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State of Texas Data

Capital: Austin

Largest city: Houston

Largest metro: Dallas–Fort Wortd–Arlington

Area: Ranked 2nd

Population: Ranked 2nd

Admission to Union: 1845

Abbreviations: TX, Tex.

Website: www.texas.gov

Resources in Texas

Based on crime rates and crime numbers reported there is a decline in crime in Texas between the years 2012 and 2013. Violent crime rate in aggregate decreased by 2%. This total change is mostly due to a 4.7% drop in rape and 4.1% drop in aggrevated assault. The murder crime rate remained unchanged at 4.4 and robbery rate increased by 3.3%. Property crimes dropped by over 3%. The highest drop was due to burglaries dropping 8.4% Larceny Theft dropped by 1.6% and Motor Vehicle related crimes dropped by 0.4%. Of total crimes commited almost 11% and 89% were property. In Texas for people aged 18 and under accounted to 11% of violent crimes, and 10% non-violent crimes. There was a total of $1,926,387,892 property stolen in Texas in 2013, 61% of this amount was for motor vehicle related thefts and 61% of these thefts were recovered. $170,527,778 were for jewelry but only 5% were discovered. In 2013 there were over 936,000 arrests made 7.5% of these were under the age of 16. Larceny theft accounted for almost 20% of all crimes. 91% of murders used firearms. Residential burglaries were 72% of all burglaries reported.