Murders decline in 2008

KHOU-11's Jeff McShan reports that murders as reported by HPD declined in 2008:

In 2006, there were 376 homicides within the city limits. In 2007, the number dropped to 347, and in 2008, it dropped again to 292.

300+ murders was an outrage, so it's good that the city is now (barely) below that number.

That is, if we can trust the numbers reported by HPD. Recall that McShan's colleague Mark Greenblatt has exposed past misreporting of murders by HPD.

It will be interesting to see the overall crime numbers for 2008.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/05/09 10:35 PM | Print | Comments (0)

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