New Mexicans tired of seeing their state at the top of all the worst national rankings will not be heartened by the FBI’s latest crime statistics, which show the rates of violent crime and property crime increased in 2017.The newly released data show the state again ranked among the most dangerous last year.But this may not be case closed.The data also show crime fell in many New Mexican cities beyond Albuquerque. And officials in New Mexico’s biggest city say they are beginning to turn around a yearslong rise in crime . . .
