Once again this year, the Brennan Center for Justice has analyzed violent crime stats from the 30 largest cities in America to provide some insight on national trends. Not surprisingly, this year's report is full of more bad news for the residents of cities like Baltimore and Chicago that have experienced devastating spikes in homicides over the past two years.
Looking at homicides per capita in 2017, Baltimore is clearly the most dangerous large city in the U.S. with a murder rate that is more than 4x the average of other large cities and some 40% higher than the second most dangerous city of Detroit. To put things in perspective, the murder rate in Baltimore is now exactly tied with Venezuela at 57.2 murders per 100,000 residents.
Of course, as our readers are undoubtedly aware, high violent crime rates in cities like Baltimore and Chicago are hardly a new phenomenon. Therefore, we decided to take a look at year-over-year changes in murder rates by city and made some interesting discoveries. While Charlotte saw the biggest YoY spike, cities like San Francisco and Seattle, both of which are experiencing tech-induced economic booms, were also at the top of the list.
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Doesn’t the Mayor and Council earn some kind of award for achieving this?
ReplyDeleteVery sad.
ReplyDeleteI am guessing this is due to bad cops.
ReplyDeleteHow can this be, didn't owemalley's gun control bullsh!! put a stop to gun crime?
ReplyDelete9:23...their reward is stay in office until they have drained the last dime and favor from constituents for themselves. Same as here is Salisbury or any small town America.
ReplyDeleteI am certain the so called leaders of Baltimore believe asking for more taxpayer dollars will solve all their problems.
ReplyDeleteBaltimore and Venezuela have striking similarities, extremely high rate of murders and extremely high rate of non-white citizens.
ReplyDeleteJust natures way of thinning the herd.
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