Baltimore had a murder rate of about 43/100,000 population in 2006. For comparison, the murder rate for Philadelphia and Wash. DC were in the mid 20's/100,000, and San Diego was around 5.4/100,000.
Source: www.city-data.com (great link for info on US cities)
Yes, but generally speaking - general crime, other specifics, etc - they’re all about the same. Details of each year don’t tell me I’d rather be in Philly than Balto, etc. or vice-versa. Common sense says these cities all have the same basic problems.
Baltimore had a murder rate of about 43/100,000 population in 2006. For comparison, the murder rate for Philadelphia and Wash. DC were in the mid 20’s/100,000, and San Diego was around 5.4/100,000.
Source: www.city-data.com (great link for info on US cities)
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Have you seen the interactive map of this year’s homicides in Balto?
It is quite instructive. There have been 13 homicides of whites since January, 256 of blacks. There were more than 20 of kids under the age of 18. If kids were dying of food poisoning or shark bites or flu, the publicity would be pervasive. Murder does not even rate an article in the paper, just a tab on the interactive display.
http://essentials.baltimoresun.com/micro_sun/homicides/
“Baltimore had a murder rate of about 43/100,000 population in 2006. For comparison, the murder rate for Philadelphia and Wash. DC were in the mid 20’s/100,000, and San Diego was around 5.4/100,000.”
.....the city runs about 200+ murders/year...Baltimore is a great city to commit murder in...the state’s attorney Pat Jessamy and her office are so riddled with incompetance that in some cases they can’t get murderers to trial within 180 days of arraignment....this bridges their Constitutional right to a speedy trial so the judge orders their release and they walk....BTW Baltimore has the distinction of being the home of the origional “Don’t Snitch DVD”...and they mean it...