Comparing the two states texas and illinois was very interesting to me. Although Texas has multiple major cities resulting in a bigger population for Texas. Texas’ violent crime rate per capita was slightly lower than that of illinios. This isn’t the same when it comes to murder and comparing the two states. Illinois murder rate per 100,000 people is substantially higher at 8.2 than Texas at 5.3. This didn't surprise me much at all because of the fact that violence in Chicago recently could contribute to higher murder rate. When it comes to the topic of aggravated assault Texas has a higher rate per 100,000 and more report case of aggravated assault than Illinois has. In both of these state this is an increase of the crime that was reported. When it come to recording rape and the definition of rape it was a little confusing to me by the revised definition Illinois seen a decrease of rape case as Texas saw an increase of rape case reported. Illinois had around 10,000 less reported rape case compared to Texas.When comparing the State's two largest cities Chicago for illinois and Houston for Texas I found out that Chicago’s violent crime rates was lower than that of Houstons. This was especially surprising to me. All of these statistics that are featured on this article are important, but these numbers don’ account for every crime that is committed and unreported. I would like to see the number of the unreported crimes if the information ever became available. While looking at the data and comparing Illinois to Texas it was clear that Texas had more criminals overall, which is what I figured since they have over double the population that Illinois has. Even though Texas has double the population of Illinois the number of arrests in Illinois is only eight percent of the number of arrests in Texas which is mind blowing because even though Illinois is only half the population, but they are only eight percent of the arrest population. I think that Texas has such a higher rate of arrest is because since they are so close to the Mexico border they get a lot of people coming into the state illegally along with many of those people coming into the state with some type of contraband. If we were somehow able to stop the illegal contraband from coming into the state it would make a difference, but it would not make a big enough difference to close the gap between Texas and Illinois. Also the number of violent crimes in Texas is almost 32,000 compared to Illinois who only have just over 4,000 arrested for violent crimes. Either way both of these need to decrease because we are arresting too many people who may have been convicted on some sort of error. If we want people to feel more safe in these states or any state then we need to have these numbers decrease at a faster rate than what they are decreasing at. - Illini456, NightTrain456
I agree with your stance on creating safe environments for people within their states because really that is the whole point of law enforcement, courts, and incarceration. They are supposed to provide citizens a sense of relief. I personally think the only way these numbers can really be decreased is by starting with the children, because they are the future. If wee don't decide to step in and make sure kids have every opportunity possible to succed in life , and in communities. The cycle won't be repeated because if you have a family that is known for being in trouble, and no one breaks the cycle by making sure they succed to sset an example, or even reach out personal to help enforce the difference. The main cause for these rates, and the people I feel are responsible for those rates are the government, parents, family members, and society. The government because it seems like more and more everyday were a taking money out of education for something else the more we do this the less oppotunities we give children to succeed. Parents because parents should learn to be examples for their children but as we know nowadays you can't evevn depend on some parents for a meal. Dont get me wrong their are people who end up succeeding under such circumstances but they are very few, and I believe those people are special. Family members because I think that if the parent isnt doing what they are supposed to be doing, they should be the next to step up but nowadays family will do you worse than a complete stranger. Lastly, because when all else fails we sahould be there to step in like the story Doctor White metioned about the old lady who took in a purse snatcher but we've become more and more selfish only thinking about ourselves, and only our family members.
I agree with you when you said you were not surprised Illinois has a higher murder rate because you are right Chicago does have a much higher murder rate than a lot of cities around the country it just threw me off because I would think since Texas is bigger it would have had more opportunity for things like that. I also agree that states need to get a grab on all of this and create the safe environments that law enforcement is supposed to have. I do believe starting younger should help and also with helping people while they are in prison to be better for when they are released. swaggyy456
I agree with you when you said their arrest are higher due to the them being close to Mexico and that's true because of how people are trying to come over illegally and it will cause them to make arrest and their numbers will increase. I also agree with Illinois will have a higher murder rate due to Chicago being at the top of the list. But overall you're correct when need to try and decreased these numbers for both of these states with the different crimes being committed in these states. Savage456
I do agree when you said that violence could contribute to higher murder rate. We mostly hear the city of Chicago in news because of higher murder rate compared to other states. I am not surprised that there is more aggravated assault happening in the state of Texas than in Illinois, I would say because it is bigger state and a lot to cover. I also agree that there is a higher rate of arrest in Texas than the state of Illinois like you said because it was close to Mexico border and they have people who are coming to the state illegally. Also, I would like to add to that, that because of the U.S Mexico Border, there is more Law Enforcement Official in Texas which accounts for more human power to make an arrest than in Illinois. In all, we need a better system to decrease these number especially in a state where crime rates are high. -M.Scott456
