The metropolitan areas alone are recognized for crimes on a daily basis. Throughout this paper we will be discussing the comparison of the occurrence of the offenses in the selected areas. We will be identifying the number of occurrences reported to the police for each area and addressing reported incidents, rates of the crimes, rate changes and differences in the rates.
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Two metropolitan areas we will be discussing will be Allentown PA and Albany-Schenectady NY. Comparing the two areas one does see that Albany NY had 316 reported cases of robbery in the year of 2010 where Allentown PA had 460 cases of robbery reported to the police (Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010). Thus said, we clearly see that Allentown PA had more cases of robbery reported to the police within a year period of time.
According to (Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010) “total reported robbery cases to the police in Albany NY and its surrounding townships was 838 where to the surrounding townships of Allentown PA was at a steady 775 cases reported”. One can see clearly that Allentown PA had more cases reported however; with total cases including the surround townships, Albany NY had more reported cases. The rates of the crime for each area were based on 100,000 inhabitants.
Albany NY was at 98. 5 percent compared to Allentown PA’s rate at 93. percent (Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010). Many may say each area was at a high rate but if one was to look further into detail, it would more than likely be even more of a higher rate because not all robbery cases are reported to police in either area. Yes, Albany NY’s rate is slightly higher than Allentown PA’s rate but one may think that the population may be bigger than that of Allentown PA’s population. Rates vary over time as we know. Rates on a yearly basis may increase or they may decrease.
If one was to compare these rates over a two year period of time one would see that the rates in the year of 2009 in the Albany NY area was slightly increased compared to the year 2010. In 2009 the rate was 103. 3% (Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2009) compared to the year of 2010 at 98. 5%. One can see within a year time frame the rate decreased. Allentown PA’s rate in 2010 was 93. 6% like I have mentioned and compare it to the year of 2009 it was at 97. 6% (Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2009).
Comparing Allentown PA’s rate from 2009 to 2010, the rate actually decreased as well. Both areas decreased in crime rates and hopefully it will continue to decrease and not increase next year in the year of 2012/2013. Many factors might explain the differences in the rates we have seen in either area. According to Haq (2010), “These factors may include after school programs for kids/adults. Social networking between the community members and the police, incarceration, policing, social programs like I just mentioned, unemployment benefits, demographics and less opportunities”.
All of these examples will and can affect the increases or decreases in thus type of crime in either area. Majority of people think that adults are the prime suspects however; in over all reality, these suspects are the younger generations (teenagers) committing the crimes we see or hear on a daily basis which imbalances the rates per year. Throughout the paper we discussed two areas of the metropolitan area and their surrounding townships on how each area/township was affected by robbery.
We discussed how the crime rates has decreased or increased over a two year time frame with how many reported cases are being reported to the police. We listed examples of how the rates are affected which causes these rates to increase or decrease every year and we also included a comparison on each metropolitan area. After reading and comparing each are, one can see why the rates do increase or decrease per year and it may have any individual start to think on why this happens and what can we do as a society?
