The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual Crime in the United States report on Monday. Alaska followed the national trend of a drop in crime in 2011.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on specific violent crimes (murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) and specific property crimes (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft.)

Even though Alaska’s population rose by 8,572 people in 2011, violent crime rates dropped 3.4% from 4,537 to 4,383 according to their report. The rate per 100k people mirrored the national statistic of 4.5.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter rates in Alaska were down as well at 4.0 per 100,000, down .3 per 100,000. Alaska’s rate in this catagory was lower that the rate per 100k nation-wide.

Forcible rape, while still high at 58.1 per 100,000, saw a drop of 22.1%. According to the FBI, there were 420 cases of forcible rape in the state in 2011, this was a drop from 533 the year before. The rate per 100k in Alaska is over twice the national rate, and second only to South Dakota.

Robberies took a dip as well with the robbery rate dropping 3% from the year before.Alaska’s robbery rate is lower than national levels.

Aggravated Assault saw the smallest drop of all the crime statistics given by the FBI. Alaska saw a drop of only .6% in 2011, with 3,358 reported cases. Alaska has assault rates almost twice the national levels at 464.6 per 100,000 people. Only Washington D.C. has higher rates at 494.3 per 100k.

Property crimes dropped 6.1% in 2011. The statistics show 19,028 reported cases during the last year.