Over 90% Mexican in some towns in southern Texas

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Mark Senior

The FBI source, the link you provided above, shows a much different picture, RATES?

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s...decpdf/table-6

I only looked at the first category, violent crime, the rates are higher for Laredo, just saying, again I did not look across all categories and add and divide for an "average of all crimes rate"

The report is by metro area not city. You can see the average rates on city data.com.

[lipbalm]

If it's anything like El Paso (where I'm from) violent random crime rates like robberies are much much lower in border towns then big Texas cities like Houston (where I have lived now for 11 years). I know I feel much safer when I visit El Paso then anywhere in the Houston area where random stuff happens frequently.

[DanielWayne]

Glad to see the crime has dropped. Really glad. But at the same time, the stats don't paint the entire picture of why. I hope this is sustainable.

If nothing else, the money and manpower being deployed to keep unauthorized immigrants, terrorists and drugs out of the country have flooded Texas border counties with law enforcement. Crime has dropped, and the Texas side of the border apparently is now safer than the state's larger cities.

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02...r-crime-rates/

[Wandering53]

I know I can get a job in southern Texas. I can't speak Spanish, but I know some words. I've used gestures and been able to communicate with Spanish-speaking people. Some people think, and some sources say, Laredo and Brownsville do not suffer from high crime. But it sounds like others have warnings. Maybe Harlingen would be a better option?