SAT Writing Big Help

<p>Confessions of violent crimes nationwide skyrocketed last year, but in some towns they remained steady or decreased</p>

<p>I thought the sentence was fine but the book says that the answer is E) but in some towns such confessions.</p>

<p>Can someone please explain to me why “but in some towns THEY” would not work? I mean, confessions is plural right? So I don’t quite understand why they would not work considering that you can refer to items that are plural as “They”.</p>

<p>It is unclear if they is referring to confessions or crimes.</p>