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An analysis of FBI data shows which cities in the United States have the highest overall incidence of crime, relative to the national rate. Below are the 11 U.S. cities with the greatest crime risk, according to an Onboard Informatics analysis of the most recent seven years of FBI crime reporting data. This data includes property crime, such as burglary and motor vehicle theft, as well as violent crime, like murder and robbery. An index score of 100 is equal to the national crime rate, meaning that Memphis, for example, with an index of 361, has a crime rate more than three times the national average.
No offense, but another junk list to sell ads for yahoo. Obviously they have a population threshold of at least 200,000 people.
If not, you'd see the likes of Camden, Compton, East St. Louis, Saginaw, etc. None of the above are included in the list.
So? Those aren't cities, those are towns. The list only lists cities that people are somewhat more likely to visit.
And this list looks pretty accurate to me. Atlanta has always been one of the most dangerous cities... ditto for St. Louis/Baltimore/Birmingham.
What surprises me is that there's not a single west coast city on the list and that half of them are in the south. Only one's on the east coast I was expecting Newark to be on it.
Most dangerous generally is with respect to violent crime not over all crime in general. No one is going to not feel safe if they wake up and see some tagger spray-painted some scribble on a wood fence or because a tweaker broke into a car to steal some sun glasses.
If you want most dangerous, look at violent crime. We all know the usual suspects that frequent that list.
I fail to see the purpose of these studies, and the good that it does. To me, all it does it make the "dangerous" cities look worse and make some folks living there proud of coming from a rough city. Not to mention it also causes problems economically as it keeps tourism away.
I don't think Miami or Orlando or going to be loosing out on tourism anytime soon
You're right.
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I was expecting Newark to be on it.
