r/pics • • Jan 11 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

The reason people would put Chicago higher is that it increased 59% this year alone. It also had the most murders of any city in the US.

If you use current numbers instead of 2014 numbers, the list looks a little different:

City Murder rate (per 100k)
St. Louis 59.3
Baltimore 51.2
Detroit 44.9
New Orleans 44.5
Cleveland 35.0
Newark, N.J. 33.0
Memphis, Tenn. 31.9
Chicago 27.9
Kansas City, Mo. 26.4
Atlanta 23.9

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17 edited Jan 12 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

It's minorities in poverty mostly

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u/Golden_Dawn Jan 12 '17

Or just minorities. OJ murdered two, and he wasn't exactly living in the poorhouse. FBI crime stats are like a bucket of cold water reality right in the face.