Editing West Memphis, Arkansas (section)

===Crime===
West Memphis tends to have crime levels considerably above the national average.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/offenses/standard_links/regional_estimates.html |title= Regional Estimates - Crime in the United States 2007|website=Fbi.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129164133/https://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/offenses/standard_links/regional_estimates.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n16_v87/ai_16609055 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710215526/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n16_v87/ai_16609055 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |work=Jet |title=Southern states have highest murder rates in U.S |year=1995 }}</ref> For the year of 2006, the [[violent crime]] index was 1989.3 violent crimes committed per 100,000 residents. The national average was 553.5 crimes committed per 100,000 residents. For 2008, the total murder risk for the city was over two and a half times the United States average, the same applied when compared to the [[Arkansas]] state average. Other forms of crime were roughly the same with the exception of [[larceny]] which was slightly above the national average.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Summary |title=West Memphis, AR Demographics Summary |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=October 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916050238/http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Summary |archive-date=September 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While the crime within West Memphis is typically high<!-- This needs clarification.  Is it the crime rate or number of crimes that is high and that is being compared to other cities in the region? ... -->, it is relatively average when compared with its far larger neighbor [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], the same applies to other cities throughout the same region of the South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/VA/Richmond/Crime_Statistics?compare=west+memphis%2C+ar |title=Richmond, VA Crime Rate Indexes |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Crime_Statistics?compare=atlanta+ga |title=West Memphis, AR Crime Rate Indexes |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Crime_Statistics?compare=birmingham+al |title=West Memphis, AR Crime Rate Indexes |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Crime_Statisticscompare=jackson+ms |title=Real Estate, Foreclosures, Demographics and Luxury Property Listings |publisher=CLRSearch.com |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/RSS/Demographics/AR/West_Memphis/Crime_Statistics?compare=orlando+fl |title=West Memphis, AR Crime Rate Indexes |publisher=CLRSearch |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref>