KTRK-13 ran a story by Andy Cerota a couple of nights ago with some rare good news about Houston crime:
There’s some good news to report about violent crime in the city of Houston. All arrows are pointing down for the first time in a long time.
Here’s what we found out when comparing the first five months of 2007 to the first five months of last year. Murders are down nearly 13 percent. Rape is down at more than 33 percent. Robbery is down 6.6 percent. And aggravated assault is down nearly 4 percent.
Overall, violent crime in Houston is down more than six percent.
2006 isn’t necessarily the best benchmark, given just how bad violent crime was in Houston last year, but at least the indicators are headed in the right direction.
I contacted KTRK to try and get the raw numbers, which are more useful for purposes of comparison/analysis. I’ll add them to this post if/when I receive them.
OTHER RESOURCES: Chron.com’s Homicide Watch.
