Most Dangerous City - 2010

Our Texas governor, Rick Perry, just made a fool of himself the other day (something he does quite often these days) by saying the most dangerous city in America is Juarez. He had to be reminded that Juarez is in Mexico. The real "most dangerous city in America", according to 2010 FBI statistics, is the city pictured above -- St. Louis, Missouri. Here are the top 25 most dangerous cities:

1. St. Louis, Missouri
2. Camden, New Jersey
3. Detroit, Michigan
4. Flint, Michigan
5. Oakland, California
6. Richmond, California
7. Cleveland, Ohio
8. Compton, California
9. Gary, Indiana
10. Birmingham, Alabama
11. Baltimore, Maryland
12. Memphis, Tennessee
13. New Orleans, Louisiana
14. Jackson, Mississippi
15. Little Rock, Arkansas
16. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
17. Buffalo, New York
18. New Haven, Connecticut
19. Hartford, Connecticut
20. Dayton, Ohio
21. Kansas City, Missouri
22. Washington, D.C.
23. Newark, New Jersey
24. Cincinnati, Ohio
25. Atlanta, Georgia

I was a little surprised that no Texas city made the top 25. Here is where some of them finished on the list:

45. Houston, Texas
52. Dallas, Texas
66. Longview, Texas
120. Amarillo, Texas
122. Lubbock, Texas
136. Abilene, Texas
137. San Antonio, Texas
139. Waco, Texas
142. Corpus Christi, Texas
149. Fort Worth, Texas
203. Austin, Texas

It turns out the border area is not so dangerous after all (in spite of the racist lies by Republicans):

144. Laredo, Texas
275. El Paso, Texas
291. McAllen, Texas
304. Brownsville, Texas

If you'd like to know how your city rated you can go here.