BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says North Dakota’s crime rate per capita last year dropped 0.5 percent from 2015, despite a spike in the number of drug arrests.

The data from the annual crime report was released Friday and provides statistics for crimes ranging from murder to car thefts.

Stenehjem says arrests for drug offenses increased 11 percent last year, to 4,866.

Data show aggravated assaults were down 4.5 percent last year. Aggravated assaults are felony crimes involving fights in which the victims are seriously injured.

The report says there were 5,406 drunken driving arrests last year, down from 6,229 in 2015. Stenehjem says it was the lowest number of drunken driving arrests since 2003.

There were 17 murders in North Dakota last year, down from 21 in 2015.