Murder Capitals of America – 2017

[CrazySanMan]

NeighborhoodScout’s Murder Capitals of America – 2017

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-cities

There are some in the top 30 here that surprised me. Chester, PA is number 2?

Baltimore is on the list, you'll have to click on the link to see where. I'm not going to do ALL the work for you...

 

[starmetal]

I cannot for one second believe that Chicago isn't on that list.

 

[GolfR]

NeighborhoodScout’s Murder Capitals of America – 2017

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-cities

There are some in the top 30 here that surprised me. Chester, PA is number 2?

Baltimore is on the list, you'll have to click on the link to see where. I'm not going to do ALL the work for you...

Chester PA is Filthadelpia...not surprising at all. St Louis taking 2 of the top five is a bit of surprise to me.

 

[GolfR]

I cannot for one second believe that Chicago isn't on that list.

Your instinct is right...they are number 3. Gary IN is a part of Chicago.

This site is a little strange how they list subsections of cities for some and the whole city for others. From a murder rate perspective (murders/total population) the Chicago downtown area is actually not that bad. It's the surrounding neighborhoods that are terrible.

 

[CrazySanMan]

Your instinct is right...they are number 3. Gary IN is a part of Chicago.

This site is a little strange how they list subsections of cities for some and the whole city for others. From a murder rate perspective (murders/total population) the Chicago downtown area is actually not that bad. It's the surrounding neighborhoods that are terrible.

And per capita murder rate is lower in Chicago because the population is so big.

 

[jtb81100]

With all the nice weather we've been having, I'm sure Bmore's gangs will start playing catchup soon.

 

[Mr H]

Your instinct is right...they are number 3. Gary IN is a part of Chicago.

This site is a little strange how they list subsections of cities for some and the whole city for others. From a murder rate perspective (murders/total population) the Chicago downtown area is actually not that bad. It's the surrounding neighborhoods that are terrible.

IMO it's more that Gary is the first major stop on the way east on 94. I'd guess Michigan City, IN is problematic, too.

 

[kraftyone]

Damn Wilmington De dropped to 11 it was near the top per capita few years ago


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[John from MD]

Chester has always been a bad place. Never get off 95 in that area or you may never be seen again.

 

[Neot]

I grew up right near Chester PA and my uncle still lives there. Gunshots are a regular occurrence all hours of the night. He lives in a section which is mostly working class but when you get in the area between I95 and the Delaware River, watch out. The only exception is Harrah's and the PPL Park (soccer stadium).

 

[Rattlesnake46319]

Chester PA is Filthadelpia...not surprising at all. St Louis taking 2 of the top five is a bit of surprise to me.

Unsurprising to those of us who live here. The overnight shooting reports are standard clips in the morning news.

Your instinct is right...they are number 3. Gary IN is a part of Chicago.

This site is a little strange how they list subsections of cities for some and the whole city for others. From a murder rate perspective (murders/total population) the Chicago downtown area is actually not that bad. It's the surrounding neighborhoods that are terrible.

Gary is not part of Chicago. East Chicago (further up the list) is closer to the state line than Gary. The site lists independent cities in a metro area, not actual neighborhoods within a city. Still, unsurprising. Gary's been up in the top 20 since I was a kid living one town over.

For what it's worth, I've lived in the Chicago and St. Louis metro areas for about 27 years and work nights in St. Louis City. Being aware of your surroundings and minding your business goes a long way.

 

[Biggfoot44]

The site is upfront about their criteria. But the way the parameters are set gives the counterintuituve results . Gary IN and E. St Louis have long been hot spots of crime and violence, going back to the earlt days of the Industrial Revolution.

But in general, the population cutoff of 25k is problematic. For a jurisdiction of say 25,500 population wether a small city in rural area, or a small independent city in large metro area can be deceptive.

A small city having one or two specific incidents can skew the annual numbers. In metro areas crime generally, and turf wars un particular occurs in discrete neighborhoods for the most part. When that 'hood happens to be independent city like Gary IN , makes them look really bad. I'm sure things are worse in several 'hoods in Southside Chi , but those numbers get diluted by the huge population of the City of Chiraq.

Now I would be interested in an alternative analysis broken down by MSA, and by County ( outside of Virginia).

 

[stm]

It is a known fact that Chicago underreports their violent crime statistics. It's probably done to keep them off lists like these.

 

[Biggfoot44]

In general underreporting is a real thing in certian jurisdictions. But dead bodies are hard to sweep under the rug, and homicides are the catagory closest to reliable.

Chicago has 2.7 million population city wide, and can statistically balance out a lot of homicides. Now if you broke things down by ward, or some other smaller, yet still large breakdown , they would be up there with Gary. ( Does Chi use Quadrents? Or mayby Northside, Westside, Southside , plus Loop ? )

 

[BeoBill]

Chester PA is Filthadelpia...not surprising at all. St Louis taking 2 of the top five is a bit of surprise to me.

Chester was a crap hole since at least the 80s. When I was commuting to PNSY I was warned never to stop there.

 

[Melnic]

Is there a top 30 list of cities with welfare recipients per capita?

 

[Neot]

Chester was a crap hole since at least the 80s. When I was commuting to PNSY I was warned never to stop there.

It used to be all middle class in the 1960's and 70's until manufacturing jobs all left. I just finished reading an article in the paper from back home and they have a woman from Chester held on 9 counts of straw purchases. They've recovered 5 of them in uses of crimes. Until crap like that stops, the city will continue to be a dump.

 

[Glaron]

It is a known fact that Chicago underreports their violent crime statistics. It's probably done to keep them off lists like these.

Death by natural causes.. You die eventually when shot.

 

[bluedog46]

Be neat if they put demographics by each city. I would not be surprised if there is a trend here. I also would not be surprised if the super majority of those cities are HEAVY democrat areas.

 

[fred333]

Be neat if they put demographics by each city. I would not be surprised if there is a trend here.

You betcha...but Bill Whittle's buddy, Molyneux, can tell the story better than I can: