New Study Shows Some Improvement In Crime

Torcuarto Di Tella University has released its latest crime “victimization rate” survey and the results are much more encouraging than they were a month ago.

The study, which surveys households in 40 urban centers around the country, shows that 31.8% of these homes reported that at least one household member was the victim of a crime within the past 12 months. Although that figure is up 17.3% on the year, it’s actually down 17.8% from the previous month.

It’s hard to know how promising this news is. After all, when compared with the previous month, crime declined last May too. In fact it declined in each of Argentina’s winter months last year. Are criminals less apt to rob and steel when it’s cold?

In other good news, the percentage of violent crimes declined in May, falling to 16.6% from 20.2% the previous month.

But not all is rosy, according to the survey. Crime fell in some areas while rising in others. In the City of Buenos Aires crime appears to be on the rise – although just slightly – while it seems to be falling in Greater Buenos Aires.

Of homes in the City of Buenos Aires, some 37% had at least one victim. That’s up a bit from 36.1% last month. In Greater Buenos Aires that figure was 26.7% versus 39.1% last month. In the areas surrounding Cordoba, Mendoza, Rosario and Tucuman it was 37.2% versus 50.3% last month.

Popularity: 1% [?]