Crime Statistics: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released their 2006 preliminary crime statistics today. The United States showed a 1.3% increase in violent crime along with a 2.9% decrease in property crime from the 2005 statistics. Murder has increased 0.3% overall. As for a regional breakdown, the Northeast was the only region that did not show an increase in violent crimes, the West however, showed the most increase of 2.8%. More than 11,700 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. had data collected, and for the second year in a row showed an increase in violent crime. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation has also released an index of table percentages by population group, geographic region, consecutive years, and offenses reported to law enforcement by city and state with a population of 100,000 or more.