A report shows Alaska’s overall crime rate continues to fall, but some forms of violent crime — including homicide — are up.
Anchorage police officers walk behind crime scene tape near the site of a homicide on the Chester Creek Greenbelt in Anchorage in 2019.
Crime statistics are often grist for politicians and advocacy groups trying to make a point about how well their public safety agendas are working — or not. That means the Crime in the Alaska data tends to underestimate the total volume of crime because not every crime is reported to the police, he said.
Looking at the longer trend line, the overall number of homicides in Alaska has risen markedly since 2008, Myrstol said.
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