BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's crime rate per capita last year dropped slightly from 2015, despite a spike in the number of drug arrests.
State Attorney General Wayne General Wayne Stenhjem says the data from the annual crime report released Friday says arrests for drug offenses increased 11 percent last year, to more than 4800.
Aggravated assaults were down 4.5 percent last year.
The report says there were about 5400 drunken driving arrests last year, down 800 arrests in 2015. Stenehjem says it was the lowest number of drunken driving arrests since 2003.
There were 17 murders in North Dakota last year, down from 21 in 2015.