Americas Most Dangerous Cities
Top 5 Most Dangerous Cities:
No. 1 Detroit, Mich.
(Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 1,951,186
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 1,220
No. 2 Memphis, Tenn.
(Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark. metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 1,295,670
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 1,218
No. 3. Miami, Fla.
(Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla. metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 2,401,971
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 988
No. 4 Las Vegas, Nev.
(Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 1,834,533
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 887
No. 5 Stockton, Calif.
(Stockton, Calif., metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 684,406
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 885In March 2008, Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with eight felonies, including perjury and obstruction of justice. In August, he violated his bail agreement and was thrown in jail. His actions were deplorable for anybody, but Kilpatrick was no Average Joe–he was the mayor of Detroit.
Unfortunately for the Motor City, Kilpatrick, 38, is just one ripple in the area’s sea of crime. Detroit is the worst offender on our list of America’s most dangerous cities, thanks to a staggering rate of 1,220 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.
“Detroit has, historically, been one of the more violent cities in the U.S.,” says Megan Wolfram, an analyst at iJet Intelligent Risk Systems, a Maryland-based risk-assessment firm. “They have a number of local crime syndicates there–a number of small gangs who tend to compete over territory.”
Detroit was followed closely on the list by the greater Memphis, Tenn., and Miami, Fla., metropolitan areas. Those three were the only large cities in America with more than 950 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.
Behind the Numbers
To determine our list, we used violent crime statistics from the FBI’s latest uniform crime report, issued in 2008. The violent crime category is composed of four offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. We evaluated U.S. metropolitan statistical areas–geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing federal statistics–with more than 500,000 residents.
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Comment by VALENTINO_ on April 27, 2009 at 5:19pm - NIGKA WE IN MiCHiGAN WILD OUT CUZ AiNT NO JOBS OUT HEA! GUN RU HOLLA BACC! GRAND RAPiDS,MICH.
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Comment by J-STEEL on April 27, 2009 at 5:15pm - TWO OUT OF THE FIVE IS FROM THE SOUTH, NEWYORK NIGGAZ SWEAR THERE SO TOUGH BUT I DONT SEE YOU ON THE LIST. WHY? BECAUSE ITS LITTLE TO NO CRIME IN NY. TELL 50 CENT, CROSS THAT LINE INTO THE SOUTH AND ITS DANGER ZONE. FUCK 50 CENT, RICK ROSS WON HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DIRTY SOUTH NIGGA
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Comment by Chuck TheTruth on April 27, 2009 at 4:08pm - The d is the place to be!!! Tyron new york has nothing on the d!! Its real g's here!!! 313!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by osha on April 27, 2009 at 3:55pm - MAN ITS ALL BOUT LOUISIANA DAT BOOT STATE.....YA'LL KNOW WAT IT IS WIT US
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Comment by Ant on April 27, 2009 at 2:13pm - Wh3r3 the Fucc in NY????
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Comment by Detroit's Own Son on April 27, 2009 at 1:33pm - look at dumb mother fuckers talkin shit like they're city is so rough like they're in the streets themselves. Knowing damn well that the cities you claim are about a half hour drive from were you live. Sweet boy ass faggots
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Comment by dmvrepresenta on April 27, 2009 at 1:12pm
- @ whoop that trick i wacth another 48 and i see yall slow face country niggaz snicthin and tellin on ya selfs and where is dc and b-more
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Comment by nicholas grayson on April 27, 2009 at 12:48pm - haha im in stockton 209
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Comment by A4L on April 27, 2009 at 12:43pm - man i live in stockton this is crazy
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Comment by Gari-Dee on April 27, 2009 at 11:55am
- Yall people happy that youre city is up there. Dumb ass fools. Go live in Jamaica or Columbia or Afghanistan then dumb assholes. what happened to black people coming up and not killing each other?! STEP UP PEOPLE!! DUMB MUTHA FUCKAS!!
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