Posted on 07/25/2013 10:53:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Violent crime reports rose in America for the first time in 2006, according to FBI statistics. However, the recent 1.2% increase belies a long-term trend: America is becoming a much safer country.
To find out which parts of America are the safest, we looked at the FBI's latest report on crime and found cities with violent crime rates substantially below the national average.
We only included cities with populations of more than 200,000 to exclude suburban areas. Many of the cities are repeat winners from our 2011 report on America's safest cities.
Irvine, Calif. has been the safest city in the country for the 9th consecutive year. The city of just more than 200,000 has one of the country's top-ranked school systems, a median household income well above the national average, and a crime prevention method that includes keeping a thorough record of violence.
Nine of the 20 safest cities are located in the Southwest, with another six located in California. Conversely, on our list of the 25 most dangerous cities, there were no Southwestern cities and only two California cities.
Clearly there's a geographic trend here. It should be noted, however, that different crime reporting policies among states may make some states appear safer or more dangerous than they really are.
Neighboring cities Virgina Beach and Chesapeake, VA, are the only two on the list with murder rates equal to or above the national average. However, rape and robbery rates substantially below the national average compensate for this difference.
El Paso, Texas, one of the safest cities, is located directly across the Mexico-U.S. border from Juarez, Mexico, one of the world's most violent cities. Officials there say that drug cartels keep their base of operations in Mexico to avoid encounters with U.S. law enforcement.
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When the locals call for assistance in either of these towns a great number of “green-shirts” converge from all directions to help out. The BP helicopters are a great thing to have around as well.
I call BS on Virginia Beach too. Incidents with the Amish there are well-known.
I spent a night in El Paso years ago during a cross country move. Just outside of town was a boarder patrol check stop. As we slowed to pull over at the checkpoint, I started to get real anxious. I had not checked the U-Haul trailer I was towing before leaving the hotel. I pictured an agent asking me to open the trailer and finding the lock was not there or something. "Officer, this is not my trailer and I have no idea what's in it."
I was impressed with El Paso.
SOME of W. Iowa and E. Nebraska is PRETTY “safe”.
When I was Active Duty US Navy in San Diego we used to call S. San Diego County- Chula Juana(Chula Vista),Nasty City(National City) and Veneral Beach(Imperial Beach).
It keeps the riff raff and relatives away.
Chula Vista, CA is a suburb of San Diego, CA. You can’t really tell where one ends and the other begins.
And, El Paso, safe? I thought it was in Mexico now...
I seem to recall Spring Break in VB is filled with Obama sons tearing up the place. I went looking for the threads about that, but found nothing.
I believe there are a lot of local black colleges, but I don’t know for sure.
Bwhahahahahha... Bwhahahahahahhahahahahhahahaahha... catches breath... Bwhahahahahhahahahahhahhahahaah
Laugh all you want to. But facts are stubborn things.
Look upthread at people who know. El Paso is safe based on a well organized police department, the Militay presence, the Border Patrol and other positives.
Is that the same place where a wild young cowboy was sharing a drink with wicked Felina?
My former asst. Security Manager is now a Sargent on the border at El Paso.. He tells me it’s a War Zone and they are ordered not to document any of it.. Sorry, I get it from the front.. :)
You are lucky you did not reach your destination and find 30 to 40 illegals in the back.
Chula Vista is near the Mexican border but it does not have the feeling of a border town (from my experience having been there frequently).
Things must’ve changed - the town seemed sketchy back in the eighties.
Well known to locals but suppressed by local media. As the poster knows, they had one at the beach (small riot) a couple months ago that people outside of Hampton Roads (area name) VA probably have not heard of.
I believe his love for her was stronger than his fear of death. That’s what Bob Weir told me a bunch of times. He heard it from Marty Robbins so it must have been true...
Whose? The wild young cowboy, or Marty Robbins? -:)
We’re #6 - and rightfully so. Thanks to Scottsdale’s racial demographics, Arizona’s gun laws, and Sheriff Joe - who scares away California liberals. :)
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