America's Most Dangerous Cities, 2011

[mfcorey1]

A city where murder is nearly a daily occurance stands a good shot of being named the most violent, crime-prone area in the country. And last year there were 345 murders reported in the Detroit metropolitan area - altogether 1,111 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.

To compile our list of America’s most dangerous cities, we used the FBI’s uniform crime report for 2010, which tallies crime data for each of the country’s metropolitan statistical areas, regions that usually consist of a large city and its suburbs or nearby cities. Because small fluctuations in crime numbers can produce outsize jumps in rates in smaller metropolitan areas, we looked at MSAs with a population of 200,000 or more. We used the FBI’s numbers for four categories of violent crimes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; and aggravated assault.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-dangerous-cities-2011.html

[Romulox]

1. "the Detroit metropolitan area" isn't a city. nt

[NYC_SKP]

2. Flint Michigan? I wonder why... (nt)

[Romulox]

3. Bunk data: for example, the FBI crime stats show 27,702 crimes for the "Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI"

16,976 of those took place in the City of Detroit. Only 770 of them in Warren, 152 in Livonia, and 373 in Dearborn. So it is laughable to refer to the crimes occurring in "Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan District". :hi:

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6

[Bloke 32]

4. Three hundred and forty-five?

If I might be so bold as to opine, that number seems rather small for a major American city. No offence intended here. Merely one man's view.

[marmar]

5. And Detroit-Warren-Livonia isn't a metro area.......it's three cities in a larger metro area.

Where did they get that 1.8 million population figure from? The Detroit metro area's population is about 5 million. Did they shear off 2/3 of the population to make the crime stats sexier?
What a banquet of bullshit.

[MrScorpio]

7. Bingo!

But it's not like we haven't seen this crap before, right?

[RebelOne]

6. Surprised that Atlanta was not on the top of the list.

We have murders, rapes, hit and runs and drive-by shootings every day.

[bluedigger]

8. NOLA didn't even make the top ten?

This list is suspect, I think. Unofficial total is 146 murders so far for 2011, 192 predicted.

[Sgent]

10. They looked at violent crime in total

NOLA has a murder problem, but other violent crimes are around the national average.

[bluedigger]

11. That is not comforting at all.

16 in my neighborhood so far this year...

[JDPriestly]

9. For me, the shocker was #5, Anchorage, Alaska.

[GSLevel9]

12. it's a pity about Memphis... such great history in that city but a real ware zone. nt