Here is the “city data” crime rate for Ferguson.
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Ferguson-Missouri.html
I was driving through that part of St Louis with a buddy of mine that grew up in Chicago. He got very nervous and kept saying, I don’t like driving in this part of town, let’s get back to the interstate.
He is a tough fellow in most regards but said after we were back to the outskirts of St.Louis, “That’s why I left Chicago — couldn’t stand the inner city.”