May 02 2009
Baltimore 10th on Forbes Most Dangerous Cities List
For years Baltimore officials have been trying to distance the city from past perceptions and notoriety from shows like Homicide, The Corner, and the Wire. Forbes’ recent list of America’s most dangerous cities wont help their cause. But it’s hard to argue with statistics. The Forbes lists points out, to no surprise of city residents, that Baltimore still suffers from a serious violent crime problem.
(Baltimore-Towson, Md., metropolitan statistical area)
Population: 2,652,974
Violent Crimes per 100,000: 791
It’s interesting to see some of the cities ranked higher on the list – cities I wouldn’t normally think of. Orlando, Las Vegas, Nashville, etc.
America’s Most Dangerous Cities
- Detroit, Mich.
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Miami, Fla.
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- Stockton, Calif.
- Orlando, Fla.
- Little Rock, Ark.
- Charleston, S.C.
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Baltimore, Md.
- New Orleans, La.
- Baton Rouge, La.
- West Palm Beach, Fla.
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Philadelphia, Pa.
3 Comments to “Baltimore 10th on Forbes Most Dangerous Cities List”
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if towson wasn’t included, would we have beat out Nashville? perhaps a few more as well?
Well 10 seems like an improvement from years past. Hopefully we’ll be off the “Top 10″ by next year. Interestingly, Baltimore dropped off the top ten for “overall crime” with a rank of 12. We were beat out by places like St. Louis, Camden, Gary IN, Richmond, and Cleveland. http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/CityCrime2008_Rank_Rev.pdf
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