Crime Index: US vs Europe

[vcczar]

I'm just presenting data to see what kind of discussions we can get:

Europe (Top Major Cities with Highest Crime; scale from 0-100):

1. Marseille, France - 65
2. Birmingham, UK - 64.2
3. Naples, UK - 62.2
4. Paris, France - 57.8
5. Malmo, Sweden - 56.4
6. Athens, Greece - 56.1
7. Nice, France - 55.5
8. Manchester, UK - 55.1
9. Lyon, France - 54.9
10. Brussels, Belgium - 54.6

US (Top Major Cities with Highest Crime; scale from 0-100):

1. Memphis, TN - 76.3
2. Baltimore, MD - 74.6
3. Detroit, MI - 73.9
4. Albuquerque, NM - 71.5
5. Saint Louis, MO - 70.2
6. Milwaukee, WI - 68.2
7. New Orleans, LA - 67.2
8. Chicago, IL - 66.0
9. Philadelphia, PA - 65.8
10. Atlanta, GA - 63.5

Europe (Top Major Cities with Lowest Crime; scale from 0-100):

1. Berne, Swiss - 19.8
2. The Hague, Netherlands - 19.9
3. Munich, Germany - 21.0
4. Ljubljana, Slovenia - 21.7
5. Zurich, Switzerland - 21.8
6. Tallin, Estonia - 23.0
7. Reykjavik, Iceland - 24.4
8. Prague, Czech R - 24.6
9. Helsinki, Finland - 24.8
10. Bergen, Norway - 25.1

US (Top Major Cities with Lowest Crime; scale from 0-100):

1. Salt Lake City, UT - 33.8
2. Austin, TX - 40.8
3. Boston, MA - 40.9
4. San Diego, CA - 41.1
5. Tampa, FL - 46.0
6. Denver, CO - 46.6
7. San Antonio, TX - 48.1
8. Orlando, FL - 49.4
9. Sacramento, CA - 49.7
10. NYC, NY - 50.0

[Pius XIII]

Saint Louis is no longer the crime capital of the country! Now if we can just get rid of our incompetent and corrupt politicians maybe we can actually be more than “that city who has the Cardinals and created gooey butter cake”.

[vcczar]

It's crazy that the worst crime city in Europe would rank #10 in the US, even with the alleged crime brought by the 2015 Migrant Crisis. And then our safest city--Salt Lake City--wouldn't make the top 10 safest cities in Europe. These rankings would basically be the same with Obama and Trump, so this chart isn't focused on Biden at all. It's a national issue that's existed for some time. Part of it is certainly corruption and incompetence, but a lot of it is drug policy and gun policy. 

I think NYC should be particularly studied because it's a top 10 safest city and it has 9 million people. I lived in NYC for 5 years after grad school, and I've never felt safer in a city of 1+ million people. I used to walk all over the place at 3am, taking the subways at that time. I also lived in Austin, spent a lot of time in Boston, and in San Antonio. Of the bad crime places, I live in Philadelphia and spent a lot of time in New Orleans.  I think a comparative study of NYC, Boston, and Austin would be helpful. 

[pilight]

What is this data and where did it come from?

[vcczar]

3 minutes ago, pilight said:

What is this data and where did it come from?

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/indices_explained.jsp

[pilight]

2 minutes ago, vcczar said:

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/indices_explained.jsp

So it's not a measurement of actual crime but of the perception of crime.  That makes these numbers make a little more sense.

[DakotaHale]

Demographics 

[The Blood]

29 minutes ago, DakotaHale said:

Demographics 

Me when I'm in a concerning vaguepost competition and my opponent is Dakota. 

[DakotaHale]

24 minutes ago, The Blood said:

Me when I'm in a concerning vaguepost competition and my opponent is Dakota. 

Uh, USA has more criminals, so uh, more crime. Checkmate Europoor

[The Blood]

18 minutes ago, DakotaHale said:

Uh, USA has more criminals, so uh, more crime. Checkmate Europoor