I'm so proud the Bay Area has 2 cities in the top 60 list for murder rates: Oakland and Richmond (not the district of SF which is NOT on the list, the city in the East Bay north of Oakland and Berkeley).
Here are your most dangerous cities in 2019. Portland doesn’t make the top 60. Looks like Ohio is the most dangerous state. This is based on murders per capita which is the best predictor of “danger”.
Ohio actually ranks #27 in 2019. But I do agree that lots of Ohio cities get referenced in the CBS list. Still, there are lots of cities in Ohio! And, unlike sunbelt cities, most are old and are hemmed in by suburbs.
My home state of Minnesota looked pretty good in 2019. But like most places, the homicide rate has been much higher since 2020.
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/suspect-charged-with-capital-murder-after-man-was-found-dead-in-round-rock/?utm_campaign=alert_bar&utm_source=side_bullets - Round Rock shooting - 1/9
1 dead - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-northeast-austin - Austin shooting - 1/11
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-5000-brighton-road - Austin shooting - 1/18
1 dead - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/22/hays-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-apparent-shooting/6681601002/ - Buda shooting - 1/21
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-killed-after-shootout-between-two-groups-at-north-austin-complex-police-say/ - Austin shooting - 1/23
2 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-1912-w-35th-street - Austin shooting - 1/26
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/one-person-dead-after-shooting-in-north-austin/?fbclid=IwAR2QlQlGL89M9QlIMXNDSAU9spvMEhu31Cpqo8Jsl-tQaPXWOlrPLuNNY4o - Austin shooting - 1/29
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/police-investigating-suspicious-death-in-east-austin-2/ - Austin shooting - 2/2
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/police-investigating-suspicious-death-in-southeast-austin-3/ - Austin obvious trauma - 2/3
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/suspicious-death-being-investigated-in-central-austin/ - Austin shooting - 2/6
2 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/elderly-couple-found-dead-in-suspected-murder-suicide-at-cedar-park-home/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2d0OJqQ9Lwib8K-06sGBipshijYzvjNIcP2vCkMkef1W-GjrUamnIZ9ws - Cedar Park murder/suicide - 2/9
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/19-year-old-man-stabbed-and-killed-northeast-austin-fight-police-say/ - Austin stabbing - 2/16
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-faces-murder-charge-after-wife-found-dead-at-south-austin-hotel-room/ - Austin unlisted cause - 2/16
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/toddler-dies-during-february-winter-storm-austin-police-investigating-as-homicide/ - Austin unlisted cause - 2/18
2 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/travis-county-deputies-investigate-possible-murder-suicide-involving-two-male-relatives/ - Pflugervile shooting - 2/19
1 dead - https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2021/06/25/hutto-teacher-julie-hall-disappearance-husband-travis-hall-charged-with-murder/5352450001/ - Hutto blunt force trauma - 2/19
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/one-man-dead-after-shooting-at-north-austin-apartment-complex/ - Austin shooting - 2/28
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/police-investigating-deadly-shooting-in-downtown-austin-early-sunday-morning/ - Austin shooting - 3/14
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-arrested-on-murder-charge-after-san-marcos-woman-found-dead-on-backyard-patio/ - San Marcos body found - 3/15
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/homicide-investigation-underway-after-death-thursday-morning-in-north-austin/ - Austin shooting - 3/18
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/one-person-dies-in-southeast-austin-shooting/ - Austin shooting - 3/21
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/police-reporting-to-scene-of-shooting-incident-in-northwest-austin-residents-should-avoid-the-area/ - Austin shooting - 3/22
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-investigating-suspicious-death-in-south-austin-neighborhood/ - Austin shooting - 3/25
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-6600-block-bradley-dr - Austin shooting - 3/27
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-taken-to-a-hospital-with-life-threatening-injuries-after-shooting-at-east-austin-home/ - Austin shooting - 3/28
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homicide-11100-block-n-ih-35-svrd - Austin shooting - 3/28
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-investigating-homicide-in-nw-austin/ - Austin shooting - 3/31
1 dead - https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/leander-texas-police-knife-suspect/269-2018951c-a1c4-4d00-b9b4-c543b4ff4e3a - Leander stabbing - 3/31
