Crime is way up in Frisco, Allen and Flower Mound!

[nkjaws]

Originally Posted by lh_newbie

...let's see 25% increase in population should = 25% increase in crime. Did per capita crime go up?

Okay I have to chime in here. I can't imagine Frisco's crime rate being up 25%. We lived in Frisco for 7 years, just recently transferred to Charlotte, NC. If you want to talk about crime, come here. It's the hood on virtually every other block. Seriously, crime in Frisco, like someone's flowerbed was run over or someone's house was egged. Surely not the violent crime that we have here, oh how we miss Frisco!!!

[SPUNKYELECTRIC]

half of all the color of the rainbow are a fraction of the remaining half

[KittySkyfish]

Just wanted to add data to this thread:
Source: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/crimere...6/cit06ch9.pdf

For 2006 - There are two sets of data, within and outside of brackets. Data outside of the brackets are the # of reported incidents for that year. Data in brackets [ ] are represented by rate per 100,000.

Crime Categories are:

Violent Crimes
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines murder and nonnegligent manslaughter as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.

Forcible rape as defined in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Assaults and attempts to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines aggravated assault as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. The Program further specifies that this type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by other means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Attempted aggravated assault that involves the display of—or threat to use—a gun, knife, or other weapon is included in this crime category because serious personal injury would likely result if the assault were completed. When aggravated assault and larceny-theft occur together, the offense falls under the category of robbery.

Property Crimes:
Burglary is defined in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. The use of force to gain entry is not required to classify an offense as a burglary. Burglary in the UCR program is categorized into three subclassifications: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no force is used, and attempted forcible entry.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines larceny-theft as the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another; attempts to do these acts are included in the definition. This crime category includes shoplifting, pocket-picking, purse-snatching, thefts from motor vehicles, thefts of motor vehicle parts and accessories, bicycle thefts, and so forth, in which no use of force, violence, or fraud occurs. Excluded from larceny-theft is motor vehicle theft, which is classified in a separate offense category; also excluded are crimes that involve embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, and worthless checks—all of which are UCR Part II offenses.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines motor vehicle theft as the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. The offense includes the stealing of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, etc. The taking of a motor vehicle for temporary use by persons having lawful access is excluded from this definition.


Allen:
Population - 71,184
Murder - 0 [0.0]
Rape - 7 [9.8]
Robbery - 16 [22.5]
Aggravated Assault - 36 [50.6]
Burglary - 333 [467.8]
Larceny Theft - 1,468 [2,062.3]
Auto Theft - 71 [99.7]

Frisco:
Population - 72,799
Murder - 1 [1.4]
Rape - 11 [15.1]
Robbery - 14 [19.2]
Aggravated Assault - 72 [98.9]
Burglary - 733 [1,006.9]
Larceny Theft - 2,376 [3,263.8]
Auto Theft - 72 [98.9]

Flower Mound:
Population - 65,326
Murder - 2 [3.1]
Rape - 8 [12.2]
Robbery - 4 [6.1]
Aggravated Assault - 24 [36.7]
Burglary - 135 [206.7]
Larceny Theft - 615 [941.4]
Auto Theft - 33 [50.5]

Dallas:
Population - 1,248,223
Murder - 187 [15.0]
Rape - 665 [53.3]
Robbery - 6,914 [553.9]
Aggravated Assault - 7,292 [584.2]
Burglary - 21,653 [1,734.7]
Larceny - 50,009 [4,006.4]
Auto Theft - 13,930 [1,116.0]

I got the normalized numbers from the website, but if you want to do it yourself, divide the population total by the number of incidents, then divide 100,000 by your answer.
For example: Dallas' murder rate by 100,000 is 15.0. To get this number, you divide 1,248,223 (pop) by 187 (actual # of murders), which comes to 6675.0. Take 6675.0 and divide 100,000 with it - the result is 15.0.

I need to add that Dallas covers many neighborhoods that make up its crime totals. Some areas are much safer and some are way worse - contributing heavily to Dallas' totals. Not all areas are the same! If you are interested in living in Dallas and concerned about the crime, check the precinct and beat statistics through the City of Dallas Interactive Maps to know specific local details.

[artsyguy]

Ya, exactly, It isn't like Frisco has any gangs or major drug rings ROTFL...

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

Of course it is up. Basically it is all those parents getting arrested for giving alcohol to minors, stealing from the PTA and/or booster clubs, fighting w/ other parents at cheerleader tryouts, etc.

[Texsez]

where there's no crime.

[loves2read]

statistics need context

if one town has 16 murder 1 year and 8 murders the next that is a 50 percent reduction
if another town as 1 murders one year and 2 the next that murder rate would double---
which one is better town to live in---on the surface the first because it was reduced...

but if both towns had 5000 population--the first one is the worst one...so statistics need context
you could live in any town with high crime rate and if you are not affected then you might think it is pretty safe....

[txgolfer130]

also remember that 91.365% of all "facts" are made up on the spot!

[lh_newbie]

And 3 of four people make up 75% of the population.