Mark Greenblatt of KHOU-TV looks at a surge in violent crimes in Houston - an increase of 22% in the last 2 years. For the story, Greenblatt used Access, Excel, ArcGIS, and CrimeStat to first look for trends in rise in specific crimes, then mapped them out to find further trends. Included in the report are interactive online tools that allow you to search violent crime incidents by neighborhood and zip code.
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