LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The overall violent crime rate increased slightly last year in California, the most populous state in the United States, according to a new survey.
The latest survey published on Tuesday by the independent nonpartisan research group Public Policy Institute of California showed that the overall violent crime rate in the western U.S. state, home to around 40 million residents, increased by 1.7 percent, from 495 crimes per 100,000 residents in 2022 to 503 in 2023.
