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The map shows 142 murders in 40 years, the article averages the population estimates to 80,000. So that's... 3.55 murders per year, or about 4.4 per 100,000 pe
by LAC-Tech 4y ago
The map shows 142 murders in 40 years, the article averages the population estimates to 80,000.
So that's... 3.55 murders per year, or about 4.4 per 100,000 people, lower than the 6.35 "Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter" rate of San Francisco, at least according to wikpedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate#Crime_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- yamazakiwi 4y agoWe have also gotten better at discovering murders so it's likely that the murder rate was much higher in the past.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoI see you're an optimist! I just hope that twenty first century San Fran can tone down the barbarity to merely that of Plantagenet England.
- giantg2 4y agoNot to mention, not every murder had a historical record. So even if they knew about them at the time, it's unlikely all were recorded.