New Mexico ranked #4 on the list of most dangerous states..... - TopicsExpress



          

New Mexico ranked #4 on the list of most dangerous states..... New Mexico > Violent crimes per 100,000: 559.1 > Poverty rate: 20.8% > Pct. of population with bachelor’s degree or higher: 26.1% > Property crimes per 100,000: 3,600.7 (4th highest) For many Americans, New Mexico is Taos, Santa Fe and the big nuclear laboratory at Los Alamos. It is also a poor state. Its violent crime rate is the fourth worst in the country; its forcible rape rate is also fourth worst. It has among the highest rates of drug use in the country, which is known to encourage criminal activity. Its burglary rate is second worst. “We dare not pretend this does not have an effect on our economy or our overall quality of life,” former New Mexico legislator Dennis Kintigh wrote in the Albuquerque Journal earlier this year about the levels of violence in the state.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 07:57:27 +0000

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