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Crime data comparison

Crime Data Comparison

According to Table 6- titled 'Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area , 2005 '- of the United Crime Reporting Program , U .S Department of Justice , Federal Bureau of Investigation , the following data may be obtained for robbery in the two metropolitan areas - Houston-Sugar Land Baytown , TX and Boston-Cambridge-Quincy , MA-NH

The Metropolitan Area of Houston-Sugar Land Baytown , TX includes four cities : Houston , Sugar Land , Baytown and Galveston

Overall population : 5 ,265 ,657 Robbery in city of Houston : 11 ,124

Rate per 100 ,000 inhabitants : 277 .6

p The Metropolitan area of Boston-Cambridge-Quincy , MA-NH includes Boston-Quincy , MA Cambridge-Newton-Framingham , MA and Essex County , MA and Rockingham County-Strafford County , NH

Overall population : 4 .416 ,837 Estimated Robbery in Boston : 2 ,649

Rate per 100 ,000 inhabitants : 119 .0

a . We find that the metropolitan area of The Metropolitan Area of Houston-Sugar Land Baytown , TX had a the metropolitan area of Boston-Cambridge-Quincy , MA-NH had a 5 ,174 robberies

b . The Metropolitan Area of Houston-Sugar Land Baytown , TX has had more robberies in 2005 . While the robbery rate per 100 ,000 inhabitants is 119 in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy , MA-NH Columbus metropolitan area , the robbery rate per 100 ,000 inhabitants is 277 .6 in the Houston-Sugar Land Baytown , TX metropolitan area

According to the FBI 2004 report , robberies in cities as a whole decreased 3 .7 percent . Among the population groups labeled city , the Nation 's largest cities , those with 250 ,000 and over in population , had the greatest decrease (5 .5 percent ) in the number of robberies

But as per table 12 titled Crime trends 2004-2005 ' the of robberies in the major metropolitan areas with population 100 ,000 and over are

For the year 2004 : 93100

For the year 2005 94309

There has been an increase of 1 .3

In Houston alone according to the Citywide Robbery Trend - 2005 vs 2006 ' there has been an overall increase in robbery rates with almost 1000 cases reported in June 2006

According to the article Battle of Statistics among the Candidates By Rick Heller and David Cogger dated 11 /04 /2006 up by 8 percent in Boston . Assaults increased 12 percent and robbery by 5 percent . Individual instances of these crimes were well reported by the city 's newss and television stations (Eric Carlson , 2007

Reasons for differences in Robbery Rates

Since opening its doors to the evacuee 's Houston has experienced a 5 .8 percent increase in violent crime in the past 11 months . The rise in crime was predictable as the Houston population increased almost overnight changing the ratio of police officers per thousand Houstonians to 1 .9 compared to 2 .3 before Katrina , already down from the national average of 2 .8 . Although not all crime is on the increase , violent crimes and robbery has increased since Katrina . According to the Boston Globe , in 2006 , Houston has had 252 murders , 56 of which involved Katrina evacuees either as the criminals or the victims . Last year , for the same period , Houston had 194 murders...

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