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Crime Statistics

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Mayor, Police Chief Hail Cut in Murder Rate

    The count is down.​You're living in a safer place, Houstonians. Mayor Annise Parker and police chief Charles McClelland say so. Both officials touted a drop in the murder rate today, saying homicide in the city is lower than it's been in 40 years. HPD says there were 198 murders in 2011 acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Are Police Downplaying Sexual Assault in the Third Ward?

    Photo by Mandy OaklanderCouncilmembers Wanda Adams and C.O. Bradford called for more transparency last night with HPD.​When Third Ward activists get together with HPD, the results aren't usually rosy. But last night's standing-room-only meeting of the Positive Interaction Program (PIP), which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    HPD Crows Over Another Crime-Rate Drop

    "Safest big city in America," chief says​The Houston Police Department is once again boasting of a noticeable drop in crimes, as reported to a national database. Comparing the first half of 2011 to the first half of 2010, murder is down 37.1 percent, robberies 20.8 percent and overall violent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Crime Rate Drops in Houston, Nation

    Bite taken​Violent-crime rates have dropped in both Houston and the nation, according to the FBI's just-released annual report on crime statistics. Nationally violent crime dropped 5.5 percent; in Texas six percent and in Houston the drop was 5.9 percent. (You can see the Texas stats here.) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Ray Lewis Predicts Crime-ageddon If There's No NFL

    This is what society looks like without the NFL.​"Do this research if we don't have a season -- watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game." -- Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio Well, that's a new one. I've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    HPD: Crime Rate Down; Number of Cops Soon Will Be Too

    Goin' down​On a day when KHOU reported as many as 181 cops may be laid off due to budget constraints, HPD announced that crime rates have dropped again in Houston. Total crime in the first quarter of 2011 dropped 14.2 percent from the first quarter of 2010, HPD said. Violent crime is down by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    HPD Tries to Make Convenience Stores Safer

    HPDHPD officer Joe Sanchez checks out an eastside conenience store​Houston police made a point of visiting convenience stores recently to inspect how well they're set up to deter robberies, the answer to which, we assume, is "not very." But the local Stop `n' Robs, while they're always going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    HPD Says Crime Is Down, Down, Down In Houston Town

    Crime? What crime?​The Houston Police Department is crowing over what it says is a significant drop in major-crime rates in the city so far this year.We feel safer already.HPD says the first three quarters of 2010 have seen a lot fewer incidents than the same period of 2009: Violent crime is down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Bill White's First General-Election Ad Makes Houston A Magical Place

    Bill White is up with his first campaign ad for the fall election, and it paints Houston as a magical kingdom where taxes go down, crime rates plummet and hurricanes are told to get the fuck out of here.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Community Gardens Can't Stop A Crime Wave, Study Finds

    ​The "broken-window" theory of fighting crime states that if a neighborhood is allowed to deteriorate to the point where broken windows are left unfixed, crime will increase because residents don't give a shit.An offshoot of this says that doing beautification stuff such as planting small, public ... More >>

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