Original sentence: Deservingly or not, in the last several decades Over-the-Rhine has gained a reputation as being Cincinnati's most dangerous neighborhood.In other words, crime has not decreased but it has not increased either.Since then, the number of crimes committed in the first six months of 2008 and 2007 have been similar
Edited sentence: A business owner reported that pan handling and shoplifting in his store dropped 90 percent after he moved from the Central Business District to Over-the-Rhine.At 12th and Vine streets, sometimes called the Gateway Quarter, there were once five-hundred calls to 9-1-1, but in the first six months of 2009 there were no calls for emergency.Deservingly or not, in the last several decades Over-the-Rhine has gained a reputation as Cincinnati's most dangerous neighborhood.For example, in 2006 a white suburban mother of three was shot to death at the corner of Fourteenth and Race when she argued with the dealer whom she was buying drugs from.There have been several instances where children have been killed in the cross fire of gunfire, although witnesses of such crimes have refused to speak in fear of retaliation.Through July 29 of 2009 crime in Over-the-Rhine was down 22% when compared to the same period in 2008