Posted on 06/14/2013 8:40:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Violent crime rose in the U.S. in 2012 for the first time in six years, according to preliminary crime data released by the FBI.
Business Insider analyzed the report to determine the cities with the most violent crime per capita. In the three years we have published this ranking, many cities have repeatedly made the list.
From the decaying Rust Belt, Flint, Mich. emerged as the most dangerous city in 2012, 2011, and 2010, according to our analysis.
Detroit, Mich.; Oakland, Calif.; and St. Louis, Mo. were also consistently among the most dangerous cities.
To improve our ranking and understand its limitations, we consulted several experts.
The main problem with the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, according to UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, is that some cities have broader boundaries and include safer, suburban areas in their crime reports. The center of the city might be crime-ridden, but the safer outskirts skew the overall picture.
Another problem with the UCR is that different police precincts have different ways of classifying aggravated assault versus "simple assault," Carnegie Melon's Alfred Blumstein told us.
Despite these problems, the UCR remains the definitive source of crime data in America. "There is no perfect system, but this is best that we have," says criminal justice professor Tod Burke.
Our preliminary 2012 ranking includes all cities with a population over 100,000. We compared the cities' rates of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, and robbery against 2011 national averages, with the percent deviations averaged to determine overall ranking for violent crime. We did not count aggravated assault due to inconsistent reporting of this crime.
We have included a brief discussion of crime in each city and will add to it any useful insight or responses shared in the comment section or by email.
Now with no further ado ...
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Interesting that little CT scores 3 times!
How many are run by RATs?
I am ready to be proven wrong in my PREJUDICE, but ...
I presume:
Correlation between both party affiliation and pigmentation of the MAYORS in those cities would likely approach 90%.
Ready to be admonished.
Let me guess - Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford?
[Checking article at source] ROTFL yep!
Hartford #24, New Haven #20, and Bridgeport #4.
They are on their way to not really being cities any more.
In the meantime, other cities with lower crime rates have sextupled (like Austin) or doubled (like Portland).
And the returning champion, Flint Michigan, takes the crown again!
LOL Chicago doesn’t even make the list.
Correction: incidence of a certain party affiliation AND a certain visible pigmentation are likely to HIGHLY correlate to being on this list, and HIGH on the list.
Had to fix my prior statement of prejudice.
RE: Interesting that little CT scores 3 times!
My car was “profiled” by the Police when I drove through Bridgeport once.
Here are the 3 CT cities in the top 25”
Hartford, CT #24 (Their capital)
New Have, CT #20 ( Where the prestigious YALE UNIVERSITY is)
Bridgeport, CT #4
Yay! Not a single Florida city. So despite our being the state with the most dysfunctional citizens, we’re pretty tame as far as crime. Awesome.
If they were combined into one city, they would barely make the top 50.
About the same number of people live in Wichita as these three combined.
I would wager all of them are run by democrats.
Don’t celebrate just yet, the Florida cities might be in the top 40... :)
Take a wild guess about #8 ping
Orlando and Jacksonville maybe. Sarasota’s also a possibility. My home town of Tampa Bay, aside from maybe St. Pete, should be relatively quiet. The Cubanos are laid back.
Three Ohio ciies made the list.Strangely,Columbus is not one of them.
Murders are way down.
All the press attention has apparently inspired Rahm Emanuel to transform a few thousand uniformed and unionized bear claw digesters into a police force.
Interesting, but not surprising to those of us with CT backgrounds.
Except for maybe Stamford not being on the list.
Bridgeport was no-go territory when I was a teenager. New Haven largely the same (occasional daytime trips to Pepe’s being exceptions).
I think I’d still rather take my chances in Detroit where I could defend myself.
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