Top 25 Most Dangerous Cities 2003

[AJ]

1 Detroit, MI
2 St. Louis, MO
3 Atlanta, GA
4 Camden, NJ
5 Washington, DC
6 Compton, CA
7 Dayton, OH
8 Baltimore, MD
9 Tampa, FL
10 Gary, IN
11 Memphis, TN
12 North Charleston, SC
13 New Orleans, LA
14 Richmond, VA
15 Trenton, NJ
16 Jackson, MS
17 Cincinnati, OH
18 Youngstown, OH
19 Cleveland, OH
20 Springfield, MA
21 Oakland, CA
22 Birmingham, AL
23 Miami, FL
24 Richmond, CA
25 Reading, PA

I can't fucking believe 4 Cities from Ohio made it and Chicago IL is no where to be seen. I mean Ohio, who would have thunk it!

http://www.morganquitno.com/safecity.htm - How the list was made

[Shane@DBPerformance]

This year, several cities of 75,000+ population did not report complete crime information and thus were not included in the Safest Cities rankings.

Chicago and Other Illinois Cities: For several years, rape numbers submitted by cities in the state of Illinois have not met the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) guidelines. This remains the case with 2002 crime data. According to state statisticians, the state of Illinois tracks "sexual assault," which includes not only female rapes, but also offenses such as male rape, sodomy, etc. For these reasons, Chicago and other Illinois cities once again are not found in this year's Safest City rankings.  However, Chicago and other Illinois cities are included in our book City Crime Rankings for all of the other crimes.

[Matt D.]

I guess that explains why Danville, IL isn't on that list. From the stories I've heard it's a small-town Compton... Drugs, gangs, completely ruthless violence.

[520Talon]

Gary Indiana is part of chicagoland.

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

Springfield, MA made the list !!! Wow, I lived there for 10 years and I never got mugged or shot or kidnapped. :) Damn murderopolis didn't make it :P

[IndiEP]

Minneapolis isn't that dangerous, it was named "funnest city to live in" based on family things to do.

[JiN]

Haha. I'm from Detroit! Good stuff.