2005: Population: 85,566 Murder: 31 Forcible Rape: 21 Robbery: 805 Aggravated Assault: 658 Burglary: 962 Larceny/Theft: 1,940 Car Theft: 672 Arson: 27
2004: Population: 85,911 Murder: 18 Forcible Rape: 47 Robbery: 576 Aggravated Assault: 716 Burglary: 987 Larceny/Theft: 2,027 Car Theft: 791 Arson: 27
For all but murder, the trend is the same in earlier years, so I will table only murder -- which on the longer term does show an upward trend, but it began before the River LINE: 2002: 19 2001: 13 2000: 14 1999: 8 1998: 15 1997: 12 1996: 14 1995: 16 *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
So - any other devastatingly compelling evidence for this 'crime wave'?
Shall we compare deaths from road accidents along the length of the line for the same period?
Everyone knows about this, so I shouldn't have to do your research to confirm it, but here is a source:
x Cranky driver complaining in the online comment thread of one of the stories about the River line over the past five years in one of the local papers that have online stories and comments. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
2003: Car Theft: 1,090 2004: Car Theft: 791 2005: Car Theft: 672 2006: Car Theft: 460 2007: Car Theft: 385