The article I printed off gave a specific crime count for both Texas and illinois but as each city is listed as well. So it wasnt an overall number, they listed a number of crimes in all cities in Illinois, all cities in Texas. They were even organized by city, and crimes. I payed attention to a couple specific areas Violent crimes, Murder, Rape, and Property crimes.I first compared their violent crime numbers by adding all the cities violent crimes in each state for Illinois the total I got was 53,403 and Texas was 106,476. I did the same with murder and got 744 for Illinois, and 1,144 for Texas. When I totalled up the number of rapes in Illinois I got 3,570, for Texas 7,711. When I in conclusion decided to do property crimes Illinois was 332,013 and for Texas it was 876, 059. So I'd definetly say Texas is faced with a lot more crimes because just in these four categories Texas had the higher number. I think the number one reason for that is simply beacuse Texas has a higher population than illinois. Another reason I think this may be is that also they govern different laws as a state, whereas due to issues they experience as a state, Texas may have stricter laws than illinois. Which is completely understandable because some things that may be common in illinois may not be common in illinois. Due to the big difference in the number of crimes I talled these reasons are not really related to any of the crimes I compared though so I believe there may be a more hostile environment in Texas. The crimes I picked were ones that I personally took as the mo0st important ones because I feel the crimes I focused in on relate to other crimes. I also don't think that Texas may be building relationships within law enforcememnt and the community but they may have just failed to do so. Im not really sure but I know Texas definetly has to have a higher crime rate that illinois for sure. McBrightyalife456
Part 1 So I focused mostly on the violent crime statistics and unfortunately violent crime has increased in all areas except one for both Illinois and Oklahoma. For murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, robbery, rape(legacy definition), and aggravated assault there has been percentage increases with the smallest increase being 0.9 percent for rape (legacy definition) and the next smallest being 2.1 percent increase for murder in Oklahoma. The largest increase is a shocking 40.2 percent increase in the 1 murder per 100,000 people rate in Illinois and a 39.8 percent increase in total murders. The one area of violent crime that has decreased is rape(revised definition) in Illinois by 0.4 percent in total rapes and 0.1 percent in 1 rape per 100,000 people. Now obviously any decrease in crime is better then nothing but in totality things aren't looking to good for Illinois and Oklahoma. It's interesting that we are seeing a surge in violent crime in this past year and I'm curious of what the cause of it is. I mean living in america has never been better with the advancements in social understanding and technology and yet, everything has increased except rape which only decreased by a very small amount. We have had a steady decrease in violent crime since the 60's but for some reason their is an increase that that is happening in today's world. -M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
Part 2 Based on population, the state of Illinois has a total of 12,801,539 residents which is three times the population of the state of Oklahoma with 3,923,561 residents. There is an estimated total of 55,854 Violent crime in Illinois, around 97.4 percent are actually reported compared to an estimated total of 17,648 violent crime in Oklahoma with 99.9 percent are actually being reported. By actual reporting rate, Oklahoma was doing amazing when it comes to reporting violent crime. Property crime was one huge number that caught my eyes. In Oklahoma, there are a total of 117,037 property crime versus 262,306 in Illinois. In my observation, the number of property crime in Oklahoma is way high for its total state population compared to Illinois which is three times its state population. Murder is still high in Illinois with a total of 1,054 and 245 in OK. Robbery in OK was 3,162 and 17,827 in IL, that was 5.6 times more. There is a total of 10,186 arrests of under 18 years old in IL and 9,236 in OK. Property crime, Larceny-theft, Vandalism and Drug Abuse Violation are the crimes that both states have the closest number of arrest. There are 6,807 full-time law enforcement employees by city and 1,946 employees by state, tribal and other agencies in Oklahoma. In the state of Illinois, there are a total of 21,979 full-time law enforcement employees by city and 2,959 employees who work by state, tribal and other agencies. I would say that both states need more full-time law enforcement employees to serve and protect its population and also to lower crimes. -M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
Part 3 When I was reading the article the numbers are what stuck out to me the most. Property crime in both states caught my eye because when you do think of crime you automatically think violent crimes such as murders, rapes, and things of that sort but when I looked at the numbers for property crime yes I was very shocked because I would not think of that being a huge problem. In Oklahoma there was a total of 117,037 property crimes and in Illinois there was 262,306. In my opinion both of those numbers are high but in Oklahoma it seems as if property crime is a problem with that number and comparing it to the population of the state. The violent crime statistic was a huge eye opener to me because it is so high in each state. Both rates were based on population and the population of Illinois is almost triple the population of Oklahoma with Illinois being 12,801,539 and Oklahoma being 3,923,561. Looking up both these states crime statistics made me wonder what crime rates are like in larger states and made me realize a lot of crime is not even reported. Oklahoma does a better job at reporting crime than Illinois. Comparing both and seeing which state was higher in each crime both went along with the population like Illinois has more violent crime and is a larger state but Oklahoma has more property crimes. -M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
