Posted September 17, 200915 yr 1 St. Louis 2 Flint 3 Oakland 4 Memphis 5 Detroit 6 Orlando 7 Baltimore 8 Stockton 9 Philadelphia 10 Cleveland 11 Birmingham 12 Rockford 13 Nashville 14 Atlanta 15 Kansas City 16 St. Petersburg 17 Buffalo 18 Washington 19 Miami 20 Tulsa 21 Minneapolis 22 Cincinnati 23 Springfield 24 Little Rock 25 Milwaukee 26 Hartford 27 Indianapolis 28 Bridgeport 29 Pompano Beach 30 Baton Rouge 31 Toledo 32 Tallahassee 33 Lafayette 34 Rochester 35 Houston 36 Boston 37 Chattanooga 38 Dayton 39 Pittsburgh 40 Knoxville 41 Richmond 42 Lowell4 43 San Bernardino 44 Lansing 45 Grand Rapids 46 New Orleans 47 Tacoma 48 Miami Gardens4 49 Paterson 50 Sacramento 51 Jacksonville 52 Syracuse 53 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 54 Oklahoma City 55 Worcester 56 West Palm Beach 57 Lubbock 58 Vallejo 59 Shreveport 60 Newark 61 Jackson 62 Fayetteville 63 Anchorage 64 Clearwater 65 Jersey City 66 Charlotte-Mecklenburg 67 Beaumont 68 Gainesville 69 Winston-Salem 70 Akron 71 Elizabeth 72 Dallas 73 Albuquerque 74 Fort Lauderdale 75 Tampa 76 Inglewood 77 Antioch 78 Greensboro 79 Columbia 80 Wichita 81 San Francisco 82 Waco 83 Norfolk 84 Durham 85 Lancaster 86 Tucson3 87 St. Paul 88 Richmond 89 South Bend 90 Salt Lake City 91 Amarillo 92 Clarksville 93 Corpus Christi 94 Columbus 95 Wilmington 96 Killeen 97 Pomona 98 Allentown 99 Independence 100 Salinas 101 San Antonio 102 Charleston 103 North Las Vegas 104 Huntsville 105 Portsmouth 106 High Point 107 Reno 108 Modesto 109 Newport News 110 Los Angeles 111 Springfield 112 Columbus 113 Louisville Metro 114 Providence 115 Des Moines 116 Long Beach 117 Spokane 118 Phoenix 119 Fort Worth 120 El Monte 121 Berkeley 122 Riverside 123 Bakersfield 124 Lexington 125 Murfreesboro 126 Portland 127 Erie 128 Hayward 129 Laredo 130 Palmdale 131 Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan 132 Omaha 133 Arlington 134 Victorville 135 Fresno 136 New York 137 Raleigh 138 Seattle 139 Hollywood 140 Denver 141 Abilene 142 Visalia 143 Moreno Valley 144 Hialeah 145 Wichita Falls 146 Palm Bay 147 Colorado Springs 148 Austin 149 Fairfield 150 Glendale 151 Lakewood 152 Aurora 153 Ontario 154 Lincoln 155 Santa Ana 156 Norwalk 157 Mesa 158 Green Bay 159 Topeka 160 Warren5 161 Gresham 162 Miramar 163 Tempe 164 Santa Rosa 165 Mobile2 166 West Valley 167 Oceanside 168 San Diego 169 Manchester4 170 Elk Grove 171 Athens-Clarke County 172 El Paso 173 Fontana 174 Yonkers 175 Chesapeake 176 Pasadena 177 Oxnard 178 Montgomery 179 Pasadena 180 Downey 181 Escondido 182 Cambridge 183 Fort Collins 184 Midland 185 Evansville 186 Anaheim 187 Columbia 188 San Jose 189 Madison 190 Ventura 191 West Covina 192 Chula Vista 193 Salem 194 Mesquite 195 Vancouver 196 Garden Grove 197 Irving 198 Brownsville 199 Waterbury 200 Cedar Rapids 201 Garland 202 Concord 203 Sioux Falls 204 Grand Prairie 205 Eugene 206 Stamford 207 Fort Wayne 208 Hampton 209 Thornton 210 Costa Mesa 211 Chandler 212 Fullerton 213 Denton 214 Roseville 215 Fremont 216 McAllen 217 Honolulu 218 Daly City 219 Pembroke Pines 220 Boise 221 Richardson 222 Westminster 223 Billings4 224 Ann Arbor 225 Coral Springs 226 Santa Clarita 227 Port St. Lucie 228 Virginia Beach 229 Carrollton 230 Lewisville 231 Alexandria 232 Burbank 233 Plano 234 Rancho Cucamonga 235 Cape Coral 236 Torrance 237 McKinney 238 Santa Clara 239 Peoria 240 Henderson 241 West Jordan 242 Arvada 243 Huntington Beach 244 Corona 245 Sterling Heights 246 Glendale 247 Overland Park 248 Scottsdale 249 Orange 250 Norman 251 Provo 252 Simi Valley 253 Sunnyvale 254 Bellevue 255 Amherst Town 256 Round Rock 257 Thousand Oaks 258 Surprise 259 Gilbert 260 Cary 261 Murrieta 262 Irvine
September 17, 200915 yr Interestingly Chicago isn't included because the way they report forceable rape doesn't comply with the uniform crime reporting. I think they would be around 25th if they were reported.
