City Crime Rankings Once Again Names Amherst, New York America’s Safest City

Morgan Quitno Awards ^ | 11-25-2003 | Morgan Quitno

[Cagey]

Detroit, Michigan Returns as Most Dangerous

Lawrence, KS—Amherst, New York is on a winning streak. For the fourth consecutive year, the citizens of this upstate New York community can boast that they live in America’s Safest City. The honor will be announced in the new edition of City Crime Rankings, an annual reference book of crime statistics and rankings slated for publication in early December. The results of the tenth annual Safest City Award, which compares crime in 350 cities, were announced today by Morgan Quitno Press, a Lawrence, Kansas-based publishing and research company. At the opposite end of the crime scale, Detroit, Michigan returns to the spotlight as the nation’s most dangerous city.

“Amherst’s record speaks for itself, “said Scott Morgan, President of Morgan Quitno Press. With crime rates that are among the lowest in the nation, it is no wonder that this community shines year after year in our annual competition.”

The Morgan Quitno Safest City Award is based on a city’s rate for six basic crime categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. All cities of 75,000+ populations that reported crime data to the FBI for the six crime categories were included in the rankings. Final 2002 statistics, released by the FBI on October 27, 2003, were used to determine the rankings.

Joining Amherst at the top of the Safest City rankings were Brick Township, NJ; Mission Viejo, CA; Simi Valley, CA and Cary, NC.

At the opposite end of the Morgan Quitno crime scale, Detroit, Michigan returns as the nation’s most dangerous city. The Motor City anchored the crime rankings in 1999, 2000 and 2001 before it was ousted last year by St. Louis, Missouri. Detroit is joined at the bottom of the crime rankings by (in ascending order) St. Louis, MO; Atlanta, GA; Camden, NJ and Washington, DC.

In addition to ranking the safety of cities, Morgan Quitno Press also examined crime in metropolitan areas. In those rankings, Bangor, ME was this year’s Safest Metropolitan Area. The Pine Bluff, AR metropolitan area ranked as the most dangerous.

The findings of the tenth annual Safest City and Metropolitan Area Awards are announced in City Crime Rankings 10th Edition, an annual reference book from Morgan Quitno Press. The newly updated edition of this volume will be available December 8th. The Safest City and Metropolitan Area rankings are one of five Morgan Quitno Awards announced annually by the publishing company. These other annual announcements designate the nation’s Most Livable State (a state quality of life survey); the Healthiest State (a survey of state health care); the Safest and Most Dangerous States (a state crime survey) and the Smartest State (a state education survey).

Additional information regarding the results of the tenth annual Safest City and Metropolitan Area Awards is available from Morgan Quitno Press via the Internet at www.morganquitno.com. The website provides methodology and rankings of the top and bottom 25 cities. A full report featuring information for all 350 cities is available online for $3.00.

[wardaddy]

Bordeaux, Jefferson St around Meharry or Tennessee State, the projects area around Murfreesboro road and I-40.

I believe the Hopewell community around here near my office is considered not great.

However, I will drive thru any part of Nashville at night without much trouble. There is a fair amount of white bubba crime as well as a growing Mexican crime problem but those don't make the areas unsafe exactly. White bubbas and Mexicans are less likely here to be predatory and are more conflict motivated.

[wardaddy]

Newsflash.

Bourbon and Wardaddy are at present holding high level Thanksgiving meeting in Old Hickory TN to discuss the future of Mississippi threads.

WKB to be debriefed later.

[Yudan]

Easy, cowboy. Your liver ain't made of steel wool anymore. ;-)

[WKB]

WKB to be debriefed later.



I haven't had a drink in years thank ya.

[wardaddy]

Bourbon is in Nashville and just spent a few hours in my office and of course we talked a lot about ya'll...lol

any ears burning?

[wardaddy]

Bourbon is in Nashville and just spent a few hours in my office and of course we talked a lot about ya'll...lol

any ears burning?

[WKB]

we talked a lot about ya'll...lol


If you were talking about me it had to be "good" or a "lie"

[wardaddy]

lol...quick and pithy!

[WKB]

ARK was a lot of help today NOT

[dixiechick2000]

Dang! I missed all the fun.

Those of us who weren't able to attend this high level meeting expect a full report, and don't leave anything out...not even low down and dirty details.

Especially low down and dirty details. ;o)

Seriously, I hope y'all had a great time.

[bourbon]

All that really needs to be said concerning my meeting w/ Wardaddy is that it was an historic meeting of the [twisted] minds.

pictures to follow....BTW.

DC2k--The only thing 'dirty' about our meeting was that it took place in WD's office, which could use a little cleaning. :-)

[WKB]

pictures to follow....BTW.


You can spare us that

[bourbon]

Sorry. In the interest of truth (no matter how ugly), these pictures MUST be shown.

[WKB]

This should go under Breaking News:

"Mississippi Freepers Hold First Convention"

both of them had a great time.

[wardaddy]

have you been talking to my wife....she says the same thing..lol

[bourbon]

"Mississippi Freepers Hold First Convention"

Sorry again. WD and I are strictly unconventional.

[Fraulein]

I spent the first 23 years of my life in Atlanta -- which is #3 on the list -- and never once did I have any problems, not even as a teenager when I would go out and about the city at night. In fact, I often return to Atlanta, and, again, I have never had any problems there. But in the past 5 years since I have been in Nashville I have had to file 7 police reports!

[wardaddy]

Oddly, bourbon and I were just talking yesterday about Atlanta and how Buckhead has become exponentially more dangerous at night from our own experiences and those related from others.

My only problems here in Nashville have been with surly white trash in my businesses and theft there as well..and again from white trash....which these days does not mean pick-up truck rednecks but rather burrheaded baggy pants white wannabe gangsta imposters. I seem to have an inherent clash with that sort admittedly while I get on fine with the black real thang bros.

I have not had a fight with a black youth in years actually although from a violent crime perspective that disproportionately commit most of that here.

I think they know that I am a middle aged redneck and that I am armed....lol. Sadly, I suppose I'm that transparent...plus where I reside is far insulated from such problems thankfully...sort of like living in Roswell or Alpharetta as opposed to College Park.

However, our hometown of Jackson Mississippi has become as bad as it gets....something along the lines of Kingston Jamaica and everyone law abiding or otherwise with any sense at all is armed at all times.

[dixiechick2000]

Oh, goodie! Pics! I can't wait to see them.

"The only thing 'dirty' about our meeting was that it took place in WD's office, which could use a little cleaning. :-)"

Boring, but I can relate... ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

Speaking of Buckhead, have any of you ever dined at Pano and Paul's?