Seeing how Illinois how increased by over forty percent in the murder rates of 1 for every 100,000 is horrific. By having a murder rate increase this much in just one year how can we make sure that our children or ourselves will be safe in a state like this. I would imagine that most of this increase is due to the gang violence that is also associated with the city of Chicago. I feel that living around here we do not have to worry as much, but we need to know that it can still happen anywhere at anytime. If we want to stop this increase we need to start having programs for people who are convicted of these types of violent crimes, because if we fix them in prison, then they will most likely not want to commit the crime again. Illini456
I wouldn't say that a 40% increase horrific. It's not what we hoped for, but horrific isn't the word for it either. It depends on how many murders that 40% encompasses and the circumstances surrounding those offenses. It's not even an increase in the murder rate. The category is called "murder and nonnegligent manslaughter". Meaning if someone kills someone while driving drunk, that counts in the same category as someone stabbing someone to death intentionally. Technically speaking, in Peoria county between 2014 and 2015 we had a 100% increase in murder. That makes it sound like we've got a veritable war occurring, when in fact, we had an increase from zero murders in 2014 to one murder in 2015. Percentages are useful and all, but the actual numbers reveal much more detail. This is one of the reasons that the UCR is flawed. Anyone can take these vague statistics and use them for whatever they want, politically. Whether it be the media looking to influence the population or a politician trying to defame another politician's methods. So on and so forth. -TheTurk456
After looking at the crime reports for both Illinois and Texas, I can say that I feel Texas is a safer place to live. If you look at just the major populated areas in Texas, you can see that the major crimes overall are lower than in Illinois. The smaller populated areas of both Illinois and Texas seem to be about the same in crime, with some minor discrepancies toward Texas. I also went back and looked at a few of the older crime reports for Texas and Illinois just to see if crime had risen, lowered, or stayed the same. What I found is that in Illinois, crime had stayed fairly level throughout the state. While in Texas the crime had actually decreased in most places while in a few of the more highly populated areas crime had only risen slightly. While comparing the two states to each other, I wondered how and why a state the size of Texas with many more super populated areas would be safer than a state such as Illinois? Although, I don’t have the answer to that question it makes me wonder if everything is being reported? Also, what are the crime rates for both states for the things that are not included in the UCR? So while things look safer and appear to be better in Texas, you have to take into consideration all the different things that help play a role in making the UCR, and what both Illinois and Texas didn’t report to the UCR.
According to the UCR’s 2016 publication, crime rates in Illinois and Texas are mostly similar apart from property crime, which is higher in Texas than in Illinois. Illinois has a slightly higher violent crime rate compared to Texas. Based on a rate of per 100,000 residents, Illinois has 8.2 murders which is 54.7% more than the rate of 5.3 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters. Illinois had a rate of 139.3 robberies per 100,000 people compared to 119.6 in Texas. However in rape (revised definition) and aggravated assault, Texas had higher offense rates than Illinois. Illinois had 38.3 rapes compared to 48 in Texas and Illinois had 250.5 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people compared to 261.5 in Texas. When it comes to property crimes, Texas dominates the crime rates. Texas had 533.8 burglaries per 100,000 residents compared to 374.9 in Illinois. They had 1978 larceny thefts compared to 1518 in Illinois. The trend continues in motor-vehicle theft, with 247.8 per 100,000 residents in Texas and 155.5 in Illinois. In 2016, Texas had more crime per 100,000 residents overall, but Illinois is the more dangerous state to live in. Illinois has a marginal lead in violent crimes per 100,000 residents. I attribute the higher amount of property crime in Texas to the higher economic gradient that exists there. In Illinois, there is a smooth gradient between the rich and poor, encompassing a large middle class. In Texas, there are a lot of high income neighborhoods next to a lot of low income neighborhoods. It makes sense, then, that a state with such a problem would have higher rates for property offenses than a state with only one city with such a problem. - TheTurk456, unknownzeeha456, Xielxs456, Savage456, Country456 (Part 1)
Being able to compare two different state’s crime reports turned out to be very interesting and some what surprising. While looking at the crime reports for both Illinois and Texas you can see that Texas had a lower number of crimes per person. This wasn’t much of a surprise to me seeing as Illinois has Chicago which has a much higher murder rate, one of the highest in the United States, which increases the murder rate for Illinois. Texas has a murder rate of 5.3 per every 100,000 residents while Illinois has a murder rate of 8.2 for every 100,000 residents. While you can see that not every crime has a higher rate in Illinois over Texas, in Texas the number of rapes per 100,000 people is higher than that in Illinois sitting at 48.0 while it’s 38.3 in Illinois. It’s hard to say which state would be safer to live in depending on what type of crime you’re looking at. When it comes to murders Illinois may hold higher than Texas but if you look at the rate of aggravated assaults and property crimes, for example, Texas has higher rates per capita. In the UCR it shows that Texas has 261.6 aggravated assaults per 100,00 while Illinois has a total of 250.5 and Texas has 530.8 more reported property crimes per 100,000 than Illinois does.Based solely on just what the UCR tells us I’d say Illinois is a safer place to be compared to Texas.
