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Police Report Reveals Tijuana Crime Numbers

Anonymous - 12-10-2002 at 12:22 AM

December 9, 2002

Tijuana, Mexico -- A Tijuana neighborhood popular with tourists is one of the most dangerous in the city.

A new police report shows the downtown area called the "Zona Centro" had the highest number of crimes-per resident of any neighborhood in Tijuana.

The figures for October show there were 1.75 crimes reported for each 1,000 residents. The next highest rate was recorded in the Playas de Tijuana neighborhood, which had a crime index of 0.89 for every on 1,000 residents.

The index accounts for crimes ranging from robbery to homicide. The Zona Centro neighborhood includes the downtown area where tourists commonly flock to discos and bars on weekend nights.

Braulio - 12-10-2002 at 10:02 AM

Anonymous -

Maybe I'm missing something here - is there a source for this article or police report or whatever it is? It's probably there and I'm just not seeing it.

Crimes per resident in a comercial/tourist zone seems to be kind of a weird way to express the crime figures.

Thanks.

Braulio

Anonymous - 12-10-2002 at 12:58 PM

Picky, picky, picky...

:P

It's an AP report posted on NBC 7/39 San Deigo's website (KNSD):

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/1828916/detail.html

Stephanie Jackter - 12-11-2002 at 12:41 AM

Thanks. I also like to see those links up there when a story comes out. Some sources you do wanna take with a little more of a grain of salt than others....-Stephanie

Braulio - 12-11-2002 at 10:00 AM

I believe the numbers are high - I was just curious where they came from - I was mugged in the area a few years back.

It's not anonymous's fault - It's just incredible to me that a supposed news source would bother to put something like out without mentioning the source - all part of the dumbing-down I suppose.

Braulio