September 17, 200915 yr First of all, how in the hell are you computing this? Secondly, how is Chicago's reporting of rape different than the rest of the country?
September 17, 200915 yr First of all, how in the hell are you computing this? Secondly, how is Chicago's reporting of rape different than the rest of the country? I am computing it the way I beleive Morgan Quinto does Population/Crimes. I have no idea about chicago. It is actually the whole state of Illinois.
September 17, 200915 yr Are you saying that you looked up the crime stats and populations of every city in America and made this list? And you mentioned that Chicago rape reporting "doesn't comply with the uniform crime reporting". I'm asking what the difference between "uniform crime reporting" is and "Chicago reporting." I assumed you would know...
September 17, 200915 yr 238 Santa Clara One thing about living in Santa Clara I never could stomach... all the damn vampires
September 18, 200915 yr Why would you want to predict 250 cities in a particular order? If I was a betting man, I'd say your prediction is off by one or two cities.........
September 18, 200915 yr Who is Morgan Quinto and why should the rest of us care what he or she thinks the most dangerous cities are?
September 18, 200915 yr Who is Morgan Quinto and why should the rest of us care what he or she thinks the most dangerous cities are? Morgan Quinto puts out this list every year of the "most dangerous cities." The list is widely critized From the wikipedia page: The FBI recommends against use of its crime statistics for the direct comparison of cities as Morgan Quitno does in its "Most Dangerous Cities" rankings. This is due to the many factors that influence crime in a particular study area such as population density and the degree of urbanization, modes of transportation of highway system, economic conditions, and citizens' attitudes toward crime. [1] In October 2007 The American Society of Criminology, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, and The Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that the publisher reconsider the promotion of the book — specifically, "their inaccurate and inflammatory press release labeling cities as 'safest' and 'most dangerous'" — because the rankings are "baseless and damaging." In November 2007 the executive board of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) approved a resolution opposing the development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs). The resolution states the rankings "These rankings represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities" and "work against a key goal of our society, which is a better understanding of crime-related issues by both scientists and the public."[2] The U.S. Conference of Mayors has criticized the "Most Dangerous Cities" list, saying the annual city-by-city crime rankings are "distorted and damaging to cities' reputations." [3] [4] Cities of Illinois are not included in this ranking due to a disparity in reporting rape cases between Illinois State police data and FBI data. Other cities may not be included due to lack of some data. Morgan Quitno's "Most Dangerous Cities" ranking has been criticized as a statistical half-truth, since it does not adjust rankings of cities with wide area city limits (Houston, Jacksonville) compared to cities with inner core limits (St. Louis, Atlanta). Houston's city crime statistics, for instance, are diluted by lower crime in affluent areas within its broad city limits, whereas almost all the low crime affluent areas of St. Louis are outside its city limits, which constitute only 12.5% of its metro area. St. Louis would fall far down the dangerous cities list just by annexing adjacent suburbs in this methodology, with no actual change in personal safety. Metro area rankings include all suburbs for all MSAs and therefore have some validity.[citation needed]
September 18, 200915 yr So i was just seeing how easy it was to come up with the same list. Turns out they actually don't just divide population by crime (although it is pretty close they divide population by an average of crime over the past few years) and they count all cities over 75k not 100k.
September 18, 200915 yr No f-ing way that Sunnydale comes in at #253! Switch them with Overland Park at #247 and I'll start taking you seriously. ;)
September 28, 200915 yr No f-ing way that Sunnydale comes in at #253! Switch them with Overland Park at #247 and I'll start taking you seriously. ;) have things really quieted down there that much since buffy ran all the vampires out?
November 23, 200915 yr Predicted number on the left, actual ranking on the right 1 St. Louis [2] 2 Flint [5] 3 Oakland [3] 4 Memphis [10] 5 Detroit [4] 6 Orlando [17] 7 Baltimore [13] 8 Stockton [36] 9 Philadelphia [21] 10 Cleveland [9] 11 Birmingham [7] 12 Rockford [31] 13 Nashville [56] 14 Atlanta [18] 15 Kansas City [15] 16 St. Petersburg [49] 17 Buffalo [27] 18 Washington [16] 19 Miami [45] 20 Tulsa [39] 21 Minneapolis [30] 22 Cincinnati [19] 23 Springfield [51] 24 Little Rock [23] 25 Milwaukee [40]
November 23, 200915 yr 238 Santa Clara One thing about living in Santa Clara I never could stomach... all the damn vampires I forgot I had dropped this one in. Nobody? Really? Where are all the 80's children on this board?
November 23, 200915 yr Hts, don't forget about all the zombies in Fiddler's Green.... I mean Pittsburgh. :)
November 23, 200915 yr 238 Santa Clara One thing about living in Santa Clara I never could stomach... all the damn vampires I forgot I had dropped this one in. Nobody? Really? Where are all the 80's children on this board? I enjoyed the reference. I figured it was obvious enough that everyone got it. Of course, I recently had a real reality check when I made a reference to Wall Street and my 26 yo assistant said, 'what is that?'.
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