After looking at both crime reports for Illinois and Texas I found some of the data interesting. According to table two for the year of 2016 there were 55,854 violent crimes in Illinois and the population was 12,801,539. This equal a violent crime rate of 436.3 per 100,000 of general population. When it comes to the rate per 1000,000 for Texas it was 434.4 for violent crimes. When comes to Texas in 2016 there were 121,042 violent crimes and the population was 27,862,596. This had equal to a violent crime rate of 434.4 of their general population. When comparing both of their data you can see a slightly difference in the violent crime rate that Illinois has a slightly higher rate than Texas. Furthermore, in table 2 when it comes to rape(legacy definition) Texas has a higher rape crime rate with 35.4 and they had a 10.3 percent change in their rape crime. Illinois rape crime rate was at 28.4 with a 0.9 percent change in their rape crime. When comparing these two states their numbers will people very different due to the type of crimes being committed. Lastly, according to table 3 Texas state total was 261.6 when it came to aggravated assault, while Illinois was at a total of 250.5. When you calculate the the two state total there’s a 11.1 percentage different between those two state due to that specific crime. To conclude, after viewing the information from the 2016 UCR, I would have to say Illinois is a safer place than Texas even though in both states they had high numbers in different crimes but overall I’ll go with Illinois. - TheTurk456, unknownzeeha456, Xielxs456, Savage456, Country456 (Part 2)
After reading this it amazes me that Texas is a safer place to live than Illinois. Know that Texas is so close to the Mexico border you would think that the crime rates would be extremely high for drugs. Texas also may not consider some of the drugs as bad as we do here in Illinois. When you said that you have to consider the amount of crimes that were unreported, I feel as the size of the states makes quite a bit of difference in that aspect. Knowing that the state of Texas is much larger than the state of Illinois, play a big role in the amount of crime that is not only unreported but also not caught. Whereas there may be a lot more police in the state of Texas, due to the fact it is so much bigger than Illinois you can only have so many officers covering an area. It only makes sense that the property crime in Texas is higher than Illinois, again because Texas is much larger than Illinois, giving more room to build houses and other types of residence. I think this was very interesting to read and to think that such a larger state such as Texas is safer seen to be safer to live in then the medium sized state of Illinois is very pleasing to me Thunder456
After reading a few articles on crime in Illinois vs. crime in Oklahoma I narrowed it down to more specifics and just picked the cities with the highest and most comparable crime rates. I found that the two cities with the most crime was Chicago, IL. And Tulsa, OK. In my reading, I started with violent crimes which include murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault and was surprised to see that Tulsa, Oklahoma’s rate was at 82.9 where Chicago, Illinois was at 58.9. A violent crime includes using force or a threat of force. I then moved on to reading about property crimes which include burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The theft offenses under this type of charges would be taking money or property but no use of force or threat against the victims. I once again was surprise to learn the Tulsa, Oklahoma again came in the lead over Chicago, Illinois with Tulsa having 64.9 and Chicago while not far behind but still behind with 52.1. I was thinking that maybe these numbers surprised me because you generally only hear about the shootings and things in places that are more near to where you live on your news stations. Most crimes that take place in other states you only hear about if they are huge like mass shootings or something involving a lot of people. I then moved on to comparing Oklahoma City, OK to Bloomington, IL. and was not real surprised at what I found comparing these two. Oklahoma City, OK came in at 74.1 for violent crimes and 67.4 for property crime where Bloomington, IL came in at 37.9 for violent crimes and 36.4 for property crimes. There is not a lot that goes on in Bloomington, IL however, I have been hearing more and more on the news about crimes involving students at ISU so those numbers may be increasing in the future. Thunder456
I think that it is a good idea to compare crime rates to compatible cities. It gives us a better insight to what is actually going on and makes it a little bit more easier for us to compare and contrast for an example: I wouldn't compare Chillicothe's crime rate to Peoria. why? because the two cities cannot fairly compete with each other based on their population at all. just like you couldn't play basketball with 5 people on one team and two on the other, it just wouldn't work.
Well according to the crime reports for both Texas and Illinois crime rates are going down. With crime rates decreasing in both states overall but we should be looking at the crime per city per population. If I compared Dallas TX to Chicago ill population there is a huge difference in the population by more than 1 million Dallas population is 1,300,090 residents where as Chicago has 2,720,550 residents. According to http://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/ that is not a fair ratio is it? I would have to compare Chicago to Huston in that case Huston’s population is 2,296,220 and their crime rate is still higher than Chicago. These cities are a big named cities based off of their population. Back to Texas crime rates going down. Could it be because there is less personal crime against one another due to the concealed carry laws? Someone might think twice before entering someone’s home or trying to rob someone. Huston’s crime index is 87.8 for violent crimes and property crime is 61.5 compare that to Chicago’s violent crime of 58.9 and property crime of 52.1. I am still baffled with the violent crime of Huston. It is extremely high compared to the twos property crimes why is that. Are their people being charged with murder for defending themselves? Could it have something to do with their gun laws? ~myhearseisnotafuneralcar456~
Comparing the two states texas and illinois was very interesting to me. Although Texas has multiple major cities resulting in a bigger population for Texas. Texas’ violent crime rate per capita was slightly lower than that of illinios. This isn’t the same when it comes to murder and comparing the two states. Illinois murder rate per 100,000 people is substantially higher at 8.2 than Texas at 5.3. This didn't surprise me much at all because of the fact that violence in Chicago recently could contribute to higher murder rate. When it comes to the topic of aggravated assault Texas has a higher rate per 100,000 and more report case of aggravated assault than Illinois has. In both of these state this is an increase of the crime that was reported. When it come to recording rape and the definition of rape it was a little confusing to me by the revised definition Illinois seen a decrease of rape case as Texas saw an increase of rape case reported. Illinois had around 10,000 less reported rape case compared to Texas.When comparing the State's two largest cities Chicago for illinois and Houston for Texas I found out that Chicago’s violent crime rates was lower than that of Houstons. This was especially surprising to me. All of these statistics that are featured on this article are important, but these numbers don’ account for every crime that is committed and unreported. I would like to see the number of the unreported crimes if the information ever became available.
