Report: Overall crime down, rape and murder up in Fairfax

Overall crime fell in Fairfax County for the fourth year in a row in 2005, according to an annual police department report, though instances of murder and rape each doubled from the previous year.

Fairfax County saw 20 murders and 94 rapes last year, according to the report, where in 2004 there were nine murders and 47 rapes. That change was not mentioned in a news release on the statistics issued this week by the county’s Office of Public Affairs.