IS IT TRUE? PART 2 May 25, 2011 FBI Crime Statistics for Evansville
IS IT TRUE that the FBI released the preliminary crime statistics for 2010 yesterday?…that the United States of America has defied past times of economic challenge and has seen the violent crime rates drop by 5.5% and property crimes drop by 2.8%?…that the City of Evansville has once again performed in an opposite manner with respect to the nation in a key “quality of life†metric?…that the crime for the City of Evansville rose during 2010 seeing a whopping 14.1% increase in violent crime and a 3.1% increase in property crime?…that the devil is in the details and the details are as follows?
IS IT TRUE that murders in Evansville grew from 3 to 5 last year that is a statistically staggering 67% increase?…that murder in Evansville has been and continues to be something that is counted on one’s fingers as opposed to the hairs on one’s head?…that going from 3 to 5 sounds bad statistically but that if 2011 only brings 3 murders again then our leaders will be crowing about the 40% decrease?…that is it good to live in a place where murder is statistically insignificant?…that the City of Gary, IN had 50 murders last year to statistically lead the nation in that infamous statistic and that the rust belt economic basket case of Flint, MI with a population smaller than Evansville has recorded 53 murders?…that if you are to be murdered in Evansville it will probably be by someone who knows you as opposed to a random killing?…that Evansville’s biggest death related crime is the crime of suicide that we indeed do lead the country in statistically for cities over 100,000?…that the crime of suicide is a form of murder that somehow does not find its way into the statistics of murder because the perpetrator cannot be prosecuted?
IS IT TRUE that the crime of rape increased by 5% from 60 to 63 crimes in Evansville in 2010?…that our rape rate calculates to 54 rapes per 100,000 people?…that some cities that are way worse than Evansville for murder are less prone to committing rape?…that Fort Wayne that nearly doubles Evansville for murder is exceeded by Evansville in the rape rate by 42%?…that even Detroit with a rape rate of 45 per 100,000 is lower than Evansville for this heinous crime?…that the rape rate in Evansville needs some serious attention and that we do have a large enough number of rapes to be statistically significant?
IS IT TRUE that the crime of robbery increased by 5.1% in the City of Evansville to a rate of 122 crimes per 100,000 people?…that Fort Wayne’s robbery rate is exactly 122 as well?…that this rate of 122 is about triple the robbery rate in the safest cities in America but a fraction of the robbery rate for some of the more violent urban centers like St. Louis that has nearly 600 robberies per 100,000 people and is right there statistically with Detroit, Chicago, and Flint?
IS IT TRUE that the crime of aggravated assault increased in the City of Evansville by 21% to a rate of 246 per 100,000 people?…that the Hoosier City of Fort Wayne has an assault rate of only 121 per 100,000 or less than half that of Evansville?…that in this category the City of Evansville is only slightly better than Louisville, but much better than the crime ridden centers like Detroit and St. Louis that have rates of over 1,000 per 100,000?…that America’s safest cities have aggravated assault rates of less than 100 per 100,000?…that this category is also one in which the City of Evansville is in need of improvement?
IS IT TRUE that it is not so much the raw numbers in the City of Evansville that are disturbing as the trend toward more criminal activity?…that from a big picture perspective that Evansville is going the wrong direction but with the exception of a half dozen or so census tracts is a safe place to live?…that we encourage the CITIZENS OF EVANSVILLE to take on the responsibility to help our excellent police department to reverse this trend so that soon we can be listed among the safest cities in America where we should be?…that the words “I DIDN’T SEE NOTHING” are the criminals best friend and have no place in a city with self respect?
IS IT TRUE that the FBI crime stats are available at the following website?
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/may/crimes_052311/crime_052311
