BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper announced a double digit crime decline through the first three quarters of 2009.
Overall crime was down 12% through the end of September.
Homicides had dropped 25% from the same point in 2008.
The greatest decline came in automobile thefts, at 32%.
Chief Roper said the overall crime decrease was the greatest the city had seen in at least a decade.
Dalton Smith is the President of the Birmingham Business Alliance and added Tuesday that numbers should help them recruit new businesses to Birmingham.
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