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OT: Cities With the Most Burglaries

Dec 14, 2012, 9:25 PM

Papi_Chulo

Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)

I'm bound to get some crap w.r.t. my Ots â€“ but it's a slow TUSCL night (as most Fr. nights are):

cnbc.com

Indianapolis, Ind. Number of burglaries: 15,122
Columbus, Ohio Number of burglaries: 15,169
San Antonio Number of burglaries: 15,334
Detroit Number of burglaries: 15,994
Los Angeles Number of burglaries: 17,264
New York Number of burglaries: 18,159
Phoenix Number of burglaries: 18,666
Dallas Number of burglaries: 18,727
Chicago Number of burglaries: 26,420
Houston Number of burglaries: 27,459

comments (7)

jester21412 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.

jackslash12 years ago

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

Clubber12 years ago

Check the studies on crime vs. gun laws.

harrydave12 years ago

Why guess? fbi.gov

and

fbi.gov

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:

Pine Bluff, AR (1988/100,000)
Santa Fe, NM (1967)
Fayetteville NC (1936)
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland WA (1893)
Hot Springs AR (1817)

harrydave12 years ago

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

samsung112 years ago

I was surprised to see Columbus on the list.

harrydave12 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.