Baltimore Among Most Dangerous Cities

Last week FBI reported violent crime is down 5.5 percent nation-wide, but a new list of ten exceptions to that trend includes one city close to home.
At number eight for cities where crime rose: Baltimore, Md.
According to 24/7Wall St., Baltimore is ranked tenth for aggravated assaults, and fourth for murders, with 223 in 2010.
While that number is down from the previous year, the crime rate in the Charm City is the second highest, east of the Mississippi.
Flint and Detroit, Mich. hold the number one and two spots on the list, respectively.
Police polled on the issue say it boils down to money, and unemployment. Residents in all 10 cities make less than the national average, with jobless rates to rival.
from WTOP