Most dangerous states: Crime rankings for 2010

[DainBramaged]

Crime Rate Rankings (out of 50 states)
(1 = Worst, 50 = Best)

No. 1: NEVADA
Assault: 8
Burglary: 12
Murder: 13
Motor Vehicle Theft: 1
Rape: 8
Robbery: 1

No. 2: NEW MEXICO
Assault: 5
Burglary: 3
Murder: 6
Motor Vehicle Theft: 7
Rape: 2
Robbery: 23

No. 3: LOUISIANA
Assault: 4
Burglary: 9
Murder: 1
Motor Vehicle Theft: 14
Rape: 33
Robbery: 18

No. 4: SOUTH CAROLINA
Assault: 1
Burglary: 8
Murder: 7
Motor Vehicle Theft: 9
Rape: 13
Robbery: 16

No. 5: TENNESSEE
Assault: 2
Burglary: 5
Murder: 8
Motor Vehicle Theft: 15
Rape: 19
Robbery: 8

No. 6: FLORIDA
Assault: 6
Burglary: 7
Murder: 12
Motor Vehicle Theft: 13
Rape: 23
Robbery: 4

No. 7: DELAWARE
Assault: 7
Burglary: 18
Murder: 10
Motor Vehicle Theft: 19
Rape: 9
Robbery: 3

No. 8: MARYLAND
Assault: 10
Burglary: 23
Murder: 2
Motor Vehicle Theft: 4
Rape: 45
Robbery: 2

No. 9: ARIZONA
Assault: 21
Burglary: 15
Murder: 13
Motor Vehicle Theft: 2
Rape: 39
Robbery: 15

No. 10: ARKANSAS
Assault: 11
Burglary: 2
Murder: 18
Motor Vehicle Theft: 32
Rape: 4
Robbery: 28

No. 11: ALABAMA
Assault: 22
Burglary: 4
Murder: 5
Motor Vehicle Theft: 21
Rape: 16
Robbery: 11

No. 12: GEORGIA
Assault: 20
Burglary: 6
Murder: 8
Motor Vehicle Theft: 6
Rape: 42
Robbery: 7

No. 13: OKLAHOMA
Assault: 9
Burglary: 10
Murder: 16
Motor Vehicle Theft: 18
Rape: 10
Robbery: 26

No. 14: ALASKA
Assault: 3
Burglary: 39
Murder: 28
Motor Vehicle Theft: 29
Rape: 1
Robbery: 30

No. 15: CALIFORNIA
Assault: 18
Burglary: 25
Murder: 16
Motor Vehicle Theft: 3
Rape: 41
Robbery: 5

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/04/05/most-dangerous-states-crime-rankings-for-2010/


http://os.cqpress.com/rankings/2010/Crime_State_Rankings_2010.pdf

And the 5 SAFEST states:

New Hampshire
Vermont
North Dakota
Maine
Idaho

[harry_pothead]

1. All 5 of the safest states border Canada.

Go figure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7UKllR0Edo

[cali]

2. and?

not sure what your point is. 3 of the 5 safest states are in New England. Again so what. All of these states, however, have small populations. That's probably more to the point.

[harry_pothead]

3. It's crime rate per capita, not absolute numbers.

[DainBramaged]

4. Where would you rather live, Alabama or Vermont?

Absolutists, fun in black and white.

[cali]

9. huh? of course I'd rather live in Vermont

I'm a Vermonter to the core, but I don't see what my post had to do with absolutism.

[cali]

5. I understand that, but I still believe that the small populations

(and the fact that they all have homogeneous populations) has a lot to do with why crime rates are lower in those states)

[Drunken Irishman]

13. It doesn't matter. Cali's point still stands.

Bigger states generally have bigger cities and more economically diverse populations - which generally means more poorer people.

Is Idaho only safe because its tip, which is probably the least-populated part of the state - touches Canada? I doubt it.

It's safe because it lacks a big city. It lacks density. It lacks the true aspects of what you see in larger states.

And if we're going to cherry pick, why is it that Michigan (34th safest), Minnesota (14th safest), New York (15th safest), Ohio (28th safest), Pennsylvania (25th safest) and Washington (30th safest) aren't anywhere near the safest?

They all border Canada...

[rpannier]

7. The have populations that are spread out

Delaware has a small population, but its density is fairly high

Alaska, I think it's the boredom that sets in during the cold months.
I'd like to see Alaska's crime statistics on a monthly (or seasonal) basis. I would guess mid-spring would be fairly high, as I would expect the mid-winter might be on the high side

[DainBramaged]

8. And are very cold........maybe people just don't go out, or maybe

too much snow or maybe the people are just mellow?

[Lasher]

15. But you'll get raped if you go to Alaska.

What about that?

[paulsby]

18. there is an old cop saying

"jack frost is the best cop"

[NM_hemilover]

20. Huh, ...........also if you want your car stolen,

or buy cheap dirt weed, come down and live on the Mexican border Mr. Pothead


Still think it "figures"

[Triana]

6. A lot of Southern states in that list.

Just noting. Why is that?

[DainBramaged]

10. I dunno I didn't compile the list, why not ask the publisher?

http://cqpress.com/gethome.asp

[rpannier]

11. Poverty would be my best guess

In Florida's case, high population densities, an economy in free-fall and a high senior population that makes for fairly easy targets for low-lifes

[depakid]

12. Along with poor social capital

[the other one]

14. All states that trend conservative

Excluding Delaware for it's small size, CA and Md are a mixed bag.

Why hasn't legal medical marijuana vaulted California to the top of the list?

[rpannier]

16. Safest States Go 2:2:1

All 5 prove that Size does matter and "Small is Better"

On edit Crime has gone down in Alaska and they have gone from 44 to 37.
Palin's been out of the state and there's less crime
Makes you wonder

[rpannier]

17. Few things about the list I found interesting

1. Delaware dropped 10 places
2. Alaska went up 7. Palin's been out of the state and crime goes down. Makes hyou wanna say "Hmmmm...."
3. Rhode Island and Connecticut dropped 9 and 6 places
4. Wisconsin went up 5

[russ1943]

19. FYI

Most dangerous states: Crime rankings for 2010

FYI; This thread is a little misleading. The “2010” is a published date of CQ Press’ “Crime State Rankings 2010” published date 03/23/2010.
Most of the crime data is from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. which is available every fall for the previous year. The most recent complete, Uniform Crime Report was released back on September 14, 2009. These statistics are of crimes committed in 2008.
CQ’S “Crime City Rankings 2009-2010” published 11/23/2009 was also compiled from crimes committed in 2008.

There has been some criticism of compiling and publishing “rankings”.
In previous editions, the terms “safest” and “dangerous” were used to describe the states with lowest and highest rankings. These terms are no longer used because perceptions of safety and danger are just that—perceptions.

I find CQ’s and a few other’s publications with their “rankings” quite helpful.

CITY
http://os.cqpress.com/rankings/2010/City-Crime-Rankings-2009.html
STATE
http://os.cqpress.com/rankings/2010/Crime-State-Rankings-2010.html

CQ's methodology explained here;
http://os.cqpress.com/rankings/2010/Crime_State_Rankings_2010_Methodology.pdf

[tonysam]

21. Glad to see Nevada is number one in something. n/t