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Post by rickoshea on Jul 7, 2016 14:25:00 GMT
I was just wondering if any of you have noticed an uptick in violent crimes and murders in your areas. I've been reading about how many places, mostly in the big cities, have seen a marked increase so far in 2016.....and some are speculating that the steady decrease of violent crime and murder rates of the last 20 - 30 years may have finally bottomed out.
In my county (pop. 200,000) things are still fairly quiet. Last year we had 2 murders, and so far this year we've had none. But the nearest big town to me, Mobile (25 miles to the west of me, pop. 200,000) had 26 murders in 2015.....and here we are barely halfway through 2016 and they just had their 24th a couple days ago.
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Post by Browning35 on Jul 7, 2016 16:19:36 GMT
I was just wondering if any of you have noticed an uptick in violent crimes and murders in your areas. I've been reading about how many places, mostly in the big cities, have seen a marked increase so far in 2016.....and some are speculating that the steady decrease of violent crime and murder rates of the last 20 - 30 years may have finally bottomed out. In my county (pop. 200,000) things are still fairly quiet. Last year we had 2 murders, and so far this year we've had none. But the nearest big town to me, Mobile (25 miles to the west of me, pop. 200,000) had 26 murders in 2015.....and here we are barely halfway through 2016 and they just had their 24th a couple days ago. I believe a fair margin of its because with some police departments, especially the major ones are being less proactive in their policing. Cops are human too. Given the rash of shit that the media serves out to them daily where they try to compare them to racist Kluxers for doing their job it's no wonder some dept's are taking the easy way out and laying off criminals a bit. From what I understand the DOJ is looking to Federalize the State and local police departments. So the mainstream media is lending a helping hand in providing a problem, to which putting them under Federal control will be the solution. |
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Post by as556 on Jul 7, 2016 16:22:58 GMT
We've got 350k here but it's right on I5 (runs from LA up through Eugene then Portland up to Seattle), lots of drugs running up that highway and all the fun that comes with that, plus a homeless/meth/heroin problem that is nearly epidemic so there's always some shit going on. Been a few murders this year but last summer was crazy. kval.com/news/local/11-homicide-cases-in-eugenespringfield-since-june |
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Post by rickoshea on Jul 7, 2016 17:20:38 GMT
I don't know what's going on over in Mobile. Their Police Chief has been a hard charger ever since he took the job a few years ago. Extra patrols and tasks forces for the high crime areas, moving the substations from the quiet neighborhoods to the more active ones....a couple of the city councilmen (who represent the districts with the highest crime rates) are actually bitchin' that the MPD are "occupying" their districts...even though most of their constituents seem to appreciate the heavier presence and community outreach.
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Post by LowKey on Jul 7, 2016 23:24:29 GMT
Well we did have a mosque bombed not far from where I live this past year, and lots more folks caught while getting ready to do bad things, so maybe you're right.
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Post by red on Jul 8, 2016 0:01:55 GMT
I cant even find 2016 crime for my town closest i can find is 2013. From a state web site " These 61 crimes included 53 property crimes . There were no murders, and more impressive, there weren’t even any robberies." That year we had a population of only 3,037 people. I think we are up to 3,471
Across the railroad tracks ( 300 yards from my place) that town had a population of 10,960 in 2013 with 384 crimes total.
Funny thing is there are 25 registered sex offenders in my town and 240 the next town over.
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Post by dannusmaximus on Jul 8, 2016 2:13:38 GMT
Jeez. Did a little scouting around and found this website:
www.neighborhoodscout.com/in/evansville/crime/#description
Interesting reading. Turns out I live in a complete shithole. Go figure.
Excerpt as follows:
With a crime rate of 63 per one thousand residents, Evansville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 16. Within Indiana, more than 99% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Evansville.
Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 120,346, Evansville has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Evansville does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Evansville.
The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Evansville does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Evansville.
For Evansville, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Evansville is one in 184.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Evansville is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Evansville, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 17, which is a rate of 57 per one thousand population.
Importantly, we found that Evansville has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Evansville is one in 220.
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