[Vigilanteman]

It isn't my data and it isn't cherry picked. Go to the original source. Total crime is based on incidents per 100,000 population-- standard FBI reporting protocol.

It is a fairly realistic measure of crime data on which insurance companies will price their policies.

[dragnet2]

Crime statistics should be based on crimes *per-capita*. In other words the number of crimes committed per 100,000 population.

This is done for a good reason. It's why the FBI uses it.

Question:

Would you rather live in city of 1 million that had 300 murders, or a city of 200,000 that had 275 murders?

Feel free to answer the question.