WE RECENTLY TOLD YOU ABOUT A DROP IN CRIME IN SANTA FE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ALSO THE CASE IN RIO RANCHO. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFENSES IN 2013 WAS ALMOST 7 PERCENT LOWER THAN THEY WERE IN 2012.
THERE WERE 8-THOUSAND, 966 OFFENSES RECORDED LAST YEAR. THERE WERE REDUCTIONS IN THINGS SUCH AS RAPE, ARMED ROBBERIES, AS WELL AS DECLINES IN AUTO THEFT AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. POLICE IN RIO RANCHO MADE JUST OVER 5-THOUSAND ARRESTS IN 2013.
