Thanks Jim. That was the impression I had gotten. The thugs and gangs liked the NO laws better, so they went back to Louisiana I guess.seamusTX wrote:In 2004 (the year before Katrina), the overall violent crime rate in Houston was 1,146 per 100,000.
The Katrina evacuees seemed to do quite a bit of damage (which probably was over-reported), but overall it was a statistical blip.
- Jim
I wonder how much crime went up in Houston after Katrina? I know some of the New Orleans gangs tried to make it there for a while...that might explain a rise in violence if the Houston and NO gangs were fighting for territory.seamusTX wrote:Much to my surprise, you are correct. The violent crime rate in Houston was 1,132 per 100,000 in 2007. The corresponding figure for New York City was 614.
Now, the problem with these overall figures is that they do not distinguish between assaults on strangers (the kind that we typically worry about), gangsters going after each other, and domestic violence.
The detailed data are available for someone who has the time and inclination to crunch the numbers: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_08.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In any case, the New York of Death Wish is not the New York of today.
- Jim