New Mexico 3rd most dangerous State!? (Taos, Angel Fire: violent crime, to live, law)

[desert sun]

I feel very safe here also but I have been a victim of crime several times in different NM towns. I sometimes feel that most of the other states are alot worse when it comes to crime because I feel so safe here.

[funkymonkey]

Originally Posted by mike0421

Different ratings for different criteria. In this case, Farmer's ranks cities based on criteria such as exposure to natural disasters, life expectancy, housing depreciation, and job growth rate. None of these factors have anything to do with crimes committed against people or property.

From the article "The rankings, compiled by database experts at Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitors sites is not allowed, took into consideration crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, life expectancy and job loss numbers"

I guess if you want to live in a place with less crime but is overall more dangerous because of, say, weather or natural disasters then you're certainly welcome to do so.

[Poncho_NM]

Originally Posted by Muhnay

I was shocked to learn that New Mexico was the 3rd most dangerous state in the USA..

Come on..... I don't know where you live in El Paso, but there is a good chance that if you drank a few beers you could pee in New Mexico from your house

I have not been to El Paso in over 10 years. I use to have some friends down there, and spent some time on Fort Bliss....



Rich

[Muhnay]

Yeah Poncho, That is why I was shocked... things seem rather peaceful and calm. I happen to be on the N.E. side of El Paso, and used to visit L.C. all the time.. have not been there recently, so I guess I need to go check it out and see whats going on in Las Cruces.

[malamute]

Maybe it seems peaceful because if you're in a city with a murder rate of 6 per 100,000 and there are only 33,000 people and all the murders were gang or domestic, you hear of 3 murders. If you're living instead in a city with the same murder rate of 6 per 100,000 but the population is 2 million, you'll be reading or hearing of murders all the time.

[domino]

Originally Posted by Muhnay

Yeah Poncho, That is why I was shocked... things seem rather peaceful and calm. I happen to be on the N.E. side of El Paso, and used to visit L.C. all the time.. have not been there recently, so I guess I need to go check it out and see whats going on in Las Cruces.

The state may be dangerous but Las Cruces, among other NM cities have been recently rated among the safest. Go figure . . .

http://www.city-data.com/forum/las-c...size-city.html

[desert sun]

Originally Posted by domino

The state may be dangerous but Las Cruces, among other NM cities have been recently rated among the safest. Go figure . . .

http://www.city-data.com/forum/las-c...size-city.html

Las Cruces is one of the safest cities and El Paso is also in the top 3 most safest big cities and they are only 40 mins. apart. I guess I never thought about this, I always knew Las Cruces didnt have much crime though.

[bradly]

I leave my doors unlocked and i have never been a victim of any crime.. I feel safe in Albuquerque and for that matter New Mexico. Belive it or not for all you Espanola haters i lived there 17 years and it was too safe for me..

[Poncho_NM]

It really depends on a lot of factors. Like walking down dark alleys off Central in Albuquerque in the middle of the night is probably not as safe as going to Cottonwood Mall on Saturday afternoon...


Rich

[AZGOLFER]

For the size of the ABQ metro area, it seems to me, to be a very safe place to live...I was there again the other day, and I turned on the local news and over the weekend just one shooting and no murders etc...in fact, the whole time I was there, I did not even here one emergency siren! Here in PHX, everyday people are murdered, robbed, shot, kidnapped etc....it's becoming a "war-zone" around here...so I would feel very safe if I lived in ABQ....which hopefully will be very soon.