Crime drops dramatically in East Austin, festival highlights progress

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As more and more people move to Austin, we’ve seen many changes to historic neighborhoods, one of them being East Austin.
For many, the area of 12th and Chicon Streets looks totally different than what it was less than a decade ago. In the early years, the area was a thriving business corridor but the area became overrun with drugs and prostitution during the ’90s and continued to stay that way until recently. In 2011, there were more than 1,000 reported cr