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View Poll Results: What is the city MOST SAFE from crime?
Los Angeles, CA 1 2.38%
San Francisco, CA 0 0%
Seattle, WA 2 4.76%
Phoenix, AZ 2 4.76%
Denver, CO 1 2.38%
San Diego, CA 8 19.05%
Portland, OR 6 14.29%
Sacramento, CA 1 2.38%
Salt Lake City, UT 21 50.00%
Las Vegas, NV 0 0%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-25-2014, 07:10 PM
 
Location: California → Tennessee → Ohio
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Which one of these 10 large cities do you think is the SAFEST from crime?

- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Phoenix
- Denver
- San Diego
- Portland
- Sacramento
- Salt Lake City
- Las Vegas
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Old 08-25-2014, 07:13 PM
 
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Im from Seattle and would feel safer in Salt Lake City than any other city.
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Old 08-25-2014, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Watching half my country turn into Gilead
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Salt Lake City.
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Old 08-25-2014, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Who Cares, USA
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I've never been to Salt Lake City, other than passing through on the interstate... but it seems like out of these selected cities it would be the safest.

I can tell you this much... Las Vegas shouldn't even be an option here. Definitely not a safe or peaceful city. Phoenix seems a bit iffy too.
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Old 08-25-2014, 07:58 PM
 
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1. Salt Lake City = Never been there, but just seems like the obvious choice. I never see SLC in any high crime statistics.
2. Denver
3. Portland
4. Seattle
5. San Diego
6. Sacramento
7. Phoenix
8. Los Angeles
9. Las Vegas
10. San Francisco = Spent a lot of time in the City and was witness to many crimes. Also, usually ranks pretty high in crime statistics. Still my second favorite city in the US though.

I could easily swap a few of these around, but the number 1 and 10 spots are pretty concrete imo.
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Old 08-25-2014, 08:19 PM
 
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Just did a few searches on city data and found that Phoenix and Sacramento ranked higher than San Francisco in 2012. Not by much though. I know the op said just overall crime but I included the murders for that year. Would like to see 2013 figures.

US average for 2012 - 298.7
Overall crime rates

Sacramento 427.9 w/ 34 murders

Phoenix 414.8 w/ 123 murders

San Francisco 411.8 w/ 69 murders
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Old 08-25-2014, 09:52 PM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Seattle or Salt Lake City.
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Old 08-25-2014, 10:09 PM
 
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Check this out > http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...City-Utah.html

Salt Lake City has the highest crime rate out of all of them.

Am I reading the chart right?
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Old 08-25-2014, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Downtown LA
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In terms of murder rate, Portland is the safest city on that list and San Francisco is the least safe.

2012 Murder Rate (per 100k people)
Portland 3.3
San Diego 3.5
Seattle 3.7
Las Vegas 5.1
Denver 6.2
Sacramento 7.1
Salt Lake City 8.0
Los Angeles 8.1
Phoenix 8.3
San Francisco 8.4

Sources:
United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...City-Utah.html
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Old 08-25-2014, 10:24 PM
 
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Overall, the two safest cities from crime on the list are:

San Diego http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...alifornia.html

Los Angeles http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime...alifornia.html

Very interesting
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