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About 150 per 100k people are the victim of a violent crime every year in my hometown. And the rates are much higher than that in some neighborhoods. You menti
by dionidium 8y ago
About 150 per 100k people are the victim of a violent crime every year in my hometown. And the rates are much higher than that in some neighborhoods.
You mentioned London. St. Louis has about twice as many homicides per year as London. There are 300 thousand people in St. Louis. London has, what, 8 million? And half as many murders.
I’m sure you do feel safe there. I’m less confident when I’m back home.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_St._Louis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_St._Louis
- dionidium 8y agoYou’ll forgive me, I hope, for accidentally posting the crime rates for the greater St. Louis area, immediately followed by the homicide totals for only the City of St. Louis. The actual rates within the city are almost unbelievable: 1,913.2 violent crimes per 100k people. Of course, this highlights the truth of a chorus oft-repeated there, which is that the region as a whole isn’t nearly as unsafe as the City numbers imply, a problem exacerbated (and concealed) by the City’s relatively small footprint within the area. But that’s small consolation to those of us who make our homes and spend our time in that undeniably violent core.