by Bill King | Dec 13, 2018 | Crime
The Texas Department of Public Safety recently released its annual report for crime in Texas for 2017.[i] There are several troubling results for Houston but the number that jumps off the page is that rape was up by 13% in 2017, increasing from 1,210 to 1,366 rapes. ...
by Bill King | Aug 23, 2018 | Crime
I had dinner last week with some friends at a restaurant in the River Oaks area. When I went to my car, I noticed the driver’s window was cracked in a couple of places. It was dark, and I assumed that I picked up some debris off our awful streets. But when I got...
by Bill King | Feb 1, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, Crime
According to the City’s annual report, HPD made 51,910 arrests in FY2016-2017, down almost 10,000 from the previous year. The decline is consistent with a downward trend since 2002, which is as far back as I have been able to find records. Last year, HPD made less...
by Bill King | Jun 20, 2017 | Crime
I recently obtained a report from HPD that shows the number of cases reported and the percentage of those cases that were solved from 2012-2016. The report shows about an 8% increase in violent crimes in 2016 compared to 2015, while non-violent crimes held...
