True, but there is still high crime here. Compared to what? I'll show you some high crime stats...
Check this, and it's typical for other major cities in other states, that generally have much higher crime rates than California's major cities.
Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People
Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:
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Dallas, TX |
Los Angeles, CA |
National |
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| Murder: |
15 |
12.4 |
7 |
| Forcible Rape: |
53.28 |
27.3 |
32.2 |
| Robbery: |
553.9 |
370 |
205.8 |
| Aggravated Assault: |
584.2 |
377.2 |
336.5 |
| Burglary: |
1734.7 |
524.8 |
813.2 |
| Larceny Theft: |
4006.4 |
1539.2 |
2601.7 |
| Vehicle Theft: |
1116 |
654.4 |
501.5 |
Your right, I Guess when I watch the news and everything is murder this and murder that, it makes it appear that crime is worse
I wonder how much of the drop is due to reduced reporting of crime? If the cops don’t show up to take a report, the crime doesn’t show up in the stats.
A friend of mine lives in the Oakland Hills. Her house was burglarized and the cops refused to even show up to take a report. No report, no crime, better crime statistics.