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* Omaha: 3 | 0.64 per 100K
* Stockton, CA: 2 | 0.64 per 100K
* Sacramento: 3 | 0.60 per 100K
* New York City: 51 | 0.59 per 100K
* San Jose: 6 | 0.58 per 100K
* Los Angeles: 22 | 0.55 per 100K
* San Francisco: 4 | 0.45 per 100K
* Seattle: 3 | 0.41 per 100K
* Portland: 2 | 0.31 per 100K
* Montreal: 5 | 0.29 per 100K
* San Diego: 2 | 0.14 per 100K
* Austin: 1 | 0.11 per 100K
Jesus the safest NORTH AMERICAN large city is in Texas.. Who would have though, the second one is in California, then Montreal followed by Portland and Toronto (0.36)
Jesus the safest NORTH AMERICAN large city is in Texas.. Who would have though, the second one is in California, then Montreal followed by Portland and Toronto (0.36)
Austin has at least 2 now. What I'm about to say doesn't necessarily specifically apply to Austin, but thinking that homicides are the only way to measure safety is both wrong and frankly naive. Violent crimes like assault and battery are incredibly more prevalent than homicide in any city - numerous areas all around the country that have 0 homicides still have their fair share of violent crime like assaults. Thinking you can pinpoint a safe area by just looking at the number of homicides is not right.
Austin has at least 2 now. What I'm about to say doesn't necessarily specifically apply to Austin, but thinking that homicides are the only way to measure safety is both wrong and frankly naive. Violent crimes like assault and battery are incredibly more prevalent than homicide in any city - numerous areas all around the country that have 0 homicides still have their fair share of violent crime like assaults. Thinking you can pinpoint a safe area by just looking at the number of homicides is not right.
Literally have to copy & paste this for people every time.
Austin has at least 2 now. What I'm about to say doesn't necessarily specifically apply to Austin, but thinking that homicides are the only way to measure safety is both wrong and frankly naive. Violent crimes like assault and battery are incredibly more prevalent than homicide in any city - numerous areas all around the country that have 0 homicides still have their fair share of violent crime like assaults. Thinking you can pinpoint a safe area by just looking at the number of homicides is not right.
Austin has at least 2 now. What I'm about to say doesn't necessarily specifically apply to Austin, but thinking that homicides are the only way to measure safety is both wrong and frankly naive. Violent crimes like assault and battery are incredibly more prevalent than homicide in any city - numerous areas all around the country that have 0 homicides still have their fair share of violent crime like assaults. Thinking you can pinpoint a safe area by just looking at the number of homicides is not right.
The murder rate of a city is the best statistic to rely on in judging its overall safeness (in developed countries, I disregard all official crime data in others). All other categories of crime can be fiddled with when reporting but every known victim of homicide is reported. Anyone can consult a map and find where the dangerous parts of any city are. I would like to know what city has a very high murder rate but is exceptionally free from other types of violent crime.
The murder rate of a city is the best statistic to rely on in judging its overall safeness (in developed countries, I disregard all official crime data in others). All other categories of crime can be fiddled with when reporting but every known victim of homicide is reported. Anyone can consult a map and find where the dangerous parts of any city are. I would like to know what city has a very high murder rate but is exceptionally free from other types of violent crime.
Exactly this...
It tells me little--as in it tells me something, but not much--to see how many car or home break-ins a city has. That stuff is not uncommon in any sizable city. The homicide rate, while you can have fluctuations of homicide rates that are abnormally higher than other violent crimes, there is a distinct correlation between homicide rates and the other violent crimes. If a city has a low homicide rate, most years it has a low rape and robbery rate to, even if that rate is higher than the homicide rate....
Violent crime rates are all worth studying, but the homicide rate is the easiest. The likelihood of having a high homicide rate but low rates of robberies, assaults, and rape, is pretty much a rarity....
It tells me little--as in it tells me something, but not much--to see how many car or home break-ins a city has. That stuff is not uncommon in any sizable city. The homicide rate, while you can have fluctuations of homicide rates that are abnormally higher than other violent crimes, there is a distinct correlation between homicide rates and the other violent crimes. If a city has a low homicide rate, most years it has a low rape and robbery rate to, even if that rate is higher than the homicide rate....
Violent crime rates are all worth studying, but the homicide rate is the easiest. The likelihood of having a high homicide rate but low rates of robberies, assaults, and rape, is pretty much a rarity....
Yeah, usually city with high homicide rates are going to have high rates of other crimes as well, violent and property. It's the people, culture, and environment that factor in the crime rates. I lived in San Diego and it's a culture where everyone seems happy and economically well off (very little poverty) so they had no reason to commit crimes.
2-3 colder in a city is not "unusually cold"... You will never have the exact same temperature year after year... last year was worst
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