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  1. The question of which areas have the most crime (or highest crime rate) is tricky to answer. 1) total crime versus crime rate. Different areas of Houston have different population densities. Also, different neighborhoods are different sizes. So if you add up all the crimes in a big neighborhood and compare that to a small neighborhood, it may make the big neighborhood appear more dangerous when in fact the crime rates are identical or even even greater in the small neighborhood. Consequently, I think one should look at crime rates versus total number of crimes. (That, of course, makes the task harder.) 2) What is the purpose of figuring out the crime rate neighborhood by neighborhood (or zip-code by zip-code, or police beat by police beat)? If it is to figure out the chance that you, as a resident in, worker in, or visitor of a particular location are in greater or lesser danger of crime, then you should look at crimes that happen to random people. So property crimes would be the best measure. 3) For this reason, murder rates are probably not the best way to look at crime in a particular area. For the most part, murders aren't random. Acquaintances (particularly spouses and significant others) are common murder victims. People involved in criminal activities (drug dealers) are often victims. It may be that there is a strong correlation between the murder rate and other crime rates. But I think it is better to look at other crimes than murder. I would definitely like to see a crime map of Houston with crime rates for each census tract (which are divisions used by the census that are smaller than zipcodes). I would like it to include all crimes, and see versions for more specific crimes (assault, burglary, car burglary, robbery, etc.). That would give you a really good idea of which areas are the safest and most dangerous in Houston, and probably would contain a few surprises.
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  2. I find a telling sign is to just observe how many commercial shops and residential homes have burglar bars in different neighborhoods.
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  3. From last month... What's Next For Astroworld Lot? POSTED: Monday, December 14, 2009UPDATED: 6:53 am CST December 15, 2009 http://www.click2houston.com/newsarchive/21962931/detail.html#story
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  4. Man, I didn't know there was anything left of WS. My best memories are of the candle shop, the basket store, the jewelry store and the best; Village Inn when Freddie Powers and the Powerhouse were playing there. (He worked with Willie Nelson later, if I recall.) The place was packed on the weekends. Here's a picture I found of the Square in the good days:
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