Houston's murder rate in 2005 ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005 (per capita rate of 16.3 murders per 100,000 population).[1] In 2010, the city's murder rate (per capita rate of 11.8 murders per 100,000 population) was ranked sixth among U.S. cities with a population of over 750,000 (behind New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia)[2] according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Houston had over 400 homicides in 2020 and 473 by the end of December in 2021 [3] a predicted increase of 30% year on year.[4]
Murders fell by 37 percent from January to June 2011, compared with the same period in 2010. Houston's total crime rate including violent and nonviolent crimes decreased by 11 percent.[5] The FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) indicates a downward trend of violent crime in Houston over the ten- and twenty-year periods ending in 2016, which is consistent with national trends. This trend toward lower rates of violent crime in Houston includes the murder rate, though it had seen a four-year uptick that lasted through 2015. Houston's violent crime rate was 8.6% percent higher in 2016 from the previous year. However, from 2006 to 2016, violent crime was still down 12 percent in Houston.[6] Houston had over 400 homicides in 2020 and 373 by the end of September in 2021 [7] a predicted increase of 30% year on year.[8]
Houston is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine, cannabis, heroin, MDMA, and methamphetamine due to its size, and proximity to major illegal-drug exporting nations.[9] Houston is one of the country's largest hubs for human trafficking.[10]
In the early 1970s, Houston, Pasadena and several coastal towns were the site of the Houston mass murders, which at the time were the deadliest case of serial killing in American history.[11][12]
^"Murder Rate in 2005" (PDF). Morgan Quitno. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
^"FBI Uniform 2010 (prov.) Crime Report Table 4". Archived 2011-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on July 6, 2011.
^"Crime Statistics".
^"Houston sees 30% increase in homicides compared to this time in 2020". 28 September 2021.
^Lee, Renee C. "New FBI stats suggest crime's in decline in Houston", Houston Chronicle, July 26, 2011, p. B2. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
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