This is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
An example sentence would be: "Increased security measures have been put in place to decrease crime in the area."
But these numbers might add helpful context to the idea that arming more citizens will decrease crime.
The Colonial Downs Group believes its gaming centers will improve quality of life and possibly decrease crime.
Georgia inmates contend that access to educational opportunities beyond the G.E.D. will better prepare them for re-entry and decrease crime and recidivism.
As mayor, Mr. Torres, 43, said he would try to decrease crime by decentralizing the police force, creating individual precincts at firehouses and assigning only one police officer to a squad car.
A letter on Jan . 9 under the headline "Guns Decrease Crime," correctly cites data indicating that no children under 15 were accidentally killed by a firearm in Maine from 1993 to 1997.
Dr. Paparozzi, an advocate of strict enforcement of parole guidelines as a means to decrease crime, was also supported by members of victims groups and the state parole officers association.
"But it's not decreasing crime or guns.
Politicians who say stop-and-frisk has decreased crime are dead wrong.
Now gun absolutists will argue – using dubious evidence - that the presence of more guns decreases crime.
It is too soon to determine if decreased crime will be a long-term trend, the report said.
At events around the state, he is quick to trumpet his achievements: a decreasing crime rate, in addition to the education and environmental programs.
