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New Orleans has produced some mind-boggling homicide rates over the years. For instance, in 1994 (when the city had 490,000 people), there were 424 murders, which gives a rate of 86.53 per 100,000.
The city had 210 murders in 2007, despite only having a population of around 280,000 at that time. That means it had 75 murders per 100,000 people, at a time when those sorts of rates had vanished in cities like DC or Detroit.
^ yeah, 75/100,000 is quite shocking for a US city these days.
That would be like New York with well over 6,000 murders, or Chicago with 2,100. We've gotten down to around 450 a year and that still has people freaking out. I can't even possibly imagine 2,100.
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Nothing compares when it comes to it's murder rate.
From 1999-2007, East St. Louis had an average murder rate of 64.3 murders per 100K pop which is HUGE.
Gary, IN's average was 57.6, Detroit's average was 42.3, and Camden's average was 41.5, as 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.
East Palo Alto, CA had a population of 24,000 in 1992, and had 42 murders, for a murder rate of 175/100k residents. It had a murder rate ranging from over 80 to over 90/100k for the 4 years preceding that as well.
East Palo Alto, CA had a population of 24,000 in 1992, and had 42 murders, for a murder rate of 175/100k residents. It had a murder rate ranging from over 80 to over 90/100k for the 4 years preceding that as well.
Yeah and EPA was the murder capital that year and all of these murders just a mere mile or two from Stanford.
I made this post after coming across this surprising information....These stats indicate that from 1987 to 1998 D.C couldnt have a murder rate below the 50's to save its life...its murder rate use to average 69.9 in the early 90's thats worst than Jamaica.......The same thing is for New Orleans only maybe worse....Then Detroit is right behind but nothing how D.C and N.O used to be.....this also goes to show how far D.C has came .....right now its on pace to have around 130 murders even though 5 ppl got shot the other day and how far we have to go..PPl dont understand just how terrible D.C used to be .Im from PG county and remember this stuff on the news everyday...........take a look at this...................http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm
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