crime in cities in upstate new york (Buffalo, Rochester: high crime, unemployment)

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by 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.

You're talking about the national level, trust me Im taking criminal justice courses I know.

Nationally the crime has gown down since the mid 90's, however in certain cities it's going up.

Buffalo had 73 homicides in 2006, which was up from about 54 in 2005....

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by Muggy

This is worth repeating: the crime in Rochester is predictable and avoidable. These are specific types of people in specific neighborhoods getting killed.

I really wish every person from Buf/Roc/Syr could imagine what crime in Florida is like; they would never worry about crime in upstate cities again.

Considering the East side of Buffalo only has 100,000 people living in it and they had about 70 homicides just on the East Side alone, I beg to differ....

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by JiminCT

I suppose this snippet from the second link could not possibly be relevent...but keep talking to yourselves Rachacha....

"While similar to the violent crime rate, the murder rates for the full list of 254 cities with more than 100,000 in population does shift. Rochester, the great marksmen that we are, moves up a few notches to #22. America's most murderous big cities include all the familiar places with some fun exceptions. There were nine large places in the USA that did not register a single murder last year, including two "real" cities (i.e., not suburbs): Ann Arbor MI and Fort Collins CO. The following are lists of the Top 25 Most Murderous and Least Murderous cities in the USA."

25 Most Murderous Cities (per 100,000)

1. Gary, IN
2. Detroit, MI
3. Flint, MI
4. Birmingham, AL
5. Baltimore, MD
6. Richmond, CA
7. Richmond, VA
8. New Orleans, LA
9. Newark, NJ
10. St. Louis, MO
11. Oakland, CA
12. Kansas City, KS
13. Inglewood, CA
14. Little Rock, AR
15. Washington, DC
16. Cincinnati, OH
17. Philadelphia, PA
18. Baton Rouge, LA
19. Buffalo, NY
20. Kansas City, MO
21. Dayton, OH
22. Rochester, NY
23. San Bernardino, CA
24. Atlanta, GA
25. Orlando, FL

Congrats..at least you are below Buffalo.

You got a link for that?

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by Dr Funky

You're talking about the national level, trust me Im taking criminal justice courses I know.

Nationally the crime has gown down since the mid 90's, however in certain cities it's going up.

Buffalo had 73 homicides in 2006, which was up from about 54 in 2005....

Yes, I was talking national level. In some cities it has gone up. Mostly in smaller cities (under 100k). As a whole, the upstate cities have seen drops in violent crimes. I took the criminal justice classes too. Yea to year it might drop or rise, but take most of this decade and compare it to most of the last couple decades.

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by garmin239

Yes, I was talking national level. In some cities it has gone up. Mostly in smaller cities (under 100k). As a whole, the upstate cities have seen drops in violent crimes. I took the criminal justice classes too. Yea to year it might drop or rise, but take most of this decade and compare it to most of the last couple decades.

I believe they said that crime was highest during the 1960's.....

[Hustla718]

The funny part is the FBI does not compile those murder/crime rate list. This is becuase they are not the end all be all way to determine crime problems. They just compile stats for records.

I feel as the economy upstate continues to drag, the crime rates will continue to rise. Crime rate list only judge felony crime, and it doesn't count the fact most crime is unreported especially in low income areas and many crimes end up "disappearing" if you know what I mean.

Of course, the low income areas in these cities are all equally terrible places to live in their own ways. Be it Buffalo, Rochester, Niagra Falls, Newburgh or where ever. Some cities have more high crime neighborhoods then others. The risk is all the same. Screw with the wrong person and your dead. In the ghetto's, there are plenty of screwed up people and people who screw up. Be it disputes, drugs, money, or whatever.

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by Hustla718

The funny part is the FBI does not compile those murder/crime rate list. This is becuase they are not the end all be all way to determine crime problems. They just compile stats for records.

I feel as the economy upstate continues to drag, the crime rates will continue to rise. Crime rate list only judge felony crime, and it doesn't count the fact most crime is unreported especially in low income areas and many crimes end up "disappearing" if you know what I mean.

Of course, the low income areas in these cities are all equally terrible places to live in their own ways. Be it Buffalo, Rochester, Niagra Falls, Newburgh or where ever. Some cities have more high crime neighborhoods then others. The risk is all the same. Screw with the wrong person and your dead. In the ghetto's, there are plenty of screwed up people and people who screw up. Be it disputes, drugs, money, or whatever.

Niagara Falls is nothing compared to Rochester or East Buffalo

[oktaren]

compared to other parts of the country, i think most of western new york has very low crime rates.

[RocCityQt]

I won't lie the violent crimes have increased. I live in the "ghetto" and I seen things happen more frequently than average. But think about this Jobs are leaving and along with it people's sanity people have nothing to look forward to.
In New York City the crime is not that bad why because there are things to do to keep you occupied. only the people living in poverty without enough money to get to another part of the city the majority of them commit crimes which is another example why crime is so high here the poverty level is increasing.

[Dr Funky]

Originally Posted by oktaren

compared to other parts of the country, i think most of western new york has very low crime rates.

MOST

As in the suburbs and the towns, because the inner city areas have EXTREMELY high crime rates that rival the worst in the country