The Houston Police Department has started some programs to tackle domestic violence and is working on more, the chief said.The 279 Houston murders did not come close to the Brennan Center for Justice's projection in December, which Robberies were down for the fourth straight year, nearly 1,000 fewer last year than in 2017.Acevedo said robberies really tell the story of what is happening in a city, because it is usually a stranger-on-stranger crime. The crime numbers in Houston mostly reflect a national trend of decreasing crime.

The city’s overall crime rate has dropped 6 percent.The numbers, released through the bureau’s Uniform Crime Reporting system, come amid an intensifying debate in the mayor’s race over public safety, particularly after candidate Tony Buzbee Buzbee also has said that Houston has more crime than almost any other city across the country, a comparison that crime analysts said provided a flawed representation of the city’s public safety issues because it compares Houston to small towns that have virtually no crime.The Houston Chronicle examined Buzbee’s claims — and others by fellow candidate Bill King — and found that their assertions were not entirely supported by the facts. For property crime, Houston has a daily crime rate that is 1.69 times more than the Texas average and 1.82 times more than the daily national average. Photo: Loop Images/UIG Via Getty Images The Houston Police Department has started some programs to tackle domestic violence and is working on more, the chief said.The 279 Houston murders did not come close to the Brennan Center for Justice's projection in December, which Robberies were down for the fourth straight year, nearly 1,000 fewer last year than in 2017.Acevedo said robberies really tell the story of what is happening in a city, because it is usually a stranger-on-stranger crime.
"We're trending in the right direction in everything our community should care about. The Houston Police Department has released its year-end crime stats.To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:Total crime in Houston dropped by 4.4 percent from 2017 to 2018, and violent crime went down by 10.4 percent, according to data released by the Houston Police Department Monday.However, there were 279 more homicides last year, 10 more than in 2017 – a 3.7 percent increase.That makes Houston one of only a few major U.S. cities where the number of homicides went up in 2018, Washington, D.C., is one other notable exception, whereas murders in high-crime cities like Chicago and Baltimore went down.But Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the longer-term trend is a better indicator, and murders went down in 2016 and 2017. Hate Crime Incidents. Mayor Sylvester Turner argues with Bill King as Tony Buzbee listens during a mayoral candidate forum for the 2019 election at the Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet school, September 3, 2019, in Houston.

Using this data, Chron.com ranked the most dangerous Houston-area suburbs by 2018 violent crime rates. Hate crime reports in Houston rose by 212% from 2017 to 2018 and a majority of those were racially motivated, according to the latest statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Buzbee, King and Turner have each said they want to hire more police officers.The crime numbers in Houston mostly reflect a national trend of decreasing crime. None of the Houston suburbs exceeded the city of Houston's crime rate, which is ranked at 10.26 violent crimes per 1,000 residents, down from 10.95 in 2017.In 2018, an estimated 1,206,836 violent crimes occurred nationwide, a 3.3 percent decrease from the 2017 data, according to the report. "This, he said, despite limited resources.

Total crime in Houston dropped by 4.4 percent from 2017 to 2018, and violent crime went down by 10.4 percent, according to data released by the Houston Police Department Monday. Houston is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine, cannabis, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine due to its size.

"We're trending in the right direction in everything our community should care about. X Total crime in Houston dropped by 4.4 percent from 2017 to 2018, and violent crime went down by 10.4 percent, according to data released by the Houston Police Department Monday. Officials predicted there would be 323 homicides in 2016.

"I promise you long term we're trending in the right direction, including homicides," he said.

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A Buzbee surrogate labeled the paper “the enemy.” King criticized the Chronicle’s reporting in light of the new data, issuing a news release saying the paper “erroneously” stated violent crime under Turner has grown 4 percent, a figure that came from preliminary FBI data “We certainly don’t need any fearmongering about crime,” King wrote in a blog post emailed to supporters. If you want a mayor that will tell you the unvarnished truth, the good and the bad, I’m your man.”King said the number of violent crimes during Turner’s administration has increased 9 percent, which fails to take into account the city’s population growth since 2015, the year before Turner took office.
"This, he said, despite limited resources. The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime).

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Nearly 900 more Houstonians have been seriously assaulted this summer and fall than the same seasons in 2018, according to HPD crime statistics.


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