Vallejo named fourth in list of most dangerous California cities

Vallejo Times Herald ^ | 05/17/2016 | Matthew Adkins

[DFG]

A study newly released by the California-based law offices of Graham Donath lists Vallejo as the fourth most dangerous city in the state.

The list was determined after comparing a number of factors, including 2014 crime rates, investment in police presence, community risk factors and geopolitical issues.

Coming in ahead of Vallejo was Modesto, which was ranked third most dangerous. Stockton took second place and San Bernadino took the uncoveted honors of first place.

Oakland was ranked the sixth most dangerous city in the study despite having the largest amount of violent crimes. For every 100,000 residents, 1685 violent crimes were committed in Oakland, a number which is more than twice the crime rate of San Francisco and three times larger than Los Angeles.

Vallejoans reported 865 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2014.

Violent crimes are defined by the study as any instance of murder, non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

When compared to crime rates from 2013, the numbers in California are down in almost every category. This is consistent with a decades-long downward trend in violence that peaked in 1992.

One noteable statistic from the study shows that Vallejo had the second most number of rapes reported in California, with approximately 53 cases reported in 2014.

To view the full report, visit www.gddlaw.com/2016/05/12/cities-california-dangerous.

Matthew Adkins can be reached at 707-553-6833.

[Califreak]

Yay!

Real estate will go back down now.

Half a mill in the hood.

Give me a break.

[T-Bone Texan]

When I was 15 I worked at Marine World, Africa USA for a summer. It was right next to my town (Foster City), and we could ride our bikes there. A lot of kids from my safe, civilized town did the same. The next year it moved to Vallejo. I went once because I had a free ticket. It was staffed solely by locals: obstinate, hostile ghetto youth who would not do their jobs. The place smelled like vomit. It was dirty.

It is a metaphor for our entire culture: It used to be run correctly. Now it is run like the DMV in Uganda.

[r_barton]

Welcome to the perversity of “diversity”.