ReplyDeleteWhile looking at the data and comparing Illinois to Texas it was clear that Texas had more criminals overall, which is what I figured since they have over double the population that Illinois has. Even though Texas has double the population of Illinois the number of arrests in Illinois is only eight percent of the number of arrests in Texas which is mind blowing because even though Illinois is only half the population, but they are only eight percent of the arrest population. I think that Texas has such a higher rate of arrest is because since they are so close to the Mexico border they get a lot of people coming into the state illegally along with many of those people coming into the state with some type of contraband. If we were somehow able to stop the illegal contraband from coming into the state it would make a difference, but it would not make a big enough difference to close the gap between Texas and Illinois. Also the number of violent crimes in Texas is almost 32,000 compared to Illinois who only have just over 4,000 arrested for violent crimes. Either way both of these need to decrease because we are arresting too many people who may have been convicted on some sort of error. If we want people to feel more safe in these states or any state then we need to have these numbers decrease at a faster rate than what they are decreasing at.
- Illini456, NightTrain456
I agree with your stance on creating safe environments for people within their states because really that is the whole point of law enforcement, courts, and incarceration. They are supposed to provide citizens a sense of relief. I personally think the only way these numbers can really be decreased is by starting with the children, because they are the future. If wee don't decide to step in and make sure kids have every opportunity possible to succed in life , and in communities. The cycle won't be repeated because if you have a family that is known for being in trouble, and no one breaks the cycle by making sure they succed to sset an example, or even reach out personal to help enforce the difference. The main cause for these rates, and the people I feel are responsible for those rates are the government, parents, family members, and society. The government because it seems like more and more everyday were a taking money out of education for something else the more we do this the less oppotunities we give children to succeed. Parents because parents should learn to be examples for their children but as we know nowadays you can't evevn depend on some parents for a meal. Dont get me wrong their are people who end up succeeding under such circumstances but they are very few, and I believe those people are special. Family members because I think that if the parent isnt doing what they are supposed to be doing, they should be the next to step up but nowadays family will do you worse than a complete stranger. Lastly, because when all else fails we sahould be there to step in like the story Doctor White metioned about the old lady who took in a purse snatcher but we've become more and more selfish only thinking about ourselves, and only our family members.
DeleteI agree with you when you said you were not surprised Illinois has a higher murder rate because you are right Chicago does have a much higher murder rate than a lot of cities around the country it just threw me off because I would think since Texas is bigger it would have had more opportunity for things like that. I also agree that states need to get a grab on all of this and create the safe environments that law enforcement is supposed to have. I do believe starting younger should help and also with helping people while they are in prison to be better for when they are released. swaggyy456
DeleteI agree with you when you said their arrest are higher due to the them being close to Mexico and that's true because of how people are trying to come over illegally and it will cause them to make arrest and their numbers will increase. I also agree with Illinois will have a higher murder rate due to Chicago being at the top of the list. But overall you're correct when need to try and decreased these numbers for both of these states with the different crimes being committed in these states. Savage456
DeleteI posted the 4:30 comment but forgot to post my name McBrightyalife456
DeleteI do agree when you said that violence could contribute to higher murder rate. We mostly hear the city of Chicago in news because of higher murder rate compared to other states. I am not surprised that there is more aggravated assault happening in the state of Texas than in Illinois, I would say because it is bigger state and a lot to cover. I also agree that there is a higher rate of arrest in Texas than the state of Illinois like you said because it was close to Mexico border and they have people who are coming to the state illegally. Also, I would like to add to that, that because of the U.S Mexico Border, there is more Law Enforcement Official in Texas which accounts for more human power to make an arrest than in Illinois. In all, we need a better system to decrease these number especially in a state where crime rates are high. -M.Scott456
DeleteThe article I printed off gave a specific crime count for both Texas and illinois but as each city is listed as well. So it wasnt an overall number, they listed a number of crimes in all cities in Illinois, all cities in Texas. They were even organized by city, and crimes. I payed attention to a couple specific areas Violent crimes, Murder, Rape, and Property crimes.I first compared their violent crime numbers by adding all the cities violent crimes in each state for Illinois the total I got was 53,403 and Texas was 106,476. I did the same with murder and got 744 for Illinois, and 1,144 for Texas. When I totalled up the number of rapes in Illinois I got 3,570, for Texas 7,711. When I in conclusion decided to do property crimes Illinois was 332,013 and for Texas it was 876, 059. So I'd definetly say Texas is faced with a lot more crimes because just in these four categories Texas had the higher number. I think the number one reason for that is simply beacuse