Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crime_rate

1 sense of crime rate

Sense 1
crime rate -- (the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year)
       => rate -- (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected")