crime in cities in upstate new york (Buffalo, Rochester: crime rates, neighborhoods)

[RocCityQt]

It is not all people from other areas causing incidents in rochester but natives as I look at the names of the criminals I knew them or know that they were born and raised in rochester

[JiminCT]

Bad economy usually spikes the crime rate. I'd put Rochester's north side and South Salina Street in Syracuse (Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter S) as about as scary as anything I've seen in Hartford or New Haven.
Bad economy+bad weather+cheaper costs for transients=bad crime in city.

[ernieb]

i dont think that downstate people are necessarily responsible for an increase in the crime in albany. albany always has been a rough area, but people are starting to pay more attention now. i think last year it was the number 59 dangerous city out of all cities in the US. while downstate might contribute to some of what goes on, the youth in arbor hill and other sections continue to not care about their education and choose a life of crime. its only time before albany cracks the top 30 in my opinoin.

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by JiminCT

Bad economy usually spikes the crime rate. I'd put Rochester's north side and South Salina Street in Syracuse (Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter S) as about as scary as anything I've seen in Hartford or New Haven.
Bad economy+bad weather+cheaper costs for transients=bad crime in city.

The crime rate in Rochester is lower than what it was in past years when the economy was better.

[JiminCT]

Really? Care to show us a link?

[smalltownusa]

Originally Posted by JiminCT

Bad economy usually spikes the crime rate. I'd put Rochester's north side and South Salina Street in Syracuse (Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter S) as about as scary as anything I've seen in Hartford or New Haven.
Bad economy+bad weather+cheaper costs for transients=bad crime in city.

There's a general assumption for sure.....do you think murderers flock to bad weather locations intentionally? Anyways....

If one was to seriously look at the murder rate in Rochester in depth, you'd find that it is the result of certain socio-economic groups killing each other. There are rare occassions when runs over into the suburbs but mainly, it's restricted to people who treat life as a disposable commodity.

The murder rate will only abate when that attitude is extinguished but it may take a generation. Candle light vigils for young murder victims with family members pleading for the madness to stop fill our TV screen regularly but so many of us look at it as an alien world because suburban Rochester and beyond can not understand it ourselves

Rochester is making some headway and Mayor Duffy is throwing all he can in manpower to contain the problem but it won't go away overnight.

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by JiminCT

Really? Care to show us a link?

You could try the FBI website. I got my information from studying this stuff directly. Crime was higher in the 90s in most US cities. The news just sensationalizes this stuff to make it look like crime is getting worse, when in reality its gone down from previous years. Just like the "wave" of kidnappings in the 90s that the media hyped up. News outlets made it look like kidnappings were on the rise everywhere when in reality they went down from previous years. The media will sell papers/get ratings any way it can.

[JiminCT]

Why dont YOU show us a link insted of giving us your "opinion"...

Doesnt quite jive with your own hometown paper....seems like its even higher than..GASP...Buffalo.

Rochester's deadly year: City homicide rate is worst in state - GameBanshee Forums

[garmin239]

Its not an opinion. I've studied this. I have no idea where on the internet years of data for one city would be. You could try the FBI site for crime but I'm not going to look it up for you. You'll just try to make a pathetic attempt to bash the area like you always do.

[garmin239]

Once again you show that you have no idea what you are talking about. That is a link from a message board which talks about murders in the year 2005 compared to other cities in NY in 2005.
If you actually read what I wrote earlier I stated the crime has gone down from previous years (1990s when it was much much higher).
I don't know what you are trying to prove by posting data from 1 year in 1 category of crime when we are having a discussion on crime now compared to crime several years earlier.