Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to compare actual crime rates, much less "crime risk for someone not engaged in an illegal enterprise" across cities. The

Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to compare actual crime rates, much less "crime risk for someone not engaged in an illegal enterprise" across cities. The FBI rates are calculated per city population, and fail to take into account metro size. St Louis and Atlanta are both relatively small in geographic size and population compared to their metro area. Violent crime tends to be closely related to poverty, and much tends to be "criminal-on-criminal". As criminals do not follow carry laws, it's hard to know the true effect on stats. I do find it interesting that if you sort the list by property crime, the top cities are dominated by ones in gun friendly states. A quick comparison shows for example, Atlanta has a higher property crime to violent crime ratio than Oakland. If you say there's "base crime level" driven by socioeconomic factors, then Atlanta's more gun friendly laws could contribute to it having a smaller percentage of violent crime in the total crime pie chart. Criminals may choose to break into unoccupied cars, stores, and homes instead of muggings and home invasions.