If you live in Atlanta, do you feel safe? Well, according to a recent study, Atlanta ranks second with highest crime rates, right after St. Louis.
US News and World Report reveals FBI data showing which cities in the United States have the highest overall incidence of crime.
Onboard Informatics used analysis of the most recent seven years of crime data and put together a list of the top 11 U.S. cities with the greatest crime risk.
These crimes includes property crime, such as burglary and car theft, as well as violent crimes, such as murder and robbery. Each city has an idex score. An index score of 100 is equal to the national crime rate.
Atlanta’s crime risk is nearly five times the national average. The numbers are higher when it comes to crimes against property than to people; in 2009, violent crime rates in Atlanta were only slightly higher than the national figure. But property crimes were higher, with car theft 55 percent greater than the national rate and burglary 38 percent greater.
Here are the 11 most dangerous cities in terms of crime risk:
City/ Crime Risk Index
1. St. Louis: 530
2. Atlanta: 484
3. Birmingham Alabama (tie): 380
3. Orlando (tie): 380
5. Detroit: 369
6. Memphis: 361
7. Miami: 346
8. Baltimore: 339
9. Kansas City, Missouri: 337
10. Minneapolis (tie): 331
10. Cleveland (tie): 331
To see the full report from US News, click here.
Keep in mind, these rankings are based on "city" crime, not metro area crimes. Therefore, it only inclues the actual "city" limits, not suburbs. If the data was ranked on metro area crime rates, this list would be much different.
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