South Tucson (as a standalone city) has more than four times the United States average in larceny theft and aggravated assault.

The effects are most evident in the statistics on larceny theft and aggravated assault.

Now we have not only a grand larceny theft but a first-degree murder on our hands.

In 2005, Pueblo reported 13 murders, 22 rapes, 162 robberies, 489 assaults, 1,525 burglaries, 4,978 larceny thefts, and 478 auto thefts.

Burglaries fell 6.6 percent, larceny theft 4.5 percent and motor vehicle theft 4.9 percent.

For larceny theft, the number of people arrested increased 8 percent for the period, from 17,412 last year to 18,784 for the first six months of this year.

Property crimes such as burglary, larceny theft, vehicle theft, and robbery are slightly above city and national averages, while violent crimes are slightly below.

In 2011, Rochester reported 31 murders (14.7 per 100,000 people), 95 sexual assaults, 755 robberies, 1,148 assaults, 3,384 burglaries, 6,849 larceny thefts, and 701 auto thefts.

Burglaries fell by 7.6 percent, larceny theft by 7.9 percent and motor-vehicle theft by 9.3 percent.