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I'm pretty sure crime is far lower in Seattle than other large US cities, especially violent crime.
by lackbeard 8y ago
I'm pretty sure crime is far lower in Seattle than other large US cities, especially violent crime.
- dawnerd 8y agoPeople say the same about crime in Portland too and really it's just property theft/drugs.
- rurban 8y agoPlus Portland gets the same amount of rain, as Seattle.
- jotux 8y agoWhy speculate when there's data[1]. City Violent Crime/100k Property Crime/100k Los Angeles 16 60 San Francisco 90 711 DC 79 672 Chicago 33 108 NYC 7 18 Houston 42 193 Seattle 88 808 Portland 77 850 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- todd8 8y agoNo, the actual values are quite different. From [1], the same source: City Violent Crime/100k Property Crime/100k Detroit 1759.6 4093.6 DC 1202.6 4516.2 Houston 966.7 4397.5 Chicago 903.8 2946.3 San Francisco 776.8 6138.0 Boston 706.8 2316.1 Los Angeles 634.8 2359.6 Seattle 598.7 5522.0 NYC 585.8 1518.7 Portland 472.8 5234.8 Raleigh 392.3 3063.0 Austin 372.5 3771.0 (I added a few cities that are frequently on HN and rearranged them.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b....
- jotux 8y agoYou are correct. Unfortunately I can't go back and delete my erroneous post or edit it. I misinterpreted the "total" column as total events, and divided them by the population. Hopefully people looking at my original post will continue to read down to your reply, and this correction.
- todd8 8y agoYes, I wondered about the heading labeled "total" as well! It was a bit confusing to be there next to the actual population of the city number. I had recently looked up the NYC crime rate though and I figured out the "total" column was actually the total/100k.
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