The crime rate in Maharashtra increased by 5.4% in 2008 as compared to the previous year while the conviction rate of 9.4% under the Indian Penal Code registered a decrease of 1.7% during this period.With this, Maharashtra has registered the poorest conviction rate in the country during 2008, according to the 11th annual report of ‘Crime in Maharashtra 2008’ released by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) here on Saturday.The report states that Mumbai had the highest nu…