Their are very few Mexicans at all in Arab. I'd venture to guess that Arab's population is 99.9% white. I'm not saying that white folks don't commit crime but they had to do some serious manipulation to come up with the numbers to get Arab on the list. Other than a few shoplifting and thieving methheads, not much goes on.

Maybe they used shoplifting crimes in their study? They obviously didn't use violent crimes, which is what most would look at when considering an area "dangerous". Thieves are everywhere and a part of life. I'd much rather deal with a few of those than to worry about walking down the street and being mugged. I wouldn't feel uncomfortable at all walking through any part of Arab after dark, unarmed.

The last, and only, homicide that I can remember in Arab happened to be my uncle, in 2000. He was shot and killed by his son in law at his daughter's tanning business.