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>The major metropolitan areas are far less safe. That's not actually true, statistically. There are more crimes because there are more people. If you look at
by gozur88 10y ago
>The major metropolitan areas are far less safe.
That's not actually true, statistically. There are more crimes because there are more people. If you look at violent crimes per capita, urban areas as a whole are safer.
On the other hand I'm not sure what value those statistics have for individuals. When you're in a city the neighborhood you're in matters a whole lot, especially if you're not from that city. Where I grew up there are some neighborhoods that are pretty close to being crime free, and there are others I won't go for fear of my safety.
- WillPostForFood 10y agoThis is false. Per capita, violent crime (especially homicide) rates are higher in urban than suburban or rural areas. There is a ton of data on this, and it isn't close or even debatable. There are other factors (accident rate) that can make urban areas look safer, but not violent crime. The FBI reports the 2011 rate of violent crime known to law enforcement within metropolitan areas was 410.3 per 100,000 persons. The rate of violent crime per 100,000 persons in cities outside metropolitan areas was 382.1, and for nonmetropolitan counties it was 186.1.1 The FBI reports metropolitan cities had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate known to law enforcement of 4.9 per 100,000 persons in 2011. Cities outside metropolitan areas had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate of 4.4 per 100,000 persons while non-metropolitan counties had a rate of 3.1 per 100,000 persons. http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/ncvrw2014/urban-rural-crime-statistics-2014.pdf?sfvrsn=2 http://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/ncvrw2014/urba...
- gozur88 10y agohttp://science.time.com/2013/07/23/in-town-versus-country-it-turns-out-that-cities-are-the-safest-places-to-live/ http://science.time.com/2013/07/23/in-town-versus-country-it...
- garrettgrimsley 10y agoYou made a claim about violent crime and then posted a link containing information that doesn't support your stance. Your link lumps crime and accidental injury together. The thread was about violent crime.
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- WillPostForFood 10y agoI think lots of people were fooled by that link bait article, but even it doesn't say violent crime is lower in urban areas. Now it’s true that the risk of homicide is greater in big cities than it is in the countryside.
- gozur88 10y agoYeah, apparently I got fooled by it last time around for this conversation.