Forbes has released a new report on America’s most dangerous cities. This list differs slightly from prior compilations mainly because of the very specific criteria used. For example, New Orleans, Washington D.C., and Detroit have historically traded places over the years as the murder capital of America. But, it looks as if Washington D.C. wasn’t even considered here, and neither were places like Gary, Indiana, Atlanta, GA, Compton, CA, Newark, NJ, St. Louis, MO, or Camden, NJ.

The study used a technical evaluation of U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, which apparently doesn’t always fit with what we think of as cities, but sometimes merely counties or zip codes etc. If you look at per capita numbers by city though, some of these others will surely be near the top of the list. This is obviously because their population is comprised mostly of Blacks. Regardless of the study methods used, one comprehensive fact remains - every one of these cities has a significant non-White population.

By clicking on the “Color of Crime” graphic to the right, you will be able to examine the correlation between race and violent crime. Furthermore, the report points out that the top 10 cities on this list are “transit points for Mexican drug cartels.” I find this comment pretty hard to believe though, because I’ve constantly been told by the media that Hispanics only come here to “do the jobs Americans won’t do.” I guess that includes murder as well.

Detroit is the worst offender on our list of America’s most dangerous cities, thanks to a staggering rate of 1,220 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.

“Detroit has, historically, been one of the more violent cities in the U.S.,” says Megan Wolfram, an analyst at iJet Intelligent Risk Systems.”

“Detroit was followed closely on the list by the greater Memphis, Tenn., and Miami, Fla., metropolitan areas. Those three were the only large cities in America with more than 950 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.

Behind the Numbers

To determine our list, we used violent crime statistics from the FBI’s latest uniform crime report, issued in 2008. The violent crime category is composed of four offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.”

the cities atop our list illustrate a disturbing trend: All 10 of the most dangerous cities were among those identified by the Department of Justice as transit points for Mexican drug cartels.

Run by crime lords like Joaquin Guzman Lorea, these gangs–and their violent turf wars–are spreading into the American Southwest and beyond. Places like Stockton, Calif., nearly 500 miles from Tijuana, have seen an uptick in related violent crime.

“Stockton is a major transit point along the I-5 corridor on the way to Seattle and Vancouver,” says Wolfram. “A lot of it is similar to crime happening in the Southwest. For the most part, it’s drug gang on drug gang.”

Motown Blues

The situation in Mexico has escalated in recent years, but Detroit has been dealing with the same problems for decades.

Top 15 Most Dangerous Cities:

No. 1 Detroit, Mich.

Races in Detroit:

* Black (81.6%)
* White Non-Hispanic (10.5%)
* Hispanic (5.0%)
* Other race (2.5%)
* Two or more races (2.3%)
* American Indian (0.9%)

No. 2 Memphis, Tenn.

Races in Memphis:

* Black (61.4%)
* White Non-Hispanic (33.3%)
* Hispanic (3.0%)
* Other race (1.5%)
* Two or more races (1.0%)

No. 3. Miami, Fla.

Races in Miami:

* Hispanic (65.8%)
* Black (22.3%)
* White Non-Hispanic (11.8%)
* Other race (5.4%)
* Two or more races (4.7%)
* American Indian (0.5%)

No. 4 Las Vegas, Nev.

Races in Las Vegas:

* White Non-Hispanic (55.2%)
* Hispanic (24.9%)
* Black (10.4%)
* Other race (9.7%)
* Two or more races (4.1%)
* Filipino (2.3%)
* American Indian (1.5%)
* Chinese (0.6%)
* Other Asian (0.6%)
* Japanese (0.5%)

No. 5 Stockton, Calif.

Races in Stockton:

* Hispanic (32.5%)
* White Non-Hispanic (32.2%)
* Other race (17.3%)
* Black (11.2%)
* Other Asian (7.9%)
* Two or more races (6.8%)
* Filipino (6.2%)
* American Indian (2.3%)
* Vietnamese (2.2%)
* Chinese (1.8%)
* Asian Indian (0.9%)
* Japanese (0.6%)

No. 6 Orlando, Fl

Races in Orlando:

* White Non-Hispanic (50.8%)
* Black (26.9%)
* Hispanic (17.5%)
* Other race (5.4%)
* Two or more races (3.5%)
* American Indian (0.7%)
* Asian Indian (0.7%)

No. 7 Little Rock, AR

Races in Little Rock:

* White Non-Hispanic (54.0%)
* Black (40.4%)
* Hispanic (2.7%)
* Other race (1.3%)
* Two or more races (1.3%)
* American Indian (0.7%)

No. 8 Charleston, SC

Races in Charleston:

* White Non-Hispanic (62.3%)
* Black (34.0%)
* Hispanic (1.5%)
* Two or more races (0.9%)
* Other race (0.5%)

No. 9 Nashville, TN

Races in Nashville-Davidson:

* White Non-Hispanic (64.0%)
* Black (26.8%)
* Hispanic (4.7%)
* Other race (2.5%)
* Two or more races (2.0%)
* American Indian (0.7%)
* Other Asian (0.6%)

No. 10 Baltimore, MD

Races in Baltimore:

* Black (64.3%)
* White Non-Hispanic (31.0%)
* Hispanic (1.7%)
* Two or more races (1.5%)
* American Indian (0.8%)
* Other race (0.7%)

No. 11 New Orleans, LA

Races in New Orleans:

* Black (67.3%)
* White Non-Hispanic (26.6%)
* Hispanic (3.1%)
* Vietnamese (1.5%)
* Two or more races (1.3%)
* Other race (0.9%)
* American Indian (0.5%)

No. 12 Baton Rouge, LA

Races in Baton Rouge:

* Black (50.0%)
* White Non-Hispanic (44.7%)
* Hispanic (1.7%)
* Vietnamese (1.2%)
* Two or more races (1.0%)
* Chinese (0.6%)

No. 13 West Palm Beach, FL

Races in West Palm Beach:

* White Non-Hispanic (46.0%)
* Black (32.2%)
* Hispanic (18.2%)
* Other race (4.3%)
* Two or more races (3.4%)
* American Indian (0.8%)

No. 14 Charlotte, NC

Races in Charlotte:

* White Non-Hispanic (55.1%)
* Black (32.7%)
* Hispanic (7.4%)
* Other race (3.6%)
* Two or more races (1.7%)
* Asian Indian (0.9%)
* Vietnamese (0.8%)
* American Indian (0.7%)
* Other Asian (0.7%)

No. 15 Philadelphia, PA

Races in Philadelphia:

* Black (43.2%)
* White Non-Hispanic (42.5%)
* Hispanic (8.5%)
* Other race (4.8%)
* Two or more races (2.2%)
* Chinese (1.2%)
* Other Asian (0.9%)
* Asian Indian (0.8%)
* Vietnamese (0.8%)
* American Indian (0.7%)

source: Midwest Free Press

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