A division of Congressional Quarterly has released their list of the most dangerous cities in America. The list rated the cities with a population of over 75,000, and was compiled using FBI statistics. The report included 378 American cities. Cities in Minnesota and Illinois were not in the report (including Chicago) because of incomplete data.
The cities were judged by their per capita rates for homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and auto theft. Each crime was weighted according to seriousness, and a score was given each city. A zero score was the national average, with minus scores being less than the national average.
The city of Detroit (pictured above) was given the dubious honor of being rated the most dangerous city in the United States. They beat last year's winner, St. Louis, by a single point. Dallas was rated the most dangerous city in Texas, ranking 34th nationally. Here are the top 15 most dangerous cities, followed by the ranking of Texas cities:
1. Detroit (MI)..........407.15
2. St. Louis (MO)..........406.15
3. Flint (MI)..........380.98
4. Oakland (CA)..........338.87
5. Camden (NJ)..........323.81
6. Birmingham (AL)..........268.82
7. N. Charleston (SC)..........254.25
8. Memphis, (TN)..........245.56
9. Richmond (CA)...........245.07
10. Cleveland (OH)..........244.41
11. Orlando (FL)...........237.38
12. Baltimore (MD)..........236.73
13. Little Rock (AR)...........233.84
14. Compton (CA)..........223.58
15. Youngstown (OH)...........221.96
34. Dallas (TX)..........154.58
44. Houston (TX)..........141.34
79. Longview (TX)...........91.60
83. Beaumont (TX)..........88.11
107. Killeen (TX)..........74.09
123. Waco (TX)..........60.28
137. Lubbock (TX)..........52.43
150. Amarillo (TX)..........46.88
152. Fort Worth (TX)..........44.03
163. San Antonio (TX)..........38.22
171. Arlington (TX)..........34.89
174. Corpus Christi (TX)..........34.07
177. Laredo (TX)..........30.76
187. Wichita Falls (TX)..........20.27
206. Austin (TX)..........8.79
210. Abilene (TX)..........7.03
211. Grand Prairie (TX)..........6.81
215. Tyler (TX)..........5.64
225. San Angelo (TX)..........1.65
236. Midland (TX)..........(4.64)
239. Irving (TX)..........(6.94)
249. El Paso (TX)..........(11.97)
250. Pasadena (TX)..........(12.06)
251. Brownsville (TX)..........(13.43)
259. Odessa (TX)..........(16.53)
267. Mesquite (TX)..........(19.49)
285. Lewisville (TX)..........(27.23)
290. Denton (TX)..........(29.65)
293. McAllen (TX)..........(30.99)
296. Garland (TX)..........(32.18)
309. Carrollton (TX)..........(39.61)
310. Richardson (TX)..........(39.90)
313. McKinney (TX)..........(41.02)
324. Plano (TX)..........(45.75)
366. Round Rock (TX)..........(69.44)
374. Sugar Land (TX)..........(75.43)
Although Texas didn't have a city in the top 33, it did have quite a few with crime above the national average. So, there's still work to be done.
One interesting thing shows up. Republicans have tried to paint undocumented immigrants as criminals who are causing our crime rate to rise. These figures don't bear that out. Most of the cities with large Hispanic populations (and presumably large undocumented immigrant populations) had very low crime rates. Another Republican lie is exposed.
cant you just give us information about the crime? im not a republican but is it neccesary to bash them? of course the hispanics didnt do that much crimes, most of them are here to work. if you look at the top cities on the list these are also the top cities with an african american population. thats not a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this has anything to do but the hispanic community tends to report crime less therefore the throwing off the statistics. When you are undocumented, the last thing you want to do is call the cops (in their mind). Also we tend to not make a big deal about small crimes like if your car window is broken overnight, etc. This is coming from a hispanic. I'm not saying these cities are overly dangerous, but I'm just saying we tend to underreport.
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