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St. Louis only has about 30 fewer homicides than the whole Bay Area...think about that population difference....combined with E. ST Louis they have more than the whole Bay Area.
That is very low. I think a lot of that has to do with the impact of it being Silicon Valley with a highly educated population and low poverty. They've gentrified all of the poverty out of the area.
I don't think they have the drugs and gang problems that tend to run wild along the I55 corridor. Cities like New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago is really getting hit and hit hard because of that.
I also have to admit that my city is so poorly ran its not funny. The state of Missouri is also working against the citys interest as well as their own interests in making sure the residents are safe. Both St. Louis and Kansas City are hurting because of. Open carry laws hasn't worked in our favor this year at all. We've got a mess in my beloved St. Louis. Most metros in states with tough gun laws are safer then the one in Tennessee, Missouri and Louisiana.
One thing that we don't seem to recognize is the stats are not apples to apples for cities. As a MSA, St. Louis is not classified in a high crime category. We are not as safe as the Bay Area but we are not a Memphis, Anchorage, Springfield Il. (reference https://lawstreetmedia.com/blogs/cri...s-metro-areas/)
City of Miami is at 46 and Miami-Dade County is at 79 county population is 2.8 million.
First half of 2017 city of Miami had 26 homicides January 1st to June 30.
Boston largest and major regional city is at 53 same time in 2016 it was 44
Hartford, CT 28
Bridgeport, CT 23
Springfield, MA 14--city saw 12 homicides total in 2016
Lynn, MA 12----Lynn saw big upstick in homicide this year most since 1990s
Waterbury, CT 12---10 was total in 2016. In 2017 is most homicides since 1990s, most shootings since 2009.
Providence, RI 12-----11 was total in 2016
Lawrence, MA 10---Lawrence saw most homicides and shootings since 2010
New Bedford, MA 8--city saw upstick this year most since 2009
Brockton, MA 7---City saw 2 total for 2016 there is upstick this year
New Haven, CT 7---lowest so far on record 9 was in 2003, 8 was in 2002 past 5 years city seeing crime declines every year
Holyoke, MA 5--City saw increase in murders this year
Worcester, MA 4
Chelsea, MA 3
Fall River, MA 3
New Britain, CT 3
Manchester, NH 3
Lowell, MA 3
Norwalk, CT 3
New London, CT 3
Pittsfield , MA 2
Stratford, CT 2
West Haven, CT 2
Torrington, CT 2
Meriden, CT 1
Danbury, CT 1
Hamden, CT 1
Stamford, CT 0
149,000... Talk about +1M people metros...
It is a known fact that the more "rural" a metro-city gets, the lower the homicide... Talk about large metro please like let say Houston, Dallas, or Albuquerque, Memphis...
City of Miami is at 46 and Miami-Dade County is at 79 county population is 2.8 million.
First half of 2017 city of Miami had 26 homicides January 1st to June 30.
Kinda impressive, Miami dade police county has an homicide rate of about 2.8... Gentrification working in miami... are the "poor" being moved to other place like Alabama, Texas or so...?
Jacksonville 125(population 880,000+)
Orlando 21
Daytona Beach 7 (nearly 67,000)
West Palm Beach 26(population nearly 110,000)
Boynton beach 9
Lake Worth 7
St Petersburg 24
Tampa 33---there was slight increase due to indents of 4 random murders and upstick in summer shootings
Tallahassee, FL 21---highest murders since 1990s
Fort Lauderdale 17
Kissimmee, FL 6
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