The 10 Safest and Most Dangerous Cities in America Are...

Compuserve News Feature ^ | 1/26/02

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

For the third year in a row, Detroit ranks as the Most Dangerous City in America, according to a new report from Morgan Quitno Press. The 2002 Most Dangerous and Safest City Awards are based on a city's rate for six basic crime categories as measured by crime data collected and analyzed by the FBI: Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated assault, Burglary and Motor vehicle theft.

The Safest Cities in America Are...	The Most Dangerous Cities in America Are...
1. Amherst, N.Y.	1. Detroit, Mich.
2. Newton,Mass.	2. Atlanta, Ga.
3. Mission Veijo, Calif.	3. St. Louis, Mo.
4. Cary, N.C.	4. Baltimore, Md.
5. Brick Township, N.J.	5. Gary, Ind.
6. Simi Valley, Calif.	6. Camden, N. J.
7. Sunnyvale, Calif.	7. Tampa, Fla.
8. Colonie, N.Y.	8. West Palm Beach, Fla.
9. Sterling Heights, Mich.	9. Compton, Calif.
10. Clarkstown, N.Y.	10. Memphis, Tenn.

(Click the city name above to see a Local Visitor's Guide, in some cases it will be the nearest large city.)

Included in the rankings were all cities with more than 75,000 people that reported crime data to the FBI for these six crime categories.

For the second consecutive year, and fifth in the last eight years, Amherst, N.Y., (near Buffalo) has earned the No. 1 Safest City ranking. "With no murders, the fifth lowest rape and aggravated assault rates, Amherst has one of the lowest crime rates of any city," according to Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno.

Check the complete list of 327 cities and their scores.

[Straight Vermonter]

Your link is broken and it appears to be a members only site.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

CORRECTED HYPERLINK...

Check the complete list of 327 cities and their scores.

[Willie Green]

I wanted to check out DC's ranking, but ya got a bad link to the 327 cities.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I corrected the link but thanks I did not realize it was members only.

[codeword]

This list surprises me. Simi Valley is where the cops live.

[capt. norm]

I wish they would have considered Panama City, Florida on the safe list.

Geography makes it nearly impossible for a criminal to leave this county once they are looking for them. A series of bays and bridges make it fairly easy to bottle up the exits and trap those fleeing police and as a result of that and just plain good police work, it has become widely known that if you do your crime here, you will almost certainly be caught.

[lowbridge]

4. Baltimore, Md.

But, but, but....

The Brady Campaign gave Maryland an "A"

[Willie Green]

Aaaacckkk!!!

Now I gotta log on with a screen name and password at Compuserve.

I appreciate your efforts, but it ain't worth the hassle.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

The Most Dangerous Cities
in America Are...

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Most Dangerous Rank	City
1-50
1	Detroit, MI
2	Atlanta, GA
3	St. Louis, MO
4	Baltimore, MD
5	Gary, IN
6	Camden, NJ
7	Tampa, FL
8	West Palm Beach, FL
9	Compton, CA
10	Memphis, TN
11	New Orleans, LA
12	Washington DC
13	Kansas City, MO
14	Richmond, VA
15	Dayton, OH
16	Flint, MI
17	Miami, FL
18	Youngstown, OH
19	Dallas, TX
20	Newark, NJ
21	Trenton, NJ
22	Chattanooga, TN
23	Orlando, FL
24	Philadelphia, PA
25	Reading, PA
26	Birmingham, AL
27	Cleveland, OH
28	Oakland, CA
29	Savannah, GA
30	Minneapolis, MN
31	Hammond, IN
32	Nashville, TN
33	Bridgeport, CT
34	Tacoma, WA
35	Milwaukee, WI
36	Hartford, CT
37	Springfield, MA
38	Providence, RI
39	Winston-Salem, NC
40	Shreveport, LA
41	New Haven, CT
42	Columbus, OH
43	Miami Beach, FL
44	Canton, OH
45	Kalamazoo, MI
46	St. Petersburg, FL
47	Little Rock, AR
48	Buffalo, NY
49	Topeka, KS
50	Durham, NC

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[He Rides A White Horse]

A series of bays and bridges make it fairly easy to bottle up the exits and trap those fleeing police and as a result of that and just plain good police work, it has become widely known that if you do your crime here, you will almost certainly be caught.

Never underestimate the stupidity of some people.

[Straight Vermonter]

Mash here.

[illbenice]

You should just post the whole list so we dont have to register.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Done.No problem.Was easy (if the links work in post 10 ;-0 )

[illbenice]

And you all ready did, Ill zip my mouth now....

[Straight Vermonter]

The Brady Campaign gave Maryland an "A"

The Brady folks recently gave Vermont a "D" and Maine an "F". They gave Mass. an "A-" and NY a "B+". I read this in my local paper and nearly fell off my chair laughing.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Thanks.

Everyone GO TO POST 12 if they need more info.

[Ward Smythe]

This can't be true. Richmond, VA can't be #14 'cause our new Lt. Governor started Project Exile when he was the mayor...

[Mr.Clark]

5. Brick Township, NJ.

Brick resident bump! A very nice town along the Jersey shore.

[Lessismore]

Great! I've often thought that it would be nice to know of a site that had crime rates by zip code. When traveling, you really need better definition than city boundaries.