Texas has a higher population than illinois. Another reason I think this may be is that also they govern different laws as a state, whereas due to issues they experience as a state, Texas may have stricter laws than illinois. Which is completely understandable because some things that may be common in illinois may not be common in illinois. Due to the big difference in the number of crimes I talled these reasons are not really related to any of the crimes I compared though so I believe there may be a more hostile environment in Texas. The crimes I picked were ones that I personally took as the mo0st important ones because I feel the crimes I focused in on relate to other crimes. I also don't think that Texas may be building relationships within law enforcememnt and the community but they may have just failed to do so. Im not really sure but I know Texas definetly has to have a higher crime rate that illinois for sure. McBrightyalife456
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ReplyDeleteSo I focused mostly on the violent crime statistics and unfortunately violent crime has increased in all areas except one for both Illinois and Oklahoma. For murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, robbery, rape(legacy definition), and aggravated assault there has been percentage increases with the smallest increase being 0.9 percent for rape (legacy definition) and the next smallest being 2.1 percent increase for murder in Oklahoma. The largest increase is a shocking 40.2 percent increase in the 1 murder per 100,000 people rate in Illinois and a 39.8 percent increase in total murders. The one area of violent crime that has decreased is rape(revised definition) in Illinois by 0.4 percent in total rapes and 0.1 percent in 1 rape per 100,000 people. Now obviously any decrease in crime is better then nothing but in totality things aren't looking to good for Illinois and Oklahoma. It's interesting that we are seeing a surge in violent crime in this past year and I'm curious of what the cause of it is. I mean living in america has never been better with the advancements in social understanding and technology and yet, everything has increased except rape which only decreased by a very small amount. We have had a steady decrease in violent crime since the 60's but for some reason their is an increase that that is happening in today's world.
-M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
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ReplyDeleteBased on population, the state of Illinois has a total of 12,801,539 residents which is three times the population of the state of Oklahoma with 3,923,561 residents. There is an estimated total of 55,854 Violent crime in Illinois, around 97.4 percent are actually reported compared to an estimated total of 17,648 violent crime in Oklahoma with 99.9 percent are actually being reported. By actual reporting rate, Oklahoma was doing amazing when it comes to reporting violent crime. Property crime was one huge number that caught my eyes. In Oklahoma, there are a total of 117,037 property crime versus 262,306 in Illinois. In my observation, the number of property crime in Oklahoma is way high for its total state population compared to Illinois which is three times its state population. Murder is still high in Illinois with a total of 1,054 and 245 in OK. Robbery in OK was 3,162 and 17,827 in IL, that was 5.6 times more. There is a total of 10,186 arrests of under 18 years old in IL and 9,236 in OK. Property crime, Larceny-theft, Vandalism and Drug Abuse Violation are the crimes that both states have the closest number of arrest. There are 6,807 full-time law enforcement employees by city and 1,946 employees by state, tribal and other agencies in Oklahoma. In the state of Illinois, there are a total of 21,979 full-time law enforcement employees by city and 2,959 employees who work by state, tribal and other agencies. I would say that both states need more full-time law enforcement employees to serve and protect its population and also to lower crimes. -M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading the article the numbers are what stuck out to me the most. Property crime in both states caught my eye because when you do think of crime you automatically think violent crimes such as murders, rapes, and things of that sort but when I looked at the numbers for property crime yes I was very shocked because I would not think of that being a huge problem. In Oklahoma there was a total of 117,037 property crimes and in Illinois there was 262,306. In my opinion both of those numbers are high but in Oklahoma it seems as if property crime is a problem with that number and comparing it to the population of the state. The violent crime statistic was a huge eye opener to me because it is so high in each state. Both rates were based on population and the population of Illinois is almost triple the population of Oklahoma with Illinois being 12,801,539 and Oklahoma being 3,923,561. Looking up both these states crime statistics made me wonder what crime rates are like in larger states and made me realize a lot of crime is not even reported. Oklahoma does a better job at reporting crime than Illinois. Comparing both and seeing which state was higher in each crime both went along with the population like Illinois has more violent crime and is a larger state but Oklahoma has more property crimes. -M.Scott456, swaggyy456, CoffeeAddict456
Seeing how Illinois how increased by over forty percent in the murder rates of 1 for every 100,000 is horrific. By having a murder rate increase this much in just one year how can we make sure that our children or ourselves will be safe in a state like this. I would imagine that most of this increase is due to the gang violence that is also associated with the city of Chicago. I feel that living around here we do not have to worry as much, but we need to know that it can still happen anywhere at anytime. If we want to stop this increase we need to start having programs for people who are convicted of these types of violent crimes, because if we fix them in prison, then they will most likely not want to commit the crime again.
