This has nothing to do with
how drunk them messicans is and everything to do with the fact that are are more legal US citizens than non-legal ones. You're also more likely to get raped or molested by a taxpayer than a Congressman, but the incidence rate for rape and molestation by Congressmen is significantly higher.
Just to be pedantic because - Do you know what I do around here - incidence rate probably isnt the right term in either case.
Reported rate is more likely the correct term for a number of reasons.
Statistically poorer and/or less educated women are multi fold less likely to report abuse than more educated and affluent women. (Again for a couple reasons - but lets leave that for the moment)
So if Jimbob and Bubba assault Mary Jo in the trailer park - she very likely doesnt report it.
If it happens in the projects or hood - again very likely to be reported.
If it happens on Capitol Hill much more likely to be reported.
Doesnt change the incidence rate...and without the report we really dont know the incidence rate.
Which is what makes all the illegal stats so humorous. We dont know for certain how many illegals there are. Hell do we even know how to define an illegal?
If we don't know the divisor/denominator its impossible to calculate an accurate percentile.
So if we set up the equation we have
(some unknown number of crimes based on reporting rate, and how they are classified) / (some unknown number of people depending on which political affiliate is trying to push which agenda = Some BS stat that someone will exaggerate in either direction and draw loose correlation to make a poorly connected point that the stupid masses will gobble up and spout or rail against.