View Poll Results: Worst crime rate
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Baltimore
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4 |
8.16% |
New Orleans
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10 |
20.41% |
St Louis
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7 |
14.29% |
Detroit
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28 |
57.14% |

05-01-2013, 11:46 AM
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Location: Hollywood, CA
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Comparing the four cities. No racist post please.
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05-01-2013, 12:04 PM
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Location: Denver
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Crime rate in New Orleans is below the national average. This is a common misconception.
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05-01-2013, 12:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by annie_himself
Crime rate in New Orleans is below the national average. This is a common misconception.
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Maybe, but not it's homicide rate.
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05-01-2013, 12:45 PM
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Location: Denver
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And?
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05-01-2013, 01:22 PM
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Detroit, obviously.
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05-01-2013, 03:26 PM
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Location: the future
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boredatwork
without looking at numbers I think its Detroit>St. Louis>Baltimore>New Orleans.
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05-01-2013, 03:33 PM
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Location: Glendale, CA
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Isn't this more of a "facts" issue than an "opinion poll" issue?
There is a right answer to "which city has the highest crime rate", and it's not just conjecture.
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05-01-2013, 03:44 PM
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Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Worse Crime Rate:
1.Detroit
2.New Orleans
3.St.Louis
4.Baltimore
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05-01-2013, 03:47 PM
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This isn't up for opinion...crime rate is a published statistic, so this question is easily answered with a little research.
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05-01-2013, 03:52 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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Here are the 2010 violent (includes murder) and propery crime rates per 100,000.
Baltimore-
Violent crime rate: 1,500.3
Property crime rate: 4,554.2
St. Louis-
Violent crime rate: 1,943.4
Property crime rate: 8,557.6
Detroit-
Violent crime rate: 2,377.9
Property crime rate: 6,698.0
New Orleans-
Violent crime rate: 754.2
Property crime rate: 3677.7
http://bjs.gov/ucrdata/Search/Crime/...JurisLarge.cfm
Also a list from Wikipedia using 2011 data.
Baltimore-
Violent crime rate: 1,417.4
Property crime rate: 4,757.8
St. Louis-
Violent crime rate: 1,856.7
Property crime rate: 8,010.2
Detroit-
Violent crime rate: 2,137.4
Property crime rate: 6,143.5
New Orleans-
Violent crime rate: 792.0
Property crime rate: 4,038.6
United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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