Crime in the united states in 2016

Using the FBI’s Crime in the United States 2016 report (the link is found in Module #3) under Offenses known to Law Enforcement click on Violent Crime and find Table #2 titled “Crime in the United States by Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2015-16”. From Table #2, 1) find and record the region (Northeast, Midwest, South, or West) which had the highest violent crime rate per 100,000 in 2016, and 2) record that crime rate. Again from Table #2, 3) find and record the region that had the lowest violent crime rate per 100,000 in 2016, and 4) record that crime rate. Next, find Table #20 titled “Arrests by Age, 2016” (Hint: start from the homepage and use Persons Arrested link). From Table #20, 5) find and record the percentage of people arrested under the age of 15, and 6) find and record the percentage of people arrested aged 65 and older. Again from Table #20, 7) find and record the age with the largest percentage of arrested between the ages of 15 to 24. Finally from Table #20, 8) find and record the Offense (excluding “all other offenses except traffic”) with the largest number of arrests. Lastly, find Table #1 titled “Crime in the United States by Volume and Rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 1997-2016”. Using Table #1, 9) did the overall “violent crime rate” increase or decrease over the twenty years?