Just wanted to stop by and mention this

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Lounge thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2427592

That'll be all. Have a nice day.

[shleonny]

1. NYC vs Houston

Crimes per 100,000 population
Natl. average Houston, TX New York, NY
Population 114,967 1,920,350 7,746,511
Violent crimes
murder, rape, robbery & assault
506.1 1,119.1 977.8
Property crimes
burglary, larceny & auto theft
3,617.9 5,739.6 2,744.8
Murder 5.5 12.0 8.7
Forcible rape 32.0 42.3 21.0
Robbery 144.9 429.9 420.3
Aggravated assault
323.6 634.9 527.7
Burglary 728.4 1,210.9 479.1
Larceny-theft 2,475.3 3,494.3 1,802.9
Motor vehicle theft 414.2 1,034.4 462.8
Arson 32.2 n/a n/a

NYC is 7.7 million vs Houstons almost 2 million and yet NYC crime rates are almost half in some areas. Jeez Texas sucks, and of course NYC bans hand guns.

[Atigun]

2. NYC vs Houston

Is the source and are demographics available?

[shleonny]

3. in the thread linked in the first post

http://www.bestplaces.net/html/crime_compare.asp

[jody]

4. But NY cities have violent crime rates that exceed Houston

Houston TX has a violent crime rate of 1,175 incidents per 100,000 while New York NY has a rate of 734.

However Buffalo NY has a rate of 1,284 and Albany NY has a rate of 1,235. If NY's policies are so good, then why are Buffalo and Albany higher than Houston?

San Antonio TX has a rate of 598, much lower than New York. Perhaps New York should adopt San Antonio's policies.

Source the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report “Crime in the United States” for 2003.