Houston has more than 173,000 streetlights across the city, and those are just the ones maintained by CenterPoint Energy. In conversations about public safety, people often point to streetlights as a possible way to deter crime. But in what CityLab called a “seemingly endless debate,” the evidence is mixed. This report confirms that, in Houston, more streetlights don’t necessarily mean less crime.
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