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-investigating-deadly-shooting-in-se-austin/ - Austin shooting - 4/6
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/austin-police-investigating-homicide-in-north-austin/ - Austin shooting - 4/13
3 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/active-shooter-reported-at-arboretum-in-northwest-austin-3-reportedly-injured/ - Austin shooting - 4/18
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/poli...stin-homicide/ - Austin shooting - 4/25
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/poli...in-apartments/ - Austin shooting - 4/29
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-...dziJCzKgAY6OeM - Austin shooting - 5/2
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/16-y...n-bell-county/ - Austin shooting - 5/5
1 dead - https://www.kvue.com/article/news/cr...a-a8fd7e9920c3 - Lockhart shooting - 5/7
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...g-for-suspect/ - Austin shooting - 5/15
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/15-y...wntown-austin/ - Austin shooting - 5/20
1 dead - http://www.austintexas.gov/news/homi...us-highway-290 - Austin shooting - 5/23
1 dead - https://www.statesman.com/story/news...ty/5286265001/ - Pflugerville stabbing - 5/31
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/tcs...-south-austin/ - Pflugerville shooting - 6/1
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...theast-austin/ - Austin shooting - 6/11
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...mass-shooting/ - Austin shooting - 6/12
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...-north-austin/ - Austin shooting - 6/12
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-...n-parking-lot/ - Austin shooting - 6/17
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/1-de...stin-shooting/ - Austin shooting - 6/20
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...n-east-austin/ - Austin shooting - 6/23
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...y-expo-center/ - Austin shooting - 6/24
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ied-by-police/ - Austin stabbing - 6/27
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Pending cases
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1 dead - https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/apd-investigating-deceased-person-in-hotel-room-in-north-central-austin - 2/14
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/18-year-old-found-dead-on-recycling-center-conveyor-belt-in-travis-county/ - 3/24
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/28-year-old-dies-morning-after-fight-at-east-austin-strip-club-suspect-arrested/ - Austin beating - 4/7
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/adult-pronounced-dead-after-being-found-in-ravine-by-bystanders-off-us-290/ - Austin body found - 5/20
1 dead - https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/man-dies-after-reportedly-being-run-over-by-car-in-north-austin-parking-lot/ - Austin vehicular homicide - 6/25
Austin area population
City: 995,484 (July 1, 2020 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Travis County: 1,273,954 (July 1, 2019 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Metro: 2,295,303 (July 1, 2020 estimate) - source: US Census Bureau
Area - City: 297 square miles (2010) - US Census Bureau
Area - Metro: 4,285 square miles - Wikipedia
Area - Travis County: 1,023 square miles - Wikipedia
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Previous years
2020 - City - 44 - Metro - 68
2019 - City - 35 - Metro - 57
2018 - City - 35 - Metro - 44
2017 - City - 23 - Metro - 43
2016 - City - 28 - Metro - 50
2015 - City - 21 - Metro - 43
2014 - City - 31 - Metro - 42
2013 - City - 26 - Metro - 46
2012 - 32
2011 - 28
2010 - 31
2009 - 23
2008 - 24
2007 - 30
2006 - 20
2005 - 26
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Previous years per month
2021 - Jan 7, Feb 9, Mar 11, Apr 7, May 7,
2020 - Jan 6, Feb 6, Mar 9, Apr 4, May 5, Jun 9, Jul 5, Aug 6, Sep 5, Oct 6, Nov 6, Dec 2
2019 - Jan 4, Feb 7, Mar 4, Apr 4, May 5, Jun 5, Jul 6, Aug 6, Sep 2, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 8
2018 - Jan 4, Feb 1, Mar 8, Apr 3, May 4, Jun 5, Jul 2, Aug 5, Sep 8, Oct 1, Nov 3, Dec 1
2017 - Jan 1, Feb 6, Mar 7, Apr 1, May 5, Jun 3, Jul 3, Aug 6, Sep 2, Oct 2, Nov 0, Dec 7
2016 - Jan 1, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 3, May 4, Jun 6, Jul 10, Aug 6, Sep 11, Oct 6, Nov 4, Dec 6
2015 - Jan 2, Feb 6, Mar 3, Apr 5, May 1, Jun 4, Jul 2, Aug 3, Sep 4, Oct 1, Nov 4, Dec 9
2014 - Jan 4, Feb 3, Mar 6, Apr 2, May 1, Jun 4, Jul 2, Aug 1, Sep 4, Oct 5, Nov 7, Dec 5
2013 - Jan 3, Feb 6, Mar 1, Apr 4, May 5, Jun 2, Jul 4, Aug 2, Sep 6, Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 5
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Last edited by KevinFromTexas; Jun 30, 2021 at 10:55 PM.
