FBI Report: Hopkins is Safer Than Most Communities
Hopkins has lower rates of property crime and violent crime than the national average.
Both people and property are safer in Hopkins compared to the average American community, according to 2011 crime statistics the FBI released Oct. 29. Of the eight most serious types of crimes reported, called Type I crimes, Hopkins performed better than the national average in six categories. Residents were about 4.4 percent more likely to be theft victims than the country overall— 2,063.6 cases per 100,000 compared to the nationwide rate of 1,976.9 cases. Both Hopkins and the United States have seen continuing drops in thefts, though. In Hopkins, such cases dropped 5.2 percent between 2010 and 2011, while nationwide figures fell .7 percent. Rape, in which there were seven cases reported in Hopkins, was the other category in which it …
