Hey Dumb Ox, the last thing LA needs is more cars...hello... LA has more cars on any given freeway than the *entire* state of Colorado..lol
I'll tell ya what Denver has more of...It has more rapist, burglars, thief's, ,more auto theft, and more of those that commit larceny and assault. Just look at those rape and burglary stats....wow..
Latest 2006 Crimes per 100,000 People:
| Denver, CO | Los Angeles, CA | National | |
| Murder: | 9 | 12.4 | 7 |
| Forcible Rape: | 60.16 | 27.3 | 32.2 |
| Robbery: | 225.2 | 370 | 205.8 |
| Aggravated Assault: | 466.5 | 377.2 | 336.5 |
| Burglary: | 1151 | 524.8 | 813.2 |
| Larceny Theft: | 2353 | 1539.2 | 2601.7 |
| Vehicle Theft: | 1116.5 | 654.4 | 501.5 |
Probably, but there are still more people without cars in LA than in Denver. So car ownership per person is lower, so it's a less target-rich environment for car thieves, so LA's car thefts per 100,000 is lower.
In fact, Denver has nearly **3 times** more burglaries, vehicle thefts, and rapes per capita, than Los Angeles.
You're missing a key word there: 3x more *reported* crimes.
Like I said, I think it's far more likely that most of the forcible rapes LA gangbangers are doing aren't being reported to the police than that Denver is so much more violent than LA.
And if you're an illegal alien from a country with a crappy government, you won't report crimes like car thefts or burglaries.
As a Denverite, the stats don't make sense to me. How would you explain the disparity between the two numbers?
I think a lot of the problem is that the LA stats are plain wrong and are more likely to miss unreported crimes than the Denver numbers. Why am I wrong?