No. 13: Baltimore, Md.
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 15
Murder: 5
Rape: 278
Motor Vehicle Theft: 46
Robbery: 12
Burglary: 90

Rankings

I'm beating you by 12 points in rank.

Yeah this is why I only go to NJ for booze and outboard motors.

Take note ladies, Cleveland is the highest on this list for likelihood of Rape, so if you are looking for some easy action.

I would have guessed Jacksonville being the Rape Capital.

As Thrash will tell you, you cant rape the willing...

from comments....

you white people ??

ALL THESE CITIES ARE FULL OF BLACKS, .......... THANKS LIBERALS FOR ELECTING ONE PRSEIDENT. OBAMA IS INTENT ON TAKING THE MONEY FROM HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND GIVING IT TO HIS BLACK VOTERS, "SPREADING THE WEALTH " YOU WHITE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM WILL LIVE TO REGRET IT, MOST DO ALREADY, IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED.

Lucky #13!

Common characteristic amongst all these cities: they're as poor as shit.

Well, I beat y'all.  Michigan's got two top 5 cities.  Detroit (4) and Flint (5).

Burglaries are probably so high in Flint because half the houses are fucking abandoned.

I cant remember ever finding anything, worth taking, in an abandoned house.

I think most of them are strip jobs.  They go in and case the walls and rip out all the copper piping, any scrap metal, anything of value, then take it to a scrap yard and sell it for whatever money they can get.

The risk/reward ratio for a crime like that is astronomically low, but the people who do shit like that are at the brink of desperation that I cannot even fathom, and I don't blame them for trying to squeeze every cent they can out of that place.

Take note ladies, Cleveland is the highest on this list for likelihood of Rape, so if you are looking for some easy action.

The women there are all prudes...

Yeah but like you said, Libertine, risk is low. I doubt strip jobs are what contribute to the crazy burglaries figure. I think that's people who've already stripped the abandoned buildings and still need crack money and have to resort to occupied dwellings.
I'm also surprised N'Orleans has been able to pull itself up so (relatively) high. It's always been my biggest enemy for the number one spot. I would always dismiss it as essentially a wasteland and not a real city, but I knew I was just rationalizing. Anyway now that I'm a card-carrying resident of America's most dangerous city, does that make me big pimpin? I am after all clearly a badass for just staying alive, right? Does being a Camden resident impress the ladies in Philly? Geek? Krsna? Anybody?

But you're number one in new Gonorrhea cases per year. Narrowly edging St Louis out of a three-peat.

Do me next... what am I number one in?

Come to Baltimore for a long weekend and bring a bottle of something made in Ireland, and I'll let you know.

Black Bush

Do me next...

Dont tell me a drought has set in?

No.  I've been trying to be good. I haven't been going out and I hang out with my gay friends only.  Also, I started quilting again so that will take me at least a few days working 5 hours a day to finish a quilt.  I do get calls starting from 8pm until 4am to "hang out" though so we will see how long I can stay good for.

But... but... but I just want to cuddle!

Kumar: Now we're in Newark, of all places. You know we're gonna get shot.
Harold: Maybe it's not as bad as they say. Maybe it's just a bunch of hype.
Kumar: Check it out. Those guys look like a lame version of us.
[2 guys get jumped and beaten with a 2x4 and other weapons]
Harold, Kumar: Holy shit!
[assailants stop beating up 2 guys, look up and pause, then continue with the assaults while the 2 men lay on the ground moaning]
Harold: Let's get the fuck outta here. Go! Go! Drive! Drive!
Kumar: Yeah, that was your fault.
Harold: Fuck you.
Kumar: Fuck you.

*wipes foread* We made it off the list, Philly. At least for one more year...

WAIT....

Worst Neighborhoods:

16. Philadelphia, Pa.
Neighborhood: Broad St./Dauphin St.
Found Within ZIP Code(s): 19132, 19133
Predicted Annual Violent Crimes: 199
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 117.13
My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year): 1 in 9

SHAME ON YOU!!!!

Seriously, though. You know you're in a bad neighborhood when there's a crown fried chicken on the corner, at the top of the subway steps.
The ammount of craziness that happens on that corner is so intense. I once walked by two old men battling each other with canes in the middle of the street, beating each other bloody. I walked by one morning to find that a car had landed itself in the Non smoking section of McDonalds (This was before the smoking ban) only to find a few weeks later (and a block up) a car went through the Rite Aid and had planted itself in the cosmetics.


Notice: New england lands top 3 safest states.....

Not to mention that it's common knowledge in these parts that Philly cops have been known to (at least in the past) fudge down reported crimes in order to improve the image of the City of Brotherly Love and show improvements on paper. Murders become manslaughters. Manslaughters become assaults. Assaults become disturbances of the peace.

The area just across the bridge from Camden is exactly the same as Camden.

Sometimes I miss New England.

No way, dude. Camden is way worse

Camden I know from My Name Is Earl.

I've been warned by cops here not to hang out around the area immediately at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin on either side. In fact the cop told me that the Philly side was more dangerous because the lowlifes from Camden get a bike and ride over there so as not to shit in their own backyard so to speak. I've stayed clear of both places so I wouldn't really know.

So English Camden > American Camden

You're talking about my hometown. I'm not about to say some damn Euro-version is better.
It's like comparing Road Warrior to Gosford Park.
I'll take the city where the bars double as soup kitchens some days and trees grow out of bombed out apartments, thank you.


At least until I move out in 1-2 years...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden