Overall Crime in Central Texas Declined in 2020
It s hard to find a silver lining for what was the year 2020, but if you look close enough, this may be it.
Cierra Shipley with KXXV, Channel 25 News reports that the crime rate here in Central Texas continued on its downturn in 2020 for both Waco and Temple.
2020 was horrendous in so many ways, but according to some crime rate data, crime was actually down in 2020 by 4%.
However, 2020 did see 17 homicide cases reported, which is pretty high. In fact, it s the highest since 1993, when 29 cases were reported.
McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said, 3 homicide cases, that s going to be about standard, in some years we ve had more in some a little less.