Miami - The Year in Crime
- added May 15, 2008
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- TheRealEdwin
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It’s a sobering ratio.
While the city of Miami claims just 16 percent of the county’s population, 34 percent of the murders countywide occurred within its borders last year.
The rest of Miami-Dade County experienced some jumps, especially in property crimes. Overall crime increased 6.7 percent countywide in 2007, according to recently released Florida Department of Law Enforcement data.
That means last year, Miami-Dade County residents were 5.6 percent more likely to become a victim of a crime, particularly those involving theft, than the year before.
In 2007, the county experienced 228 murders — a 5 percent drop from the 240 homicides in 2006. There were 725 rapes reported, 97 fewer than in the previous year, fewer assaults and an almost unchanged number of motor vehicle thefts. However, there was an 18 percent increase in robberies, an 8 percent increase in burglaries and a nearly 9 percent increase in larcenies countywide.
Still, despite those increases, police departments throughout Miami-Dade County arrested 5 percent fewer people — 132,166 — in 2007.
Here’s a look at some of the biggest changes in crime countywide, according to the FDLE, during the last year.
While the city of Miami claims just 16 percent of the county’s population, 34 percent of the murders countywide occurred within its borders last year.
The rest of Miami-Dade County experienced some jumps, especially in property crimes. Overall crime increased 6.7 percent countywide in 2007, according to recently released Florida Department of Law Enforcement data.
That means last year, Miami-Dade County residents were 5.6 percent more likely to become a victim of a crime, particularly those involving theft, than the year before.
In 2007, the county experienced 228 murders — a 5 percent drop from the 240 homicides in 2006. There were 725 rapes reported, 97 fewer than in the previous year, fewer assaults and an almost unchanged number of motor vehicle thefts. However, there was an 18 percent increase in robberies, an 8 percent increase in burglaries and a nearly 9 percent increase in larcenies countywide.
Still, despite those increases, police departments throughout Miami-Dade County arrested 5 percent fewer people — 132,166 — in 2007.
Here’s a look at some of the biggest changes in crime countywide, according to the FDLE, during the last year.
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- TheRealEdwin
- 1 month ago
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Thanks for this post.
My friend, Lilly Aramburo vanished 6/1/07.
Miami Police and Miami media have chosen to ignore her case. Read all about it:
http://current.com/items/89054084_justice_interrupted_b...
http://current.com/items/89052773_missing_mother_lilly_...-
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- natureyogini
- 9 days ago
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There is one important area of statistics that was left out of this article and that is missing persons.
It would behoove all Miami-Dade residents to know how their police department handles missing persons cases.
There are procedures in place on what is to be done for each and every missing person to quickly and efficiently get information out to other law enforcement agencies, databases, and the public. These procedures are not always enforced and precious time slips away.
There needs to be enforcement of the rules within the department and every missing person case must be treated equally in terms of media attention and thorough investigation.
It could easily be your loved one who goes missing next. Do you know what to do?
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- delilah1234
- 4 days ago
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