Crime on the Street
Wyatt Nolen
Introduction
The streets of Albuquerque are not known
for their safety. Can you recall a day that
you left your car unlocked without worry?
Oftentimes the residents of Albuquerque
are left powerless against a constant
onslaught of theft and burglary. This is
most true in residential areas, where
common thieves may execute their heinous
crimes. The residents of Inca St. NE are no
strangers to these criminals. Porch pirates,
vandalizers, car thieves, and even home
invaders are all common blights along the
street. This is due to a variety of reasons,
but things can change. With a strong
enough push voiced to the local police
department, more repercussions and other
deterrents can be put in place to stop those
responsible!
At a Glance
Works Cited
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Methodology Discussion
My research revolves heavily around government-provided crime reports. These Not only does this evidence support my thesis
that the police department has failed in
documents are not typically printed and released to the public, so instead I resorted to apprehending all the subjects responsible, but it
searching for them on websites such as The City of Albuquerque Government’s official also suggests that these photographic devices do
website: https://www.cabq.gov/. With these reports, I found statistics for the entire city of little work in repelling potential porch pirates.
Albuquerque, but was unable to locate an effective way to sort crime reports based on smaller While the residents contacted their local
areas, such as the neighborhood in which Inca Street resides. To account for this lack of department, they were all informed that nothing
could be done. This leads me to a conclusion most
information, I approached residents of Inca Street and asked them questions designed to
unsavory, that the police have no interest in
gauge their experience with crime where they live. apprehending these criminals.
My first step to answer the question of crime rates was to search the library. Once I learned that While many reports from The City of
the resources, I was looking for were no longer kept there, I took to the internet to further my Albuquerque suggest that crime against property is
search. While this shift in strategy left no options for physical publications as resources for decreasing, our local evidence says otherwise.
this report, it instead opened a whole new world of resources. While searching for information Things appear not to have changed in residential
areas, such as Inca St. NE. The overall crime may
on crime rates, I came upon the City of Albuquerque's website, which provided crime rate be down, but certain, targeted crimes have not
presentations for Albuquerque from 2018 to 2021. These presentations are the backbone of meaningfully changed. Of these crimes,
my research. Once I found the presentations, I spent time exploring their contents. After that, I Burglary/Breaking and Entering was the most
decided to find more local crime information. I found this task to be quite difficult, as this important for our research. In short, these crimes
information is not available to the public. To resolve this issue, I developed a questionnaire are still being committed on a large scale, and
nothing is being done about it.
and asked Inca St. NE residents to answer the questions provided. Once this data was
However, this lack of response can be changed.
collected, I compiled it into a table that could be used as information for my research. With a strong enough push voiced to the local
My research was hindered by my limited access to government files and presentations. police department, more repercussions can be put in
While the information for Albuquerque was free for viewing, the information regarding place to stop these criminals responsible for the
specifically my street, neighborhood, or even my zip code was not available to me. To combat large-scale theft and burglary. The community can
this, I gathered as much information as possible regarding the City of Albuquerque and come together to help execute this change by doing
a few simple things:
utilized the residents of Inca St. NE as sources to collect first-hand accounts. • Send a letter to your local police department
expressing concern over your safety and
Results wellbeing at home.
• Insist something be done when you have
As Figure 4 shows, 19 out of 22 individuals information regarding a suspect.
• Spread the word regarding the sub-adequate
have had packages stolen from them since the performance of the local police department to
beginning of 2022. However, all 19 others.
participants that had a package stolen reported • Contact your local news paper or station to
that they had contacted the local police inform them on the dire state of crime on your
department and had been told nothing could be street.
By participating in this movement, you can help
done despite a majority having photographic
ensure that you and your neighbors can feel safe
evidence revealing the identity of the culprit. and protected, along with your purchased goods.
Of the 19 victims, 13 had cameras installed and If these recommendations are followed, we will see
directed towards the package that was stolen. an overall decrease in crime on our street. In the
future, we may even help to bring these changes to
the communities around us, pushing towards a safer
Albuquerque. Together, these changes can be made,
and a difference will be seen.