Crime in Houston is out of control... (Dallas, San Antonio: vs., rating)

[gabetx]

Originally Posted by NigerianNightmare

Their has been 5 or 6 police officers shot this week. What is actually going on.

Two shot and killed, one killed in a hit and run DWI, a police k-9 stabbed, and 3 more shot today... It seems like most of these offenders were out on bail. The one that did the carjacking and stabbed a police k-9 was let out on bail and killed his dad before being rearrested.

These judges and prosecutors need to start being held accountable.

Three Houston-area law enforcement officers have lost their lives in the past week

Suspect in stabbing of HPD K-9 officer arrested in Waller County hours after father found dead

Suspect accused in shooting of 3 HPD officers, recently robbed Katy auto shop records show

'I’m disappointed' | Sheriff Ed Gonzalez reacts to suspect in deadly hit-and-run being released on bond

'Sheer evilness': Oscar Rosales was on the run since 1996 before arrest for Cpl. Galloway's murder, DA said (was on the run, not on bond)

Different case, but he was out on bond as well:
Suspect out on bond accidentally shoots self during robbery attempt on Katy Freeway, police say

[usc619]

… and to think when this thread was first posted, we had several folks downplaying the rise in crime lol

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by usc619

… and to think when this thread was first posted, we had several folks downplaying the rise in crime lol

No, we just had folks who wanted it put in perspective to show that it’s part of a national trend. It still is. I posted all the data from crime increases in different cities in this thread. It’s very easy to see.

[caliguy92832]

Crime in Houston now is nothing compared to how it is was in the 1970's and 1980's. For example last year Houston saw 473 murders but in 1981 it saw over 700 murders with a much smaller population. Back then was when the Texas Killing Fields were happening and serial killers were around.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/cr...2-2505c601cfd5

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/17/u...er-capita.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_...lds_(location)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Corll

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

No, we just had folks who wanted it put in perspective to show that it’s part of a national trend. It still is. I posted all the data from crime increases in different cities in this thread. It’s very easy to see.

Does that make it more palatable to you?

Everyone else is getting shot and killed at a higher rate - so it's really not a big deal. Is this where you are going with your response?

[caliguy92832]

Originally Posted by caliguy92832

Crime in Houston now is nothing compared to how it is was in the 1970's and 1980's. For example last year Houston saw 473 murders but in 1981 it saw over 700 murders with a much smaller population. Back then was when the Texas Killing Fields were happening and serial killers were around.

Here's the homicide rate for the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metropolitan statistical area for the past 50 years.

Year - Homicide Rate
1968 - 15.9
1969 - 18.5
1970 - 18.4
1971 - 19.7
1972 - 19.1
1973 - 19.2
1974 - 19.0
1975 - 19.3
1976 - 17.9
1977 - 19.7
1978 - 22.3
1979 - 28.2
1980 - 27.3
1981 - 28.9
1982 - 26.9
1983 - 22.6
1984 - 18.9
1985 - 18.3
1986 - 16.4
1987 - 13.5
1988 - 17.2
1989 - 17.5
1990 - 20.9
1991 - 22.0
1992 - 17.0
1993 - 16.1
1994 - 14.3
1995 - 12.2
1996 - 10.0
1997 - 9.3
1998 - 8.9
1999 - 8.2
2000 - 7.7
2001 - 8.2
2002 - 8.9
2003 - 9.1
2004 - 8.5
2005 - 9.2
2006 - 9.6
2007 - 8.6
2008 - 8.4
2009 - 9.4
2010 - 7.7
2011 - 6.2
2012 - 6.7
2013 - 7.0
2014 - 6.6
2015 - 7.8
2016 - 7.9
2017 - 7.3
2018 - 7.0
2019 - 7.6
2020 - 10.4

Source: https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html

[usc619]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Does that make it more palatable to you?

Everyone else is getting shot and killed at a higher rate - so it's really not a big deal. Is this where you are going with your response?

Pathetic isn’t it

[ParaguaneroSwag]

I’m starting to think usc has ties to the city council. Never in my life have I seen someone get so upset over politics.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by usc619

Pathetic isn’t it

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Does that make it more palatable to you?

Everyone else is getting shot and killed at a higher rate - so it's really not a big deal. Is this where you are going with your response?

You guys are trying to hard.

You cant find a solution of know why crime spikes happen if you don’t l look at trends and data as a whole. How can you know what the solutions are if you don’t look at other cities where crime is rising, cities where crime is falling and compare methods?

What is pathetic are people who ride threads like this for political purposes or try and take a small portion of data to pretend they know more than they do. I am speaking directly to USC619 when I say that. He doesn’t have the balls to speak directly to me and instead goes behind a third person to take jabs. He was dead silent when I posted the data on crimes rises (and falls) for all major cities in the US. Of course he didn’t. He created this thread to placate his emotions.

I’m driven by data, not emotions.

[LocalPlanner]

A lot us weren't trying to downplay the increase, we're just trying to note that it has been a national trend, and figuring out how to solve it will involve separating out exogenous/national reasons for it vs. things that can be controlled locally, like judges' bail decisions. Not that there can't be local responses to national trends, of course, but we need to understand them.

The domestic violence increase has been a national phenomenon and has certainly been part of the increase here. Do we understand why that is?