Group ranks most dangerous U.S. cities

CNN ^ | Nov 21st, 2005

[laney]

CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) -- For the second year in a row this destitute city of Camden, New Jersey, has been named the nation's most dangerous, according to a company's annual ranking based on crime statistics.

Last year, the distinction seemed to hurt city boosters' feelings more than it harmed revitalization efforts. This time, city leaders are offended by the ranking, calling it unfair.

"We're doing so many nice things now. It's unfortunate that somebody always wants to bad-mouth Camden," Mayor Gwendolyn Faison said.

The city took the top spot last year from Detroit, which remained No. 2 in the most dangerous city rankings, to be released Monday by Morgan Quitno Press.

The Lawrence, Kansas-based company publishes "City Crime Rankings," an annual reference book.

Listed as the most dangerous cities are: Camden, New Jersey; Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama

[2banana]

Can't be true - New Jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation...and we all know that guns cause crime.

[Borges]

Here's the correct link...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/21/camden.crime.ap/index.html

[laney]

The cities named *SAFEST* were
Newton, Massachusetts; Clarkstown, New York; Amherst, New York; Mission Viejo, California; Brick Township, New Jersey; Troy, Michigan; Thousand Oaks, California; Round Rock, Texas; Lake Forest, California; Cary, North Carolina.

[loreldan]

I don't know about Richmond, but those other cities are all bastions of liberalism.

[RetiredArmy]

You can add the Tacoma, WA Mall to that list after yesterday.

[calrighty]

All by themselves....................

[stocksthatgoup]

We in Milwaukee will put our Murder rate up against the very best or worst.

[laney]

Richmond has a tremendous amount of crime..

[RetiredArmy]

Just thought of this. Why isn't Washington, D.C. on this list? Isn't Congress still in D.C.?

[kendu]

nice to know they want me to travel there to see our state aquarium

[BostonianRightist]

The cities named *SAFEST* were - Newton, Massachusetts...

Ya, Jews aren't exactly known for the car-jackings, murders and rapes that the good folks in Camden and Detroit are known for.

[laney]

None of those cities are out west...

[RetiredArmy]

Now, now, now. Let's not bring a racial mixture into this!!!!!!

[tfecw]

"Just thought of this. Why isn't Washington, D.C. on this list? Isn't Congress still in D.C.?"

DC does all sorts of gymnastics to not get included on these lists when it doesn't fit them. They probably decided they would be a US District, not a US City, this year. This is how they get out of state statistics, especially the "States with the poorest education rates" statistics.

Of course when ESPN came around with their 50 broadcasts from 50 states event, DC decided they would be classified as a state and bitched and moaned until ESPN included them.

[vetvetdoug]

Memphis, Tennessee, would be on the list but the city officials have been falsifying the data for the past couple of years to make it look safer. The murder rate for Memphis this year is breaking all records. Memphis also ranks 1st in car theft.

[ElkGroveDan]

How many of them allow CCWs for all citizens?

[sitkaspruce]

Hmmm the majority of the ciies have Democrat mayors?

[Rakkasan1]

dim mayors? what did I win?