Cuellar releases latest FBI statistics

Posted: Mon 2:04 PM, Nov 17, 2014

By: Matt McGovern Email

WASHINGTON, DC (Office of Henry Cuellar) - Congressman Henry Cuellar released a compilation of the latest statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigations that show a lower murder rate in cities along the Texas-Mexico border than in other major cities across the nation and the State of Texas.

The FBI crime rates also show the number of robberies, assaults, and rapes are significantly lower in border cities than the major metropolitan cities in Texas.

“Many people characterize the southern border as being unsafe but today’s numbers paint a very different picture,” said Congressman Cuellar. “These statistics clearly show that some of the safest cities in the United States are on the U.S.-Mexico border. The murder rate is actually higher in Washington, D.C. where I work than in my hometown of Laredo, Texas or other cities on the border like McAllen, Texas. These statistics should help to dispel some of the misinformation about the border region that hurts our local economy and makes it harder to hire doctors and encourage investment.”

Some of the key takeaways from the latest FBI crime statistics include:

- The top ten cities with the highest murder rate do not include a single city on the US-Mexico border

- The murder rates in Washington, DC, Dallas, and Houston are more than six times the murder rates in McAllen, Laredo, and Brownsville, respectively

- In 2013, there were 214 murders in Houston and 143 in Dallas, compared to three murders in Laredo and two in McAllen

To access the latest FBI crime statistics, you can go HERE.

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