I'm pinging ucansee2 cuz he lives in the area too..., so does quite a few missouri freepers.. Crime stats for cities aren't accurate..it depends on if the stats were
under or over reported by LE, and it depends on
the type of crime...that is being reported. The city I am referring to is Kansas City Missouri. What major city did you work in? There are neighborhoods that range from extreme poor to extreme rich..2 weeks ago, in a VERY affluent neighborhood, a lifeguard (ucansee, wasn't she 18yrs old?) was raped and killed in the filter/pump room at the pool.
Buffalo NY......Hardly the heartland:>)
We have crime here of course..our shares of murders and drugs.....but it is confined to a rather small area of the city (where I worked)
BTW I was NEVER afraid down there or in my home