Comparisson:
El Paso: 5 murders per 100,000 people
Juarez: 18 murders per 100,000 people
"The City of El Paso ranks lower in violent crime than many regional cities of similar size, according to new FBI figures released in late May.
The murder rate of 5 for every 100,000 people places the city 18th among 23 Texas cities with populations over 100,000.
In 1996 there were only 30 reported murders in the City, 245 reported s and 1,195 robberies. Reported s and robberies have risen slightly over 1995 figures from 242 and 1,076 respectively, while reported murders have declined from 37 in 1995.
These figures are in stark contrast to the violence rate just across the border in Ciudad Juarez, where there have been 100 reported murders during the first 6 months of 1997 alone, a rate of 18 murders per 100,000 or more than 3 times the 1996 rate of its neighbor to the north, El Paso."
http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/old_1997/jun97/697murder.htm
El Paso 5 for every 100,000 people
Cd. Juarez: 18 murders per 100,000
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