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I wouldn't say that a 40% increase horrific. It's not what we hoped for, but horrific isn't the word for it either. It depends on how many murders that 40% encompasses and the circumstances surrounding those offenses. It's not even an increase in the murder rate. The category is called "murder and nonnegligent manslaughter". Meaning if someone kills someone while driving drunk, that counts in the same category as someone stabbing someone to death intentionally. Technically speaking, in Peoria county between 2014 and 2015 we had a 100% increase in murder. That makes it sound like we've got a veritable war occurring, when in fact, we had an increase from zero murders in 2014 to one murder in 2015. Percentages are useful and all, but the actual numbers reveal much more detail. This is one of the reasons that the UCR is flawed. Anyone can take these vague statistics and use them for whatever they want, politically. Whether it be the media looking to influence the population or a politician trying to defame another politician's methods. So on and so forth. -TheTurk456
DeleteAfter looking at the crime reports for both Illinois and Texas, I can say that I feel Texas is a safer place to live. If you look at just the major populated areas in Texas, you can see that the major crimes overall are lower than in Illinois. The smaller populated areas of both Illinois and Texas seem to be about the same in crime, with some minor discrepancies toward Texas. I also went back and looked at a few of the older crime reports for Texas and Illinois just to see if crime had risen, lowered, or stayed the same. What I found is that in Illinois, crime had stayed fairly level throughout the state. While in Texas the crime had actually decreased in most places while in a few of the more highly populated areas crime had only risen slightly. While comparing the two states to each other, I wondered how and why a state the size of Texas with many more super populated areas would be safer than a state such as Illinois? Although, I don’t have the answer to that question it makes me wonder if everything is being reported? Also, what are the crime rates for both states for the things that are not included in the UCR? So while things look safer and appear to be better in Texas, you have to take into consideration all the different things that help play a role in making the UCR, and what both Illinois and Texas didn’t report to the UCR.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the UCR’s 2016 publication, crime rates in Illinois and Texas are mostly similar apart from property crime, which is higher in Texas than in Illinois. Illinois has a slightly higher violent crime rate compared to Texas. Based on a rate of per 100,000 residents, Illinois has 8.2 murders which is 54.7% more than the rate of 5.3 murders and nonnegligent manslaughters. Illinois had a rate of 139.3 robberies per 100,000 people compared to 119.6 in Texas. However in rape (revised definition) and aggravated assault, Texas had higher offense rates than Illinois. Illinois had 38.3 rapes compared to 48 in Texas and Illinois had 250.5 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people compared to 261.5 in Texas. When it comes to property crimes, Texas dominates the crime rates. Texas had 533.8 burglaries per 100,000 residents compared to 374.9 in Illinois. They had 1978 larceny thefts compared to 1518 in Illinois. The trend continues in motor-vehicle theft, with 247.8 per 100,000 residents in Texas and 155.5 in Illinois. In 2016, Texas had more crime per 100,000 residents overall, but Illinois is the more dangerous state to live in. Illinois has a marginal lead in violent crimes per 100,000 residents. I attribute the higher amount of property crime in Texas to the higher economic gradient that exists there. In Illinois, there is a smooth gradient between the rich and poor, encompassing a large middle class. In Texas, there are a lot of high income neighborhoods next to a lot of low income neighborhoods. It makes sense, then, that a state with such a problem would have higher rates for property offenses than a state with only one city with such a problem. - TheTurk456, unknownzeeha456, Xielxs456, Savage456, Country456 (Part 1)
Being able to compare two different state’s crime reports turned out to be very interesting and some what surprising. While looking at the crime reports for both Illinois and Texas you can see that Texas had a lower number of crimes per person. This wasn’t much of a surprise to me seeing as Illinois has Chicago which has a much higher murder rate, one of the highest in the United States, which increases the murder rate for Illinois. Texas has a murder rate of 5.3 per every 100,000 residents while Illinois has a murder rate of 8.2 for every 100,000 residents. While you can see that not every crime has a higher rate in Illinois over Texas, in Texas the number of rapes per 100,000 people is higher than that in Illinois sitting at 48.0 while it’s 38.3 in Illinois. It’s hard to say which state would be safer to live in depending on what type of crime you’re looking at. When it comes to murders Illinois may hold higher than Texas but if you look at the rate of aggravated assaults and property crimes, for example, Texas has higher rates per capita. In the UCR it shows that Texas has 261.6 aggravated assaults per 100,00 while Illinois has a total of 250.5 and Texas has 530.8 more reported property crimes per 100,000 than Illinois does.Based solely on just what the UCR tells us I’d say Illinois is a safer place to be compared to Texas.
