HyperDic: crime_rate

English > 1 sense of the expression *crime rate*:
NOUN	time	crime rate	the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area

English > *crime rate*: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning	The ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
Broader	rate	A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
Spanish	criminalidad