Violent crime in El Paso has fallen since the mid 1990s

Number of violent crimes reported to the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso Sheriff’s Department, 1996-2014.

6,000

5,487 violent crimes in 1996

5,000

4,000

2,949 violent crimes in 2014

3,000

2,000

1996

’14

’98

2000

’02

’04

’06

’08

’10

’12

5,487 violent

crimes in 1996

6,000

5,000

2,949 violent

crimes in 2014

4,000

3,000

2,000

1996

’14

2005

5,487 violent

crimes in 1996

6,000

5,000

2,949 violent

crimes in 2014

4,000

3,000

2,000

1996

’14

2005