St. Louis tops list of most dangerous US cities

[NYMdaveNYI]

Source: MSNBC

The study by CQ Press found St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, compared with a national average of 429.4. That helped St. Louis beat out Camden, which topped last year's list and was the most dangerous city for 2003 and 2004.

Detroit, Flint, Mich., and Oakland, Calif., rounded out the top five. For the second straight year, the safest city with more than 75,000 residents was Colonie, N.Y.

The annual rankings are based on population figures and crime data compiled by the FBI. Some criminologists question the findings, saying the methodology is unfair.

Greg Scarbro, unit chief of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, said the FBI also discourages using the data for these types of rankings.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40303628/ns/us_news/

[bluedigger]

1. Putting the best face on it...

"Erica Van Ross, spokeswoman for the St. Louis Police Department, called the rankings irresponsible.
'Crime is based on a variety of factors. It's based on geography, it's based on poverty, it's based on the economy,' Van Ross said."

That's true Erica, and this study is based on ... geography.

:rofl:

[RKP5637]

2. Yeah, geography pretty much wraps it up into one package with a big bow around it ... n/t

[jancantor]

3. Reminds me of Marion Barry's

famous remark about crime in DC.

[Gore1FL]

4. We're #1 !!! n/t

[onehandle]

5. We almost moved there last year. Guess we 'dodged a bullet.' nt

[Zoigal]

6. Sorry to hear this....went to high school and college there and

it was a great place then. Could go anywhere and never felt threatened....z

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. It's still not bad

Dwindling population though which impacts these statistics.

[Sherman A1]

7. Lived here all my life and it's like anywhere else

there are places you are safe to go and places less so.

[SemperEadem]

8. Not surprised at all.

Born there, grew up there, left there.

This report comes as no surprise.

The answer by the stl policewoman pretty much sums up the "head in the sand" outlook that city has with its poverty problem, amongst other things.

Not until East St. Louis, IL is healed will St. Louis, MO be able to flourish. The bad energy that has spread west like a cancer from the East St. Louis Riots of last century has never been checked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZPGL1u0XI

[udbcrzy2]

9. I agree with you 100%

It seems corrupt as are many governments. The police have a very difficult time solving crimes on both sides of the river.
I feel sorry for the parents/family/friends of homicides that have never been solved. They never get closure. The community
suffers from this also.

[Yavin4]

11. Whenever The Rams Play A Home Game

a crime is being committed in St. Louis.

[NYMdaveNYI]

12. LMFAO.