Posted on 06/14/2013 8:40:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Violent crime rose in the U.S. in 2012 for the first time in six years, according to preliminary crime data released by the FBI.
Business Insider analyzed the report to determine the cities with the most violent crime per capita. In the three years we have published this ranking, many cities have repeatedly made the list.
From the decaying Rust Belt, Flint, Mich. emerged as the most dangerous city in 2012, 2011, and 2010, according to our analysis.
Detroit, Mich.; Oakland, Calif.; and St. Louis, Mo. were also consistently among the most dangerous cities.
To improve our ranking and understand its limitations, we consulted several experts.
The main problem with the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, according to UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, is that some cities have broader boundaries and include safer, suburban areas in their crime reports. The center of the city might be crime-ridden, but the safer outskirts skew the overall picture.
Another problem with the UCR is that different police precincts have different ways of classifying aggravated assault versus "simple assault," Carnegie Melon's Alfred Blumstein told us.
Despite these problems, the UCR remains the definitive source of crime data in America. "There is no perfect system, but this is best that we have," says criminal justice professor Tod Burke.
Our preliminary 2012 ranking includes all cities with a population over 100,000. We compared the cities' rates of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, and robbery against 2011 national averages, with the percent deviations averaged to determine overall ranking for violent crime. We did not count aggravated assault due to inconsistent reporting of this crime.
We have included a brief discussion of crime in each city and will add to it any useful insight or responses shared in the comment section or by email.
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Way to Go, Connecticut!!
We may be small in size, but we’re proving everyday how Democrats in power can screw things up.
Take heed, you big states.
It appears the DNC may have been contracted to writer the explanations for each city.
CT
Sanctuary cities
Bkmk for later
I guess I would have won the bet, since this did not surprise me. I was born and raised in the city of Chicago--in the city--and in my neighborhood, for instance, there was no crime whatsoever. There are lots of neighborhoods like that. The violent crime is concentrated in the ethnic enclaves of a certain demographic or two. While there are many crimes in the city, in terms of absolute numbers, because the total population is so huge, the percentage rate is relatively lower. See my post #40 on this.
Which doesn't surprise me. See my post #46 (and #40).
#11. Birmingham, Al? My dad’s hometown, 40 minutes up the road from where I live. Never felt unsafe there. Course there are places and people you avoid especially late at night. What this list shows me is if you don’t have to live among the dregs of society and have a little common sense, then statistically you have little to worry about.
Wow! Camden didn’t make the top 25?
Probably no more people there.
For example:
Detroit 83%
Jackson 79%
Birmingham 73%
Baltimore 64%
Memphis 63%
New Orleans 60%
Flint 57%
Also many areas in Houston, I wouldn't be caught in day or night for that matter.
[...high concentration of a certain ethnic population...]
Ever watch The First 48? They show cases from all across the country and there is common thread that’s unmistakable.
You are correct. Under 100,000 population, so it doesn't qualify for this list. Likewise, e.g. Gary, Indiana.
If this list would have been prepared before 2005, Baton Rouge probably wouldn't even had made the Top 100. That was before the Katrina slugs infiltrated.
Just one of those inconvenient truths..
You speak the truth. I know the PC crowd won’t like it, but the culture of entitlement slugs and thugs is rampant in those places.
This must represent an average over the entire city.
While Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford are nearly 100% awful, there are parts of Philadelphia that are far worse than the worst part of Bridgeport. But Philly also has some real nice parts that average it out to better.
Wow the Chicago mob fudging the numbers...who woulda thought?
I think it’s pigmentation even more than party affiliation because liberal Austin and liberal Portland are both low-crime. But that’s bound to change, as both cities are actively advertising for more “die-versity” to move to their cities! You and I, being normal people, cannot fathom the idiocy of advertising for more of a demographic with the highest crime rates of any demographic even with their small percentage of population! Oh well, I hope they get flooded with the die-versity, maybe it will lower the crime rates in some of the large urban areas in red states.
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