Posted on 06/10/2021 1:10:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Homicide rates are rising once again across the country after last year’s spike, and Houston is faring worse than the largest U.S. cities.
Four homicides in Houston in the last 24-hours have brought the total this year to 199, a 35% increase over 2020.
Compare that to only a 5% increase in homicides so far over last year in Chicago, a 17% increase in New York and a 23% increase in Los Angeles.
The total number of homicides is also higher in Houston than in Los Angeles, a city with nearly twice the population. It’s also higher than New York City, a city of more than eight million people.
“It requires a city-wide, holistic, comprehensive approach,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Wednesday in City Council when asked about the crime wave.
“You cannot piecemeal that. Now certainly, HPD is in the best position to move its resources around. But they are limited resources,” he added.
The latest slaying in Houston happened at an apartment complex along the 7000 block of Bellfort Street in southeast Houston. One man died from a gunshot wound.
Also on Wednesday, a man was found dead in northeast Houston, another downtown, and a fourth in southwest Houston. HPD said he was shot to death while pumping gas.
“It’s not any one person’s responsibility,” the mayor said in an interview. “It’s a community responsibility. It’s not even the responsibility of just law enforcement, it’s all of us playing a part.”
Pandemic-related delays in courthouses have contributed to the rise in crime, he said, adding that the backlog in Harris County is up to 100,000.
“I mean think about that, 100,000 cases backlog, waiting to go through the criminal justice system,” said the mayor. “There are a number of people who are out on our streets who quite frankly shouldn’t be, OK?”
He also pointed to increases in gang-related activity, domestic violence and road rage shootings, and added that “there are too many guns on the streets.”
“I’m optimistic, I’m confident, that by everybody working together, we will get our arms around this situation and the crime will come down,” he concluded.
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Per capita, Houston is far from being the leader.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/murder-map-deadliest-u-s-cities/
“Compare that to only a 5% increase in homicides so far over last year in Chicago, a 17% increase in New York and a 23% increase in Los Angeles.”
New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. All Democrat cities in Democrat states.
“It requires a city-wide, holistic, comprehensive approach,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said ....
.... “It’s not any one person’s responsibility,” the mayor said in an interview. “It’s a community responsibility. It’s not even the responsibility of just law enforcement, it’s all of us playing a part.”....
Spoken like a good Dem-Commie.
We ventured into town and went to the Galleria, for the first time in a few years, a few weeks ago. VERY scary. No one should go there alone. No one should go anywhere alone, in any of these cities.
Those are 2019 rates. There have been 2 increases in Houston since that time (42% in 2020 and 35% increase so far in 2021).
New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. All Democrat cities in Democrat states.
Yes, and Houston is commie run, in a red state.
Mayor Turner’s advice to criminals last year was “just chill”.
“Until the coronavirus is resolved, criminals take a break. Okay. Stay home. Stay home and don’t commit any crimes,” said the mayor.
“That way they stay safe and out of jail, and police officers will stay safe and go home to their families. Okay, everybody chill. Crooks, criminals, you chill.”
Mr Turner added: “Wait ‘til the coronavirus is over and then we’ll all be okay.”
Yeah....he’s full of.....all kinds of good advice 🙄🙄😡
“48 Hours” TV series production team is hiring like crazy.
Give us the real numbers.
Percentage of increase?
Stupid measure.
Figures never lie, but Liars Figure.
Murder’s per hundred thousand. May be, depending who kept the stats.
But percentage increase is a joke. Surely Houston does not have the murder rate of Chicago?
Nuts.
Isn’t there a lot of apple/orange comparison going on here?
Had there only been one killing last year and this year there are 2.. 100% increase.
https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/us/tx/houston/murder-homicide-rate-statistics
The Houston TX murder/homicide rate for 2018 was 11.77 per 100,000 population, a 2.35% increase from 2017.
The Houston TX murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 11.5 per 100,000 population, a 10.78% decline from 2016.
The Houston TX murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 12.89 per 100,000 population, a 3.23% decline from 2015.
The Houston TX murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 13.32 per 100,000 population, a 22.2% increase from 2014.
Over 400 people in 2020
Dec 4 2020
Houston’s homicides are the highest they’ve been in at least 15 years
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/12/04/houstons-homicides-are-the-highest-theyve-been-in-at-least-15-years/
They keep letting out violent offenders who then kill while awaiting trial.
Houston was once a good place to live, but 80 of it is now a dump. It’s not Chicago or Baltimore but still not a place you want to live anymore even if the Houston thugs shoot with less frequency.
Who is committing all these homicides?
What has the population growth contributed to the stats?
Measure the murder’s per 100,000 and then tell me who has the highest murder rated per population.
I don’t want or intend to live in any city.
A 42% increase followed by a 35% increase may not mean much nationally but locally it means your odds of being impacted have dramatically increased because of Democrat leadership’s soft on crime approach.
The population has not jumped up by those same numbers.
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