By Aicha Coulibaly
Boston University News Service
The feeling of safety is gradually declining in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. With the several recent cases of violent crimes in this area, residents are worried that the crime rate might rise. Has crime been increasing? Reporter Aicha Coulibaly went on the streets of Dorchester and Roxbury to talk to voters.
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Police tape ropes off a crime scene in Brookline on Wednesday, January 27. (Photo: Natalie Robson/BU News Service)
