.

The numbers reflect what police across the country have been saying for months:...

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