Over the next five years, those rates will fall further.
The rate among people 65 and over fell 23 percent, he said.
The rate first fell below 12 per 1,000 in 1981.
But the rate of reported crime fell from 1990 to 1991.
Another big change was in California, where the rate fell 1.3 points, to 8.3 percent.
Under these circumstances the rate of interest will not fall any further.
If interest rates fall further, he said, that could help.
The rate has since fallen to below 150 for every 10,000 companies.
The rate fell after that, to 21 per 100,000 in 1995.
And if the children were 6 to 17, all the better: the rate fell to 3.9 percent.