Crime in BsAs - anyone?

[John.St]

Can I get a primer on the common tricks to avoid?

We ought to create a sticky post or thread with all known tricks, where everybody can add updates.

 

[John.St]

Respondents = 158

Crime ............ Number Percentage
Pockets picked ....... 41 ..... 26.0
Burglary .............. 9 ...... 5.7
Theft, other ......... 31 ..... 19.6
Robbery, other ....... 15 ...... 9.5

Armed robbery ........ 11 ...... 7.0
Stabbed ............... 1 ...... 0.7
Shot .................. 1 ...... 0.7

Other crimes ......... 20 ..... 12.7

The percentage sums up to more than 100 because we are counting number of crimes, not number of victims.

The number of dangerous crimes are 13, or 8.2 percent.

Number non-victims .. 80 .. 50.6%
Number victims ...... 78 .. 49.4%

Number of crimes .. 129
Crimes per victim ... 1.8

 

[John.St]

As of 2011.04.24 crime in BsAs looks like this:

Respondents = 163

Crime .................. Number Percentage
Pockets picked ............ 42 ...... 25.8
Burglary ................... 9 ....... 5.5
Theft, other .............. 32 ...... 19.6
Robbery, other ............ 16 ....... 9.8

Armed robbery ............. 12 ....... 7.4
Stabbed .................... 1 ....... 0.6
Shot ....................... 1 ....... 0.6

Other crimes ............... 22 ..... 13.5

The percentage sums up to more than 100 because we are counting number of crimes, not number of victims.

The number of dangerous crimes are 13, or 8.0 percent.

Number non-victims: 82 ...... 50.3 percent.
Number victims: ... 81 ...... 49.7 percent.

Number of crimes .. 135
Crimes per victim ... 1.7

 

[John.St]

As of 2011.04.25 crime in BsAs looks like this:

Respondents = 172

Crime .................. Number Percentage
Pockets picked ............ 44 ...... 25.6
Burglary ................... 9 ....... 5.2
Theft, other .............. 32 ...... 18.6
Robbery, other ............ 18 .......10.5

Armed robbery ............. 14 ....... 8.1
Stabbed .................... 1 ....... 0.6
Shot ....................... 1 ....... 0.6

Other crimes ............... 22 ..... 12.8

The percentage sums up to more than 100 because we are counting number of crimes, not number of victims.

The number of dangerous crimes are 16, or 9.3 percent.

Number non-victims: 86 ...... 50.0 percent.
Number victims: ... 86 ...... 50.0 percent.

Number of crimes .. 141
Crimes per victim ... 1.6

 

[CarverFan]

Scary.....I never met anyone who experienced an armed robbery before moving here, that figure is pretty damn high.

 

[John.St]

As of 2011.04.26 crime in BsAs looks like this:

Respondents = 180

Crime .................. Number Percentage
Pockets picked ............ 45 ...... 25.0
Burglary .................. 10 ....... 5.6
Theft, other .............. 35 ...... 19.4
Robbery, other ............ 19 .......10.6

Armed robbery ............. 15 ....... 8.3
Stabbed .................... 1 ....... 0.6
Shot ....................... 1 ....... 0.6

Other crimes ............... 23 ..... 12.8

The percentage sums up to more than 100 because we are counting number of crimes, not number of victims.

The number of dangerous crimes are 17, or 9.4 percent.

Number non-victims: 90 ...... 50.0 percent.
Number victims: ... 90 ...... 50.0 percent.

Number of crimes .. 149
Crimes per victim ... 1.7

For a SIG like BAexpats, the number of respondents are sufficient to state with considerable certainty, that if you live as a foreigner in BsAs (capital) for a few years, you have a 50/50 chance of becoming the victim of a crime on some level, although the number of crimes per victim may indicate that some of our members either live or move in risky neighborhoods (there is no way to decide this w/o the barrios where the crimes took place and the board's polls doesn't have a facility for extra information).

 

[John.St]

As of 2011.05.06 crime in BsAs looks like this:

Respondents = 182

Crime .................. Number Percentage
Pockets picked ............ 45 ...... 24.7
Burglary .................. 10 ....... 5.5
Theft, other .............. 35 ...... 19.2
Robbery, other ............ 19 .......10.4

Armed robbery ............. 16 ....... 8.8
Stabbed .................... 1 ....... 0.6
Shot ....................... 1 ....... 0.6

Other crimes .............. 23 ...... 12.6

The percentage sums up to more than 100 because we are counting number of crimes, not number of victims.

The number of dangerous crimes are 18, or 10.0 percent.

Number non-victims: 91 ...... 50.0 percent.
Number victims: ... 91 ...... 50.0 percent.

Number of crimes .. 150
Crimes per victim ... 1.6

If you respond to the poll, make sure you have read the definitions in the first post before you add anything: http://baexpats.org/expat-life/5805-crime-bsas-anyone.html#post34973

 

[ptolemy]

Thinking of current graphs, there is an interesting post over at:< http://www.argentinepost.com/ > about "express kidnappings," with one experience included.

 

[John.St]

Thinking of current graphs, there is an interesting post over at:< http://www.argentinepost.com/ > about "express kidnappings," with one experience included.

I keep telling people – obvously in vain: When in a taxi, lock the doors, lock the doors, lock the doors!
And the taxi drivers usually nod approvingly when I do.

Be street smart!

 

[tomdesigns]

My crime experiences started in Southern California. At the age 10 some creep slapped me upside the head and took my boggie board in Laguna Beach. He was about 16 and I was 10.. When I was in 3rd grade two goofs wanted my lunch money and I said no, they responded by beating me unconscious. All in the good ol USA!

Take a walk in East LA at 4AM or East Palo Alto in the North!

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