most dangerous sections in Boston (school, living in, stats)

[internat]

Reading what you had to go through it sounds like a good thing.

Originally Posted by remember-voltaire

you'll find boston is very racially segregated

[enpan13]

Originally Posted by wealthtrader

Boston is jokingly safe compared to nearly any city. It's surrounded by expansive areas with excellent education. It's nothing like Miami. You shouldn't worry about it much.

HAHAHAHA, idiotic. where the hell in Boston are you living???

[smarty]

Originally Posted by enpan13

HAHAHAHA, idiotic. where the hell in Boston are you living???

No name calling please...

Everything is relative... Your reality is different from his... What you see can be very different from what he sees everyday... Crime is much higher in Roxbury versus Backbay. Statistics does show Miami is worst than Boston.

Rates are based on cases per 100,000 for all of calendar 2006

City--------------- Miami/Boston
Population--------- 392934/562393
Burglary Rate------ 1130/732
Larceny-theft Rate-- 3045/3004
Motor vehicle theft Rate-- 987/724
Arson Rate--------- 27/0
Property crime Rate-- 5163/4462
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Rate-- 19/13
Forcible rape Rate-- 25/48
Robbery Rate------ 537/479
Aggravated assault Rate-- 926/797
Violent crime Rate-- 1509/1339
Murder Rate-------- 19.6/13.3
Murder Rank------- 14/29


Here are the Boston Police districts and you will notice significant difference in crime amongst different neighborhoods.
A-1 Downtown/Beacon Hill/Chinatown/Charlestown
A-7 East Boston
B-2 Roxbury/Mission Hill
B-3 Mattapan/North Dorchester
C-6 South Boston
C-11 Dorchester
D-4 Back Bay/South End/Fenway
D-14 Allston/Brighton
E-5 West Roxbury/Roslindale
E-13 Jamaica Plain
E-18 Hyde Park

Here are the crime statistics from Boston Police Department..
http://www.bpdnews.com/Part-One12-10-07.pdf

Map of where it happens.
http://www.boston-online.com/crime/dorchester.html

[mattapanmass]

boston averages around 100 murders every year, unfortunately they are all concentrated in the areas of dorchester roxbury and mattapan. these areas are flooded with gangs drugs and violence. much of the south shore is also affected by these areas. the north shore is much safer.

[M504]

There are bad cities like Philly and Baltimore, then average crime cities like Boston and San Francisco and weak crime cities like Seattle and portland, that pretty much sums it up


The worst areas of Boston that catch the most murders are here www.boston-online.com/crime

the streets of Blue hill avenue, geneva ave, morton street, crawford street, intervale street and surrounding areas are the worst areas.

[BogieOrangeman]

Originally Posted by mattapanmass

boston averages around 100 murders every year, unfortunately they are all concentrated in the areas of dorchester roxbury and mattapan. these areas are flooded with gangs drugs and violence. much of the south shore is also affected by these areas. the north shore is much safer.

Which areas of the South Shore? Most towns I'm familiar with would not fit this description.

[holden125]

Originally Posted by BogieOrangeman

Which areas of the South Shore? Most towns I'm familiar with would not fit this description.

I can't really think of anywhere south of Boston that seems potentially high-crime except Brockton. I don't think it gets deadly rough in Hingham, Cohasset, and Duxbury

[enpan13]

Hmmm yes doesn't make too much sense to me. North of Boston has alot more working-class/poorer areas (ie. Lynn, Lawrence, Chelsea, Lowell, Everett, Revere, etc...)

[Ciao9999]

Boston is a walk in the park compared to other American cities. I know the drama queens are getting their undies in a twist as they read this. Yes, there are shootings, yes there are murders, blah blah blah. The shootings are mostly gang members going after one another.

Note that Boston does not have blocks of burned out, abandoned buildings like Newark, Philly and Baltimore. This is a city that has some bad neighborhoods, it is not a city with out of control neighborhoods. And note that because of demand and gentrification, you have condos going up across the street from projects (JP, Roslindale, South End, South Boston).

[LeavingMA]

Boston is the same as any other city, some bad areas and also nice areas. It is just that some cities's bad areas are a lot worse and larger.