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Los Angeles has less violent crime per capita than Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston, and less crime than most all other major cities in other states.

I will let you in on a not so little secret about "crime data". It's hard to get real data. You ever try to report a property crime in Los Angeles or New York? I mean puhleeze.... it's a joke even in Houston. Now as far as strong armed robbery, mugging, disorderly conduct, rape.... lots of under reporting. I know that even in the little city I live in, that people show up in the ER and don't report who or what hit them cause they don't want the cops involved.

So if you really think LA is safer than other cities, I would not want to be driving around in your car as you amble north on the Harbor Freeway from the Harbor Gateway to visit the locals up near Lynwood or Compton..., or take the Pamona Freeway and visit some of my relatives near Pomona or Chino... or even upscale Rosemead... ... yeah crime is WAY down. Especially if you're inside locked down.

I had to be near the Naval Hospital in the area and my parents never let me do anything without them being around for the 13 months we were there. Same for Carlsbad, but it was a lot safer than LA.

Visited some friends living in Huntington Beach and I don't really miss it at all. It's a big blank for me now. Just remember traffic and going to the beach once in awhile.

I'm glad I have the option of living in Texas and flying anywhere I really want to visit.

I will let you in on a not so little secret about "crime data". It's hard to get real data.

LOL...

lots of under reporting. I know that even in the little city I live in, that people show up in the ER and don't report who or what hit them cause they don't want the cops involved.

That's BS.

Don't know what city you live in, but when someone shows up with a knife wound or gunshot wound, the ER in Los Angeles, or anywhere in California, the ER automatically calls the police. ((Immediately)) They are required to.

You seem to be suggesting they report crimes in Dallas for instance, but not in Los Angeles?

Get real.

Here is that "hard to get data."

Dallas and Los Angeles Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People

Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:

	Dallas, TX	Los Angeles, CA	National

Murder:	15	12.4	7
Forcible Rape:	53.28	27.3	32.2
Robbery:	553.9	370	205.8
Aggravated Assault:	584.2	377.2	336.5
Burglary:	1734.7	524.8	813.2
Larceny Theft:	4006.4	1539.2	2601.7
Vehicle Theft:	1116	654.4	501.5

So if you really think LA is safer than other cities

It is safer than most other major cities, and it's not what "I" think, and they are not "my" statistics, but they are real.

You'll just have to deal with it, and don't give me the BS that when brutally beat up rape victims and gunshot victims show up at the ER, it goes unreported and are not investigated.

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