A CLOSER LOOK AT CRIME ON SAN MATEO

Large apartment complexes see a lot of violence and property crimes in zone between I-25 and Carlisle.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five maps detailing census clusters in the city that have the worst concentrations of crime from 2014 through 2016, based on an analysis by the Albuquerque Innovation Team. Here are some details from the San Mateo zone.

The San Mateo area features a mix of industrial, commercial and residential zones, but with a large concentration of multi-family housing — including several very large apartment complexes.

Though this cluster of census zones covers less than 1 percent of Albuquerque’s land mass and contains just 1.2 percent of its population — 6,419 residents — it is an area with a heavy concentration of both violent and property crimes.

The San Mateo area — a somewhat triangular zone roughly from Interstate 25 south as far as Candelaria, and San Mateo west to Carlisle and Lafayette — was the scene of 6.8 percent of all the city’s murders during the two-

year period. And 6.6 percent of all home invasions were reported there. When police made arrests for home invasions, 7.4 percent of those arrested gave addresses in this area.

Regarding property crimes, area residents reported 4.3 percent of the city’s auto thefts and 4.4 percent of its auto burglaries.

Within the San Mateo zone, one address — the Aztec Village Apartments — led all addresses for the numbers of both violent and property crimes reported. During the two-year period, 41 violent crimes and 77 property crimes were reported at the complex.

The Jefferson Crossing Apartments had the second highest numbers in both categories, with 27 violent crimes and 75 property crimes reported.

And Lovelace Women’s Hospital was the address with the third most incidents in both categories, with 23 violent crimes and 68 property crimes reported.

Crime was lower in the mostly single-family neighborhoods south of Montgomery. For instance, 50 percent of auto burglaries in the area occur at commercial establishments north of Montgomery and just 10 percent in single-family neighborhoods.

The southwest corner of the San Mateo area — called the Alta Monte neighborhood — experienced a heavy concentration of crimes during the period.

Though the area had just 1,442 residents, the reports says that nearly one out of five had their home burglarized or their car stolen or burglarized. Also, one out of 25 reported being assaulted or robbed in the past three years.