The mayor said that murders and other violent crimes had increased dramatically over the prior 10 years.

Shootings and murders increased in frequency in the area.

In the Northeast, murders increased 5.1 percent, and small towns saw a spike of 15.7 percent.

As murder by strangers has increased, domestic killings have declined in Bridgeport and nationally.

In one Brooklyn precinct, murders increased by 49.1 percent, from 55 to 82.

I saw an article yesterday reporting that murder in Mexico increased by 500% between 2007 and 2010 and kidnapping by 300%.

The small murder, added to the greater one still to come this night, would increase the city's fear.

The murders of women in Turkey increased from 66 in 2002 to 953 in the first seven months of 2009.

No, there's no evidence that murder by women is increasing.

In Boston, murders increased 28 percent in the first six months of 2006, compared with the same period last year.