(Image via FBI.gov)Posted on 03/08/2018 11:33:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
NeighborhoodScout, a web-based platform that, among other things, tracks crime statistics, released its annual list of the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. for 2018.
According to a press release, the list is based on a comparison of the safety of cities with 25,000 or more people nationwide, "based on the number of violent crimes (murder, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault) reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and the population of each city, divided by 1,000." The calculation reveals the rate of violent crimes per 1,000 residents.
The most dangerous city in American, according to the report, is Monroe, Louisiana, followed by Bessemer, Ala., and East St. Louis, Illinois. Rounding out the top ten are Camden, N.J., Detroit, Mich., St. Louis, Mo., Wilmington, Del., Alexandria, La., Memphis, Tenn., and W. Memphis, Ark.
NeighborhoodScout's study is based on the FBI's most recent "Final, Non-Preliminary" data. Because there is a lag in FBI reporting, the 2018 list is based on the 2016 data that was released in September 2017. "The 2017 year total crime data is not complete," the report notes. "The FBI is still working through data issues and reporting issues before that data can be considered Final, and Non-Preliminary."
"Preliminary statistics show declines in the number of both violent crimes and property crimes reported for the first half of 2017 when compared with the first half of 2016," according to the FBI report. "The report includes data from more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide that submitted crime data to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program."
(Image via FBI.gov)According to the FBI, overall violent crime in the U.S. "decreased 0.8 percent in the first six months of 2017 compared with the same time frame in 2016, though the number of murders and non-negligent manslaughters reported increased by 1.5 percent. Additionally, the number of rapes (revised definition) decreased 2.4 percent, robberies decreased 2.2 percent, and aggravated assaults were down 0.1 percent."
Percent change by population group. Click to enlarge. (Image via FBI)Overall property crime dropped 2.9 percent in the first half of 2017 as did burglaries (6.1 percent), and larceny-thefts (3 percent). Motor vehicle thefts increased 4.1 percent, however.
The safest cities amongst those considered by NeighborhoodScout are Cincinnati, Ohio, Lauderhill, Fla., Schenectady, N.Y., Sanford, Fla., Huntsville, Ala., Eureka, Calif., Richmond, Calif., Jackson, Tenn., New Haven, Conn., and Tacoma, Washington.
"We continue to see a number of smaller, industrial-satellite communities struggle with crime," observed Dr. Andrew Schiller, CEO and founder of Location, Inc. and NeighborhoodScout. "Limited economic opportunity plays a role in such communities and highlights the divide between the safe bedroom communities within large metro areas near major urban centers like Boston, Chicago, and New York, and the high-crime industrial-satellite communities."
Monroe, La., according to the report, is representative of several of the communities on the list: "It is a medium-sized city (population: 49,297) located around 100 miles away from two larger cities (Shreveport, LA, population 194,920 to the west, and Jackson, MS, population 169,148 to the east)."
"Compared to the rest of the nation," the report continued, "Monroe is lower middle income and has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty." It also has an above-average housing vacancy rate and a lower public school quality, resulting in an inability to attract high-paying jobs and retained skilled workers.
Monroe experienced 1,500 violent crimes and 4,704 property crimes, resulting in 125.85 total crimes per 1,000 residents. If you live in Monroe, your chances of being a victim of violent crime are 1 in 33. If you live in the state of Louisiana, your chances are 1 in 177.
Compare that to Cincinnati, the safest city on the list, with 61.53 crimes per 1,000 residents. Your chances of becoming a victim in Cincy are also significantly lower (1 in 110) as well as in Ohio overall (1 in 333).
Nationwide the rates for burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft are 4.69, 17.45, and 2.37 respectively.
Michigan topped the list of states that have the highest number of dangerous cities with nine. That was followed by Florida (8), California (7), Massachusetts and Ohio (tie, 6), and Illinois and Lousiana (tie, 5).
Missing from the list is Chicago, which has seen an unprecedented number of murders in recent years. The city's residents experienced 650 homicides in 2017, down 16 percent from 2016, but still significantly high. Someone is shot in Chicago every two hours on average, and a person is murdered every 12:59 minutes, according to one report. However, because of Chicago's high population density, the chances of becoming a crime victim are lower than in other, less populous cities.
View the complete Top 100 list here.
Well, no. Some of these towns have a large % of blacks, some dont. Others seem to be pretty average.
But if it makes you feel better to blame “the negro”, then by all means act like places such as Anchorage, Alaska or Holyoke, Massachusetts are on this list because of them.
That's very true for the most part, but is certainly not politically correct for you it point out.
Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.
US Certified S#!thole list...
Chicago got out of being on the list because there are so many people there. It’s a statistic that is per 100,000 residents.
What about Paw Paw ? Vicious wine cartel’s cults with purple feet infest that town !!
All in all this study has Janet Reno’s style of reducing crime all over it .....
“unfounded”
Stay Safe !
Wow. That is some place. They need to tear it all down and make it into farmland.
It’s there, somewhere around 50 something. Monroe, LA is #1 at the bottom but I don’t know if #100 is the worst or not.
My town improved 5 places from last year.
We have a new casino opening up in the fall. We were promised that it would bring thousands of jobs and rejuvenate the downtown area. So I am expecting big things next year.
//sarcasm
(We are so screwed. The dirt bag population is going to sky rocket.)
My town improved 5 places from last year.
We have a new casino opening up in the fall. We were promised that it would bring thousands of jobs and rejuvenate the downtown area. So I am expecting big things next year.
//sarcasm
(We are so screwed. The dirt bag population is going to sky rocket.)
It’s about the same level of trashed as the Navajo Indian reservation’s mobile homes ruins the folks live in.
Camden has a great aquarium and the battleship New Jersey.
They are worth the time to visit. But don’t make a wrong turn and get lost trying to get in or out.
I agree. I took trains from Trenton, New Jersey to NYC and back. I couldn't believe how ghetto New Jersey looked. Same for ghettos in Philly in Trenton, they make the ghettos in San Francisco look like posh neighborhoods in comparison. We just don't have bad ghettos on the west coast that look as bad as those on the east coast.
Yeah, I see. Different than the caption under the map in the article.
Yeah, I see. Different than the caption under the map in the article.
That neighborhood in Camden has been torn down.
Yep. I’ve been back east and to some southern cities. Looked really bad to me, but this was some years back. Unfortunately I’ve spent some time in west coast ghettos too, but they don’t come close what I’ve seen in the east or south.
OK, Holyyoke’s problem is Mexicans, but that doesn’t negate my point of crime rates.
Depending on the methodology used, vacation destinations often have skewed stats in these rankings. For example, Ocean City, MD is often ranked as the second most dangerous city in Maryland behind Baltimore. Crimes committed versus year round residents would give you that crime rate. However, during the summer months we have 300,000 people and the crime associated with that number in town versus 10,000 in the winter. Ocean City is either very safe or very dangerous depending on methodology used. Being a resident, I say it is very safe.
No way, all those alarm commercials show it is white guys doing all the crime.
I will say the Democrat Party of the USA politically weaponized certain people in decayed areas of America to further agenda, solidify power and radicalize demographics with socialism,welfare slavery and self-hatred.
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