Detroit may be the murder capitol for 2013...

[Isgrimnur]

...but the rest of the state seems ok.

Detroit remained the most dangerous big city in the nation last year, despite a decline in violent crime including murders, according to FBI crime statistics released Monday morning.

Detroit had 316 murders in 2013, a rate of 45 per 100,000 people. That's the highest rate among cities with populations over 100,000, followed by New Orleans (41), Newark, N.J. (40), St. Louis (38) and Baltimore (37).

Detroit reported 14,504 violent crimes. That's also the highest per capita rate in the nation, according to the annual report.
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Other cities in Michigan with populations above 100,000, in contrast, are among the safest in the nation. Sterling Heights had no murders in 2013 and the violent crime rate ranked 46th among 290 cities with populations over 100,000. Ann Arbor was the 47th safest.
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Warren's violent crime rate was 138th of 290 cities, while Lansing ranked 189th and Grand Rapids was 192nd.
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The FBI report only includes data from last year. Detroit officials say murder and violent crime has fallen dramatically this year, which could end with less than 300 murders for the first time in nearly 50 years.
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Last year, Flint had the highest murder rate among cities with populations over 100,000. But its population fell below that threshold in 2013

[LawBeefaroni]

Last year, Flint had the highest murder rate among cities with populations over 100,000. But its population fell below that threshold in 2013

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Figures that Flint murdered its way off the list. That's getting it done.

[The Meal]

So "murder capitol" is a rate state, not a bulk stat?

[Brian]

Way to go, Detroit!!

[Isgrimnur]

So "murder capitol" is a rate state, not a bulk stat?

Looks that way. Raw numbers have Chicago at 433, but that's with almost 4x population.

[DD*]

Detroit - proving you can still achieve despite bankruptcy!

[LordMortis]

Only one murder within a mile of my home within the last year. And they say it doesn't count because it was domestic violence. Yay?

Extend that out to two years and two miles and there have been four incidents resulting in five murders that I am aware of.

[J.D.]

My region's murder rate dropped 67% from 2012 to 2013. From 3 to 1, which is a whopping 0.2 murders per 100,000. The one murder was a husband-wife murder suicide too.

[Jag]

Way to go, Detroit!!

That's only because they killed the guy who tallies the murders.

[LawBeefaroni]

So "murder capitol" is a rate state, not a bulk stat?

Probably more appropriately "muder capital"

[Sectoid]

Trying to take our title, eh Detroit?
Camden, NJ Most Dangerous City in America

[Isgrimnur]

What happened, Camden?



Daily Mail

St Louis has topped the FBI's list of most dangerous cities across the Unites States.

More than 88 violent crimes took place for every 10,000 residents in the Missouri city during the first half of 2015 - compared to an average rate of 36.6 across the US in 2014, FBI data reveals.

[malchior]

Camden's police department was disbanded and the county police took over and the murder rate dropped by half about three years ago. But it could have just been a slow time for murder in Camden irrespective of the policing change; so don't worry the murder rate has sharply spiked back up and the city should be in the running for next years prize!

[LordMortis]

I don't have time to hunt for it right now but google Camden police and you'll get an interesting history. Camden basically got rid of their entire existing police force. They then trained a whole new police force on non escalation and actively integrated the police force into the communities it serves. And they had an amazing reduction in crime. Then Camden's low wages saw all of their trained at a high timeline and expense new police force lured away to better paying jobs.

Some samples I don't have time to reread and summarize.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/nyreg ... force.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20151 ... _them.html