Perceptions vs. reality

Violence is not up on the Arizona border:

FBI Uniform Crime Reports and statistics provided by police agencies, in fact, show that the crime rates in Nogales, Douglas, Yuma and other Arizona border towns have remained essentially flat for the past decade, even as drug-related violence has spiraled out of control on the other side of the international line. Statewide, rates of violent crime also are down.

The Arizona border counties (west to east) are Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise.

~ Becky in Tucson, 1 hour from the border