Murder, forcible rape and aggravated assault -- major crimes that have a large affect on a community -- increased by only 1.5 percent last year, the Burien City Council was told April 10.
Even with a slight increase in crime locally, this is a “remarkable accomplishment,” Burien Police Chief Scott Kimerer noted during his presentation of the 2005 police report.
This, Kimerer said, is because crime rates in surrounding locales went up considerably at the same time.
The crime rate in SeaTac went up almost 26 percent in 2005, and nearly 14 percent in t