Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while police presence is low

Crime in Texas and New Mexico is increasing, while police presence is low

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) just released crime data for 2017 and data shows that crime is on the rise for both Texas and New Mexico.

The data shows that El Paso’s crime rate, however, is lower than Texas’ average.

The data shows crime rates for violent crime, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft.

The FBI broke down data for individual cities, which shows that El Paso’s violent crime rate is about 356 per 100,000 El Pasoans. The murder rate is 2.5 per 100,000 people and the burglary rate is about 189 per 100,000 people.

Those El Paso rates are all lower than the state’s total rates.

The FBI did not have specific data for Las Cruces, but in New Mexico crime was significantly higher than El Paso rates.

Violent crime was about 784 per 100,000 people, there were seven murders per 100,000 people, and about 858 burglaries per 100,000 people.

The FBI data includes rates for each state and it shows that all of the New Mexico rates are higher than Texas’ rates.

The data also shows the police presence is the lowest it has been in decades.

The Texas Tribune created the chart below from the FBI data, which shows that in Texas there are 1.5 police officers per 1,000 people.

The chart also shows that violent crime per 100,000 people has been on the rise since 2015.

The data shows that Texas’ officer-to-population ratio is one of the lowest in the country right now, and New Mexico’s ratio is one of the seven lowest in the country.