VIOLENT CRIME IN NEW MEXICO WENT DOWN LAST YEAR…BUT IT WAS STILL WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THAT ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, CITING FBI STATISTICS. ESPANOLA HAD THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE…MOSTLY DUE TO A HIGH NUMBER OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
GALLUP WAS NUMBER TWO. AND DESPITE AN INCREASE IN CRIME HERE, ALBUQUERQUE WAS ONLY THE TENTH MOST VIOLENT CITY IN THE STATE, PER 100-THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
