BY MIKE CETERA
The FBI's preliminary Uniform Crime Report for 2007 is in, and while the numbers for Aurora aren't a surprise since the city released its data months ago, it is interesting to see what's happening in other Illinois cities with populations greater than 100,000.
The FBI cautions against the practice of comparing crime numbers between cities even though the agency makes it so very tempting to do:
Comparisons lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents. Valid assessments are possible only with careful study and analysis of the range of unique conditions affecting each local law enforcement jurisdiction.
With that warning in mind, let's look at what happened in 2007 elsewhere.
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