granted the violence and property crime taking place for the past few years is unacceptable and needs to be addressed, there has been a remarkable drop in criminal activities when you compare statistics for 1999 to 2008.
remarkable considering the city gained 100K+ new residents over the same period.
the only categorical increase when comparing the two years is the increase in burglaries by 16.5%
here's 1999 stats compared to 2008 stats broken out by violent crime and property crimes including their sub categories.