Ten areas in the San Antonio region experienced an increase in violent crime rates for 2018, according to FBI crime data.

The annual Uniform Crime Rate, released this week, shows the cities in and around San Antonio that had a bump in overall violent crime. These crimes include homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault per 1,000 people.

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Most areas, such as Shavano Park and Hollywood Park saw increases of nearly 100% for their crime rates between 2017 and 2018. Both areas only recorded two incidents in 2018 and one in 2017, but because of their small population sizes, of 3,913 and 3,400, respectively, their rates skyrocketed in 2018.

Other areas such as Olmos Park and Fair Oaks Ranch also saw an increase of violent crime between 2017 and 2018. Their crime rates for 2018 were 41% and 27%, respectively. Natalia and Poteet saw a two-incident increase in their cities as well, their crime rates increased by 63% and 24%, respectively.

Selma saw a three-incident change, with 21 violent crimes with a population of 11,117 in 2017 and 24 with a population of 11,742 in 2018. The city saw an increase of 8% in its crime rate.

Live Oak saw a 36% increase in its crime rate — 31 incidents with a population of 16,214 in 2017 compared to 42 incidents with a population of 16,230 in 2018.

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Castle Hills also saw a large increase in its crime rate at 59%. But the city recorded only 19 total incidents of violent crime in 2018, compared to 12 in 2017 with only an increase of 25 people in its population.

While its overall rates decreased for 2018, several areas around the Alamo City had a high number of violent incidents. In 2018, San Antonio had 9,647 incidents, Converse had 178, Schertz had 95 and Universal City had 63.

To calculate the violent crime rate increases, MySA used the Uniform Crime Report data from the FBI to compare violent crime rates as opposed to individual violent crimes to provide a better picture of crime in a given community.

Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news reporter and general assignment writer. Read her on our breaking news site, MySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com | taylor.pettaway@express-news.net | @TaylorPettaway