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Houston's murder rate in 2005 ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population). [1] In 2010, the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S. cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) [2 ...
While some other Houston areas have higher concentrations of sex offenders than Sunnyside, those areas have specific facilities housing sex offenders. Travis McGee, the president of the Sunnyside Civic Association, said that the Sunnyside area was a "dumping field for anything that’s negative" and that he felt fear for area children. [18]
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
City planners want to eliminate traffic deaths by 2030. That may sound impossible, but they say they have a plan to get there.
Hesperia experienced 10.894 speeding deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021, making it the most dangerous area for speeding in the U.S. ConsumerAffairs. Top 25 most dangerous cities for speeding
In one case, two men were arrested for operating a sex trafficking ring in the Houston area: Venezuelan national Pedro Gonzales and Brandon Andrews, a U.S. citizen and known sex trafficker with a ...
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.
Many area businesses were vacant and the area had many vacant lots with overgrown plants. [8] In 1974 Whit described the neighborhood as "one of Houston's poorest ghettos". [ 12 ] In the 1970s and 1980s the Fifth Ward became notorious throughout Houston for the violence perpetrated in the community. [ 13 ]