The Top 5 Most Dangerous & Least Dangerous U.S. Cities: See if Your City Made the List!
by www.SixWise.com
The results are in from the annual City
Crime Rankings, a popular reference book that compares the crime levels
of 354 U.S. cities.
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Read about the annual City
Crime Rankings, a reference guide full of fascinating facts
including where your city ranks.
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Six crime categories are considered among the cities -- all of which
must have populations of 75,000 or more -- to establish the rankings.
They include:
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Aggravated assault
- Burglary
- Auto theft
The research is compiled from the FBI's final 2003 crime statistics,
which were released in October 2004. All cities with populations over
75,000 that submit crime data to the FBI are included.
| Top 5 Most Dangerous Cities |
Top 5 Least Dangerous Cities |
- Camden, NJ
- Detroit, MI
- Atlanta, GA
- St. Louis, MO
- Gary, IN
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- Newton, MA
- Brick Township, NJ
- Amherst, NY
- Mission Viejo, CA
- Clarkstown, NY
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Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press, said of Newton, MA, which
received this year's Morgan Quitno Safest City Award, "Newton has
an outstanding record when it comes to fighting crime. It reported no
murders and boasts some of the lowest rates among cities for rape, robbery
and motor vehicle theft."
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Camden, New Jersey was ranked the
most dangerous city in the United States.
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Interestingly, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Morgan found
a minor error in the results. Some 5,760 crimes were missing from the
St. Louis police's 2003 data-an omission that would have moved St. Louis
up to the third most dangerous U.S. city and bumped Atlanta down to fourth!
This most recent version of City Crime Rankings (the 11th edition) can
be ordered from Amazon.com in paperback
for $44.95 or hardcover
for $99.95.
Many libraries also keep the annual City Crime Rankings on their shelves.
It is an interesting resource for its many facts, including learning where
your city (or nearest city) ranks and helping those considering a move
to other regions.
Sources
America's
Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities
Camden,
NJ Named Most Dangerous City