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When comparing crime statistics for the two stores, you also need to have their customer counts and a lot of other information. Crime rate is the most important of the statistics, defined as crimes per population. The links you sent appear to be from a straight count of crimes.

I would also want the crimes broken down by victim and time of day/day of week. Any store that is open 24 hours (like most Wal-Marts) is going to have more crimes than a store open limited hours (like most Targets). Also, how many of the crime victims were store employees, and how many of the crimes were committed by store employees, if known.

Of course, the last guesstimate is just my gut instinct on this. I could be way off. I happen to like Wal-Mart as a general rule, and I like Target. Wal-Mart may not be pro-gun, but from what I have seen their policies are much more decided by profit. I can understand a business making a decision I do not like based on actual sales figures. And given the general lack of knowledge of gun stuff on the average clerk's part, I can understand a lack of sales at Wal-Mart. Given the salary rates, I understand the lack of quality of clerks, also.