Albuquerque's overall UCR Part 1 crime rate is down over the past 7 years, with a 5.3% decline in 2007, but the crime rate is high compared to others. Albuquerque's Emergency Medical Services are ranked 33rd best of the 200 largest cities; several peer Southwest cities are ranked more highly.

INDICATORS

• 11.1 Crimes Reported to Law Enforcement, Uniform Crime Report
• 11.2 Response to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Calls

  LOCAL TREND:

In 2007, Albuquerque's overall UCR Part 1 crimes were down 5.3% over the prior year, and the overall seven year trend is positive. For 2007, property crime reports were down by 7.8%; reports of violent crime rose. Albuquerque has quick response times when responding to the most medically serious calls which require Advanced Life Support techniques (ALS), and these response times are getting faster. This is true despite both increased population and increased demand in the form of a rising number of EMS calls and ALS calls specifically.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

Albuquerque's population adjusted UCR Part 1 property and violent crime rates are high compared to peer Southwest cities. For 2007, Albuquerque has the second highest property crime and total crime rates after adjusting for population, and the highest rate of violent crime of peer cities. Albuquerque's Emergency Medical Services are ranked by JEMS: The Journal of Emergency Medical Services. Albuquerque is ranked 33rd of the 200 largest city EMS Services and has improved over the years. However, several peer Southwest cities are ranked higher than Albuquerque.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

In a 2007 survey, Albuquerque citizens rated this Desired Community Condition as being very important but reported that additional progress is required. Older citizens rated this Desired Community Condition as being more important than did younger persons. Citizens with lower income reported that more progress had been made than did those in higher income groups. The relationship between age and perception of importance, and income and the perception of progress were both true to a statistically significant degree.

Opportunity to Continue to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Mixed
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	Mixed
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Matches

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