cities in new mexico with the most crime (Albuquerque, Las Cruces: motel, houses)

[aguamarina4u]

Originally Posted by bythesea

I have been facinated by the comments on this site and glued to it all day. I was considering moving back to the state where I was born and spent my early childhood. I had such fond memories of a tolerant, kind, accepting place. What the heck has happened? I live in one the very most expensive areas in the country and I'm being squeezed out. However, we have nearly no crime. I have to rethink my plans for sure!

I'm in the same boat Bythesea. I'm up a little north of you in Morgan Hill, CA lovely rual town south of San Jose but very pricey! I'm looking at NM as well. I'd love to buy an acre out in the boonies in the Silver City or Las Cruces area but am somewhat apprehensive due to the crime. I'd freak out if I was burglaized. I'm thinking of calling around these two cities and talking to people to get some insight. Let you know what I find out...

Take care everyone ;-)

[Crackerjack]

Aquamarina4u, Silver City is a safe town. It is a sleepy little town with not much action. Honestly I'd feel safer there then about anywhere. If you still are scared, you can get a dog or an alarm and then you can be rest assured but it really is a nice town. Las Cruces is bigger and growing by leaps and bounds but it is still better then most cities it's size in NM. I know in CA, the crime is so horrible, I'd be more apprehensive there then anywhere else. I get the news from LA and WOW, the crime in that metro area is so dreadful. My aunt had to leave San Diego because bullets from gang shootings were going through her living room windows! Silver City will be quite a change because it is so laid back and sleepy.

[atlantagreg30127]

Just popped in here to read on what's going on in the west but I think it's a matter of perspective, really. Hey, I'm in Atlanta - on any given night on the Atlanta news you'll hear about groups of 12-15 year olds who commit "home invasions" here, with GUNS, with the people home! Same night a 15 year old will carjack a woman and child, and a rapper will have a shootout at a party near downtown. Typical day here - would sound horrible to someone else, though. Maybe the crime is very bad in some of those AZ or NM towns, but maybe to others it's really nothing to think twice about (depending on what you're used to).

[le7m2d6]

As a former federal law officer the US government list Truth or Consequence, New Mexico as being the worst small town in America to live in as more than half of its local government is corrupt with many of its officals former felons or people hiding out from the law. There are several money laundering businesses, several terrorist groups located there, several drug dealers, several meth labs and judges being convicted on felonies. Many police officers are in to racketeering. Orgainized crime has a strong foothold there. The Neo-Nazis and the Klan have chapters there. Back in the nineties in one year alone there were 7 murders. Even a sheriff committed a murder and when one of his officers had the evidence to convict him of the murder that officer was murdered by that same sheriff then the crime was made to look like an accident. Thar former sheriff is now a US federal marshall. A former outlaw biker is now a judge there and another former judge was caught racketeering and forced to retire. One former mayor had been convict of child molestation before becoming a mayor. T or C has a population of only 7500! New Mexico has 32 corrupt towns and is listed as one of the most corrupt states in the union. Missisippi is the worst state, then Louisiana, then New Mexico and Arkansas in that order. The best state is Minnesota, then North Dakota, South Dakota, New Hampshire and Vermont in that order.

[_yb]

Originally Posted by le7m2d6

As a former federal law officer the US government list Truth or Consequence, New Mexico as being the worst small town in America to live in as more than half of its local government is corrupt with many of its officals former felons or people hiding out from the law. There are several money laundering businesses, several terrorist groups located there, several drug dealers, several meth labs and judges being convicted on felonies. Many police officers are in to racketeering. Orgainized crime has a strong foothold there. The Neo-Nazis and the Klan have chapters there. Back in the nineties in one year alone there were 7 murders. Even a sheriff committed a murder and when one of his officers had the evidence to convict him of the murder that officer was murdered by that same sheriff then the crime was made to look like an accident. Thar former sheriff is now a US federal marshall. A former outlaw biker is now a judge there and another former judge was caught racketeering and forced to retire. One former mayor had been convict of child molestation before becoming a mayor. T or C has a population of only 7500! New Mexico has 32 corrupt towns and is listed as one of the most corrupt states in the union. Missisippi is the worst state, then Louisiana, then New Mexico and Arkansas in that order. The best state is Minnesota, then North Dakota, South Dakota, New Hampshire and Vermont in that order.

