[Charles Martel]

LOL!

Los Angeles, CA is 48.4% less dangerous to live in than Dallas, TX.

And yet Plano, Texas (part of the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex) is #1 on that website's "Top 100 Cities" list - and you'd have to average Dallas with not only Plano but also Carrollton, Frisco, Addison, Farmer's Branch, etc., to geographically match L.A. Just curious - do you know where areavibe.com gets the data for its comparisons? I don't see any details listed in the "About" section.

[dragnet2]

The stats are based on the FBI Crime Statistics.

Just like this one below. BTW, these are not MY stats...lol.

http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=dallas&s1=TX&c2=los+angeles&s2=CA

Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People

Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

	Dallas, TX	Los Angeles, CA	National
Murder:	15	12.4	7
Forcible Rape:	53.28	27.3	32.2
Robbery:	553.9	370	205.8
Aggravated Assault:	584.2	377.2	336.5
Burglary:	1734.7	524.8	813.2
Larceny Theft:	4006.4	1539.2	2601.7
Vehicle Theft:	1116	654.4	501.5