Texas' crime stats..

For a state, that's supposedly hard on crime. They sure are lax with criminals.

 

Houston adds quite a bit to that number.

I wouldn't mind if the next Houston mayor implemented some of Giuliani's crime policies.

 

the rankings

Who would have thunk New York was safer than Texas?

 

New York City??? Get a rope :grin: :grin:

 

Actually its the valley that adds a lot to that number. It's pretty much another country once you get south of San Antonio.

 

...thanks to the drug war, this is more and more the case the closer you get to the Mexican border.

 

I wonder how we compared to NYC pre-Katrina.

 

You want to compare the whole state of TX to just the city of New York?

 

Interesting. The top 10 states (lowest crime) all have extremely "white" populations. Not saying correlation implies causation, though.

 

Surprised to see New Mexico so far down?

Louisiana of course bottom 2...

Replying to Bigtexx..it could be that, but also population may be part of it as well...

 

I thought Texas was into guns to reduce crime.

 

All but two of the bottom ten are also extremely "white" populations

what was your point?

 

Interesting that you mention this.

There is an article today in the NY Daily News that talks about all the cheap handguns flooding the streets of New York that were mostly from Florida and South Carolina (two of the top 5 most dangerous states in the county).


It's an enlightening read.


South Carolina shoots holes in gun battle by peddling tax-free weapons for Black Friday Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/24/2009-11-24_dixie_dopes_shoot_holes_in_gun_battle.html#ixzz0XpTpeJQw


The great state of South Carolina is putting its own sick twist on Black Friday with a tax holiday on firearm purchases.

Not cars.

Not clothes.

Certainly not books.

Just guns.

For the 48 hours following Thanksgiving, gun buyers will enjoy a break of up to 9% in state and local taxes.

Firearms traffickers are not expected to pass the savings on to New York criminals, but what is called "the extrava-gun-za" and "Second Amendment Weekend" is sure to help South Carolina stay among the top five states that provide 85% of the illegal handguns recovered in New York City.

 

check your demographic source. That's not the case at all.

 

You check yours, friend.

 

Brownsville, El Paso and many of the other small cities have a lower murder and violent crime rate per 100k. This is even though Houston has a reputation of underreporting murders as accidents or suicides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/is-houston-undercounting-murders-360/

 

I've lived in Albuquerque for several years now, let me tell you I'm surprised we're not number one. Drugs, poverty, and DWI are rampant.

 

NYC makes them illegal. Don't complain if you make something that people want illegal.

 

no, the people that buy them and smuggle them to the city make them illegal.