Interesting! I would like to hear more.

[observe]

Originally Posted by Streaker

Go to Google, enter 2004 Crime rate comparison, and you can compare crime rates for most cities. El Paso is much lower than national avg, Las Cruces is much higher. Also, Texas has no state income tax. Im not promoting ELP or TX, just passing on info.

El Paso's low crime rate is because everyone is murdered right accross the border. Try checking the amount of missing person's reports in El Paso, I bet it's way above the national average. There are hundreds of murders in Juarez, and I'm sure lots of those are connected to El Paso one way or another. The crime statistics are from the reports that the FBI tracks throughout the nation.

[le7m2d6]

Truth Or Consequences is number one in the nation for the worse place to live in a small town according to the Justice Department,

[newmex]

Unless you're in NM it seems. The honest citizen jobs just don't have the pay scale like anywhere else (I'm just being a smart-aleck)

Check out this site on state by state crime stats. Yup, it's not great statistic-wise compared to Ohio, where I'm from.

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/

...or this one...

http://www.nmhomes.com/crime.html
look at the bottom of the page for city rankings. All the Ohio rankings are close to the bottom, and getting worse especially Youngstown,
Akron/Canton. Cleveland? Forget it. All your favorite NM towns there too intermingled.

I moved from Akron to Portales, and it's a big change. In Akron, you do not want to walk in certain areas at night in our neighborhood. Putting gas in your car around the corner, you have people puttin the bum on you for cash, you don't know if the bastard is going to pull a gun or knife when you tell them no, obvious meth tweakers coming off their fix, sirens, lots of cops. You call the Akron PD, they're coming down your chimney and light sockets. Our block was safe, but certain streets were the demarcation between the good, the bad, and the ugly. Drive a few blocks to Highland Square, housing prices jump exponentially, being an oasis of Akrons little "Haight-Ashbury".
Still crime exists anyways, the beat goes on. And it's worse statistically in ABQ.

Portales is a sleepy town. My wife teaches at ENMU, I found a job in Clovis with a sign company, I'm going to Clovis Community College for an IT certificate. This will keep us busy along with our letterpress printing hobby/biz, and art endeavors. YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOURSELF BUSY TO STAY SANE!!!
All these posters saying, this sucks, there is nothing to do here. That is YOUR FAULT for being a doorstop, a wet blanket. Get a hobby, get a life.

While Portales is by no means a nirvana; flat, lots of cattle, flat, people don't keep tidy yards(statewide), flat, long travel distances to drive, flat. Nowhere else really is a nirvana, no matter how pretty it looks. I can cite Santa Fe, ABQ on its faults but others have covered it here already.

There is little crime in Portales, as I have no problem walking from one end to the other any time of dayor night. No panhandlers, the occasional drug bust, but no gunfire crazy crap. People leave their doors unlocked here, I was floored when I heard that..Everyone is nice though, lots of rancher types, maybe the slight redneck factor keeps the crime rate in check. Here is the wikipedia piece on Portales below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portales,_New_Mexico

[TCK]

I have never had any problems or been scared in Albuquerque. I have heard there are areas of concern, South Valley, 6-mile something (gangs). I have been on Central Avenue at night and was nervous.

Took an art class last month with women who drove down from Farmington.
Because it is near Durango, CO, I asked how it was to live there. They said they had always lived there and they have gangs, drive-bys, crime. I was surprised somehow.

I live near Bernalillo and have been told by young and old to try to stay out of area at night. Gang activity.

Have I encountered any crime in the last six years. No. So what I am saying is only hearsay.

[tito]

When they say that California or Hawaii have earthquakes, does not mean that they have it 24 hrs a day. Crime is the same, just because nothing has happened to you does not mean there isn't. By the way, if the area has a bad reputation for crime, take precautions and don't expose yourself regardless of the many times you have come out unscathed. Don't push your luck.