THE FBI SAYS A BIG JUMP IN CRIME IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST YEAR IS THE MAIN REASON NEW MEXICO’S OVERALL CRIME RATE INCREASED. STATEWIDE, THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIMES WENT UP AROUND SEVEN-PERCENT FROM 2015 TO 2016. IN ALBUQUERQUE, VIOLENT CRIME WAS UP MORE THAN 15 PERCENT.
THERE WERE 61 MURDERS IN THE CITY… AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 42 PERCENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WHILE PROPERTY CRIMES ARE ON A DOWNWARD TREND NATIONWIDE, IN ALBUQUERQUE THERE WAS A 13 PERCENT INCREASE IN SUCH CRIMES.
