The estimated number of violent crimes declined nationwide last year, but Kansas didn’t follow that trend.

The FBI released its 2007 Crime in the United States statistics Monday, a compilation of offense and arrest data reported by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.

Across the country, the report shows violent crime is down by seven-tenths of 1 percent, but in Kansas the number of violent crimes increased 7 percent from 2006.

The FBI classifies violent crimes as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

The number of violent crimes reported by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Lawrence Police Department also dropped from the previous year, but almost doubled on Kansas University’s main campus, from five reported in 2006 to nine in 2007. The increase was due to one additional rape and three more robberies reported on campus in 2007.

Douglas County reported two murders, up one from 2006, and Lawrence police reported zero, down from three the year before.

Meanwhile, property crimes nationwide were down for the fifth year in a row. Kansas also saw a 1.5 percent decrease in overall property crimes, which include burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

In Lawrence and Douglas County, property crimes were on the rise. While the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department reported only 15 additional property crimes in 2007, Lawrence saw more than 100 additional property crimes.

On the KU campus, property crimes decreased by more than 20 percent.

The FBI collected the data through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, in which more than 17,700 city, county, state, university, tribal and federal agencies voluntarily participate.