JSA: Jewelry Crime Hitting New Lows.

By Rob Bates

Dollar losses, crimes against jewelry sales-people, and jewelry-related homicides all dropped during 2006, sometimes hitting levels not seen in 20 years, Jewelers' Security Alliance reported.

Overall dollar losses in 2006 were $105.8 million, down 5.1 percent from 2005. The number of off-premises crimes, principally against traveling salespersons, de-creased from 181 to 155, the fewest since the 1980s.

Homicides declined from nine in 2005 to seven in 2006, and John Kennedy, JSA president, notes there have been no jewelry-related homicides in the last 12 ...