crime rate

/kraɪm reɪt/
/kraɪm reɪt/
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Other forms: crime rates

Definitions of crime rate
  1. noun
    the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
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    rate
    a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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