IS IT A TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE? IT’S SAFE TO SAY RESIDENTS OF ALBUQUERQUE HOPE IT WILL. IT’S A DECLINE IN THE CITY’S CRIME NUMBERS. CRIME IN MOST CATEGORIES IS DOWN THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME IN 2017.
DECLINES WERE SEEN IN AUTO BURGLARIES , AUTO THEFTS, AND ROBBERIES. ONE AREA OF CONCERN REMAINS THE CITY’S HOMICIDE RATE. THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR THERE WERE 12 MURDERS. THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER STOOD AT 18.
LAST YEAR WAS A RECORD-SETTING YEAR FOR MURDERS IN ALBUQUERQUE.