I'm so proud the Bay Area has 2 cities in the top 60 list for murder rates: Oakland and Richmond (not the district of SF which is NOT on the list, the city in the East Bay north of Oakland and Berkeley).
You don't have to wait for him. I have completely given myself over to the Northern CA trend that is Allbirds slip-ons and my feet love me for it (young-uns may prefer the wool sneakers--"Wool Runners"--but I like the sustainable plant-based slip-on "Tree Loungers".
Someone like me who saves pockets for pepper spray, personal taser and switch blade (Swiss Army knives are for key chains). You sound like an urban resident who has never had a druggie throw a used needle at him or felt threatened by a group of obnoxious teens on the bus (or in COVID times, an unmasked patron at CVS). Only yesterday I had to remind an otherwise pleasant-appearing couple to step back to the distancing mark in the supermarket line and get the h*ll away from me (or I'd have to tase them).
I can just see it. Wearing a helmet and a bullet proof vest, a face shield on, 3 N-95 masks on, wrapped in plastic, wearing rubber gloves and in one hand pepper spray and the other Lysol spray with a personal taser and a switch blade within easy reach
BossaBreezes will squirm a bit but you have a slightly higher chance of getting murdered in Nashville than Portland. Even with the significant increases in Portland.
To early June there were 42 murders in Portland to 57 in Nashville. Their populations are similar with Portland at 646K and Nashville at 693K.
Using data over news headlines is a more logical way to determine how dangerous an area is. Don’t let emotions bias you.
I can just see it. Wearing a helmet and a bullet proof vest, a face shield on, 3 N-95 masks on, wrapped in plastic, wearing rubber gloves and in one hand pepper spray and the other Lysol spray with a personal taser and a switch blade within easy reach
Ah, man, that's just how the tourists think Americans dress.
Portland has 49 homicides total (+3) since last week, two of which are murders, and one of which was a police-involved shooting of a methed-up maniac with a knife at a motel.
49 homicides, wow. The Antifa are really running wild in the streets of Portland. Very sad.
I am sure some of our more woke posters will appreciate this message but Antifa aren't involved in hardly any of these murders.
Though sure there are some pressures that have led to police being more (cough) emasculated that seem to have had an effect on murder rates in many US cities.
Here are a few stats for some East Coast cities. With the exception of maybe Philly, things seem to be settling down a bit. Boston and Cincinatti are actually down compared to this time in 2020.
Here are a few stats for some East Coast cities. With the exception of maybe Philly, things seem to be settling down a bit. Boston and Cincinatti are actually down compared to this time in 2020.
Boston YTD: 19Down 10%
Rate: 2.7 per 100K
New York YTD: 212Up 12%
Rate: 2.5 per 100K
Washington DC YTD: 89Up 13%
Rate: 12.9 per 100K
Chicago YTD: 326Up 1%
Rate: 12 per 100K
Philadelphia YTD: 269Up 36%
Rate: 17 per 100K
Cincinnati YTD: 37Down 21%
Rate: 12.3 per 100K
Grew up in Boston and here for the summer.
No surprises about the Boston stats. This is one safe city with great urban bones, walkable and safe clean with normal people on transit who can go 15 minutes without a cigarette, without marijuana or being just plain old crappy, no convoys of motorcycles without mufflers 24/7, no 100 person fights in the streets of bar districts. From the moment I got on the Blue line from Logan airport, it was telling. Late night no worries, day time no worries either just like Chicago but the crap people in this city is so minimal you that nothing is of concern in perspective.
This thread continues to be both fascinating and rather morbid! There have been more murders in Chicago YTD than there have been in London (3x the population) over the past 2.5 years!
I can just see it. Wearing a helmet and a bullet proof vest, a face shield on, 3 N-95 masks on, wrapped in plastic, wearing rubber gloves and in one hand pepper spray and the other Lysol spray with a personal taser and a switch blade within easy reach
Now pair that with a mobility scooter or a walker, and it ends up looking like something out of Mad Max.
__________________ "To sustain the life of a large, modern city in this cloying, clinging heat is an amazing achievement. It is no wonder that the white men and women in Greenville walk with a slow, dragging pride, as if they had taken up a challenge and intended to defy it without end." -- Rebecca West for The New Yorker, 1947
This thread continues to be both fascinating and rather morbid! There have been more murders in Chicago YTD than there have been in London (3x the population) over the past 2.5 years!
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