
What Is The Fastest Rising Crime In Texas? Not The One You’re Thinking.
It seems like every day the news is filled with headlines about crime in the Lone Star State. We've seen an insane number of stories about scams. We've seen murders, robberies, and every other type of crime imaginable. Recently, a study was done to see which crimes are the fastest rising in Texas. The result might surprise you.
What Is The Fastest Rising Crime In Texas?
With all the doom and gloom you see in the news today, it might be hard to nail down the fastest-rising crime in Texas. A recent study done by The Texas Lawdog attempted to find the answer to that problem.
To get their answer, they looked at data from the 2023 Bureau of Justice Statistics. What they found is that prostitution is the crime that saw the biggest increase in Texas.

Yes, the world's oldest profession got a boost according to the available data (2022 - 2023). The second biggest increase was purchasing the services of one of these ladies of the night.
I guess it makes sense when you take into account things like the male loneliness epidemic. Men are feeling lonely. These professionals allegedly make you feel not so lonely for a little bit. This is simply my hypothesis, but I feel like it is rock solid. It's shocking, though, because you don't hear about it often in the news. I would have guessed anything over prostitution to be the fastest-growing crime.
What Crimes Are Declining In Texas?
The fastest declining crimes, according to this study, had to do with gambling, human trafficking, and theft of motor vehicle parts. Gambling I understand considering all of the legal options that are being presented to get your gambling fix. You don't have to go to some back room in a dive anymore to see if Lady Luck is still on your side.
Human trafficking and theft of vehicle parts shocked me because we hear about these things all of the time. Is it possible that there's a perception problem created by the kind of news you and I consume regularly? Maybe.
No matter what's declining or increasing, hopefully, 2025 can be a year we look back on in December feeling like we did a little bit better than in 2024. That's my hope.
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