Crime declined on the Northwestern University campus last year.

An annual report from the university’s police department shows that crimes against persons handled by the campus police force declined by 28 percent, from 29 to 21 incidents, while property crimes declined 11 percent, from 483 to 432 incidents from 2004 to 2005.

The full report is available on the university’s web site.

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Bill Smith is the editor and publisher of Evanston Now.

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