OT: Cities With the Most Burglaries

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• jester214

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  12 years ago

  Except for maybe Detroit and Columbus I think those are among the 10 biggest cities in the country. The big question is what are the NYPD and LAPD doing that Houston and Chicago aren't.
• jackslash

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  12 years ago

  Burglaries as a percent of population would be a better statistic. Detroit might be number one!
• Clubber

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  12 years ago

  Check the studies on crime vs. gun laws.
• harrydave

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  12 years ago

  Why guess? [view link] and [view link] When you look at metropolitan areas (so-called MSA's, which combine city and immediate suburbs) the big cities are not the highest crime areas per capita. The worst areas, by far, are smaller cities and their suburbs. The 5 with the highest burglary rates (burglaries per 100,000 population) in 2011 were: 1) Pine Bluff, AR (1988/100,000) 2) Santa Fe, NM (1967) 3) Fayetteville NC (1936) 4) Kennewick-Pasco-Richland WA (1893) 5) Hot Springs AR (1817)
• harrydave

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  12 years ago

  By the way, I see no category in the FBI crime tables for "Lying, Thieving and Whoring". Sorry guys.
• samsung1

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  12 years ago

  I was surprised to see Columbus on the list.
• harrydave

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  12 years ago

  The burglary rate in Columbus OH MSA is 1165 per 100,000. That is not especially good when you consider the Detroit MSA is 791 per 100,000. Of course, crime rates are very local. For every area with high crime, there is a low crime area within a mile.