DeleteAfter looking at both crime reports for Illinois and Texas I found some of the data interesting. According to table two for the year of 2016 there were 55,854 violent crimes in Illinois and the population was 12,801,539. This equal a violent crime rate of 436.3 per 100,000 of general population. When it comes to the rate per 1000,000 for Texas it was 434.4 for violent crimes. When comes to Texas in 2016 there were 121,042 violent crimes and the population was 27,862,596. This had equal to a violent crime rate of 434.4 of their general population. When comparing both of their data you can see a slightly difference in the violent crime rate that Illinois has a slightly higher rate than Texas. Furthermore, in table 2 when it comes to rape(legacy definition) Texas has a higher rape crime rate with 35.4 and they had a 10.3 percent change in their rape crime. Illinois rape crime rate was at 28.4 with a 0.9 percent change in their rape crime. When comparing these two states their numbers will people very different due to the type of crimes being committed. Lastly, according to table 3 Texas state total was 261.6 when it came to aggravated assault, while Illinois was at a total of 250.5. When you calculate the the two state total there’s a 11.1 percentage different between those two state due to that specific crime. To conclude, after viewing the information from the 2016 UCR, I would have to say Illinois is a safer place than Texas even though in both states they had high numbers in different crimes but overall I’ll go with Illinois. - TheTurk456, unknownzeeha456, Xielxs456, Savage456, Country456 (Part 2)
After reading this it amazes me that Texas is a safer place to live than Illinois. Know that Texas is so close to the Mexico border you would think that the crime rates would be extremely high for drugs. Texas also may not consider some of the drugs as bad as we do here in Illinois. When you said that you have to consider the amount of crimes that were unreported, I feel as the size of the states makes quite a bit of difference in that aspect. Knowing that the state of Texas is much larger than the state of Illinois, play a big role in the amount of crime that is not only unreported but also not caught. Whereas there may be a lot more police in the state of Texas, due to the fact it is so much bigger than Illinois you can only have so many officers covering an area. It only makes sense that the property crime in Texas is higher than Illinois, again because Texas is much larger than Illinois, giving more room to build houses and other types of residence. I think this was very interesting to read and to think that such a larger state such as Texas is safer seen to be safer to live in then the medium sized state of Illinois is very pleasing to me Thunder456
DeleteAfter reading a few articles on crime in Illinois vs. crime in Oklahoma I narrowed it down to more specifics and just picked the cities with the highest and most comparable crime rates. I found that the two cities with the most crime was Chicago, IL. And Tulsa, OK. In my reading, I started with violent crimes which include murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault and was surprised to see that Tulsa, Oklahoma’s rate was at 82.9 where Chicago, Illinois was at 58.9. A violent crime includes using force or a threat of force. I then moved on to reading about property crimes which include burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The theft offenses under this type of charges would be taking money or property but no use of force or threat against the victims. I once again was surprise to learn the Tulsa, Oklahoma again came in the lead over Chicago, Illinois with Tulsa having 64.9 and Chicago while not far behind but still behind with 52.1. I was thinking that maybe these numbers surprised me because you generally only hear about the shootings and things in places that are more near to where you live on your news stations. Most crimes that take place in other states you only hear about if they are huge like mass shootings or something involving a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteI then moved on to comparing Oklahoma City, OK to Bloomington, IL. and was not real surprised at what I found comparing these two. Oklahoma City, OK came in at 74.1 for violent crimes and 67.4 for property crime where Bloomington, IL came in at 37.9 for violent crimes and 36.4 for property crimes. There is not a lot that goes on in Bloomington, IL however, I have been hearing more and more on the news about crimes involving students at ISU so those numbers may be increasing in the future. Thunder456
I think that it is a good idea to compare crime rates to compatible cities. It gives us a better insight to what is actually going on and makes it a little bit more easier for us to compare and contrast for an example: I wouldn't compare Chillicothe's crime rate to Peoria. why? because the two cities cannot fairly compete with each other based on their population at all. just like you couldn't play basketball with 5 people on one team and two on the other, it just wouldn't work.
DeleteWell according to the crime reports for both Texas and Illinois crime rates are going down. With crime rates decreasing in both states overall but we should be looking at the crime per city per population. If I compared Dallas TX to Chicago ill population there is a huge difference in the population by more than 1 million Dallas population is 1,300,090 residents where as Chicago has 2,720,550 residents. According to http://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/ that is not a fair ratio is it? I would have to compare Chicago to Huston in that case Huston’s population is 2,296,220 and their crime rate is still higher than Chicago. These cities are a big named cities based off of their population. Back to Texas crime rates going down. Could it be because there is less personal crime against one another due to the concealed carry laws? Someone might think twice before entering someone’s home or trying to rob someone. Huston’s crime index is 87.8 for violent crimes and property crime is 61.5 compare that to Chicago’s violent crime of 58.9 and property crime of 52.1. I am still baffled with the violent crime of Huston. It is extremely high compared to the twos property crimes why is that. Are their people being charged with murder for defending themselves? Could it have something to do with their gun laws? ~myhearseisnotafuneralcar456~
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