Body found along Dequindre Cut

[mikeinmotown]

Bham, stay in the suburbs where you think your safe. Detroit is not the most dangerous city in the developed world. Where do you get your knowledge from? Fox News?

[iheartthed]

Bham, stay in the suburbs where you think your safe. Detroit is not the most dangerous city in the developed world. Where do you get your knowledge from? Fox News?

Statistically speaking... Detroit isn't even the most dangerous city in Michigan.

[Bham1982]

Statistically speaking... Detroit isn't even the most dangerous city in Michigan.

Given that there are no other major cities in Michigan, Detroit is both the safest and most dangerous major city in Michigan. Not sure what this has to do with anything.

[iheartthed]

Given that there are no other major cities in Michigan, Detroit is both the safest and most dangerous major city in Michigan. Not sure what this has to do with anything.

I said nothing about major cities. Statistically speaking, Detroit is not the most dangerous city in Michigan. And if it ever was it probably hasn't been for a very long time.

[DetBill]

I always find myself reading this thread so interesting,, I got back from my frequent ride/run/walk along the Cut, I live next door to it.. To accuse this area of being a crime haven, as some of our posters , who generally don't live anywhere near here.. is always laughable, Is Detroit dangerous at times? ofcourse parts of it is.. Is all of it all the time? No,,. youd be crazy to think that always.. Maybe Im just a lucky guy, but been downtown 23 years and not one incident yet and I am out all over daily,sometimes nightly, by foot. You have to use some common sense where and when you go to some areas and places,, But that is not rocket science, that goes for many, many places in our world. The Cut is a fabulous place, and about to get even better, unlike anything else anywhere in Metro.. Just met some kids from Royal Oak on it.. they said to me they love it and come down here often, wished they could"afford" to live downtown,, Now I'm not too sure I like that comment.. There should be room for everyone, as best as we can enable it.. but to get my point across,, Please stop trashing us all the time, our life here is really quite nice. We do not run around scared to death when we step out, there are tons of regular people of all types here,, and its growing monthly.and there is constantly tons of things to do, , sports, restaurants,, incomparable in metro cultural institutions, athletic facilities,, great markets , and a incredible riverfront. Hey was in Birmingham last Friday night,, very nice very affluent, but just not for me, far to much of everyone being a certain image type,, to each his/her own. You have to live where you are happiest.

[Bham1982]

Bham, stay in the suburbs where you think your safe. Detroit is not the most dangerous city in the developed world. Where do you get your knowledge from? Fox News?

Nope, I get my info from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which ranks Detroit with the worst violent crime rate in the U.S.

What major city in the developed world is more dangerous?

[jt1]

Nope, I get my info from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which ranks Detroit with the worst violent crime rate in the U.S.

What major city in the developed world is more dangerous?

First statement is incorrect: Detroit is the most dangerous city anywhere in the developed world

Second statement is incorrect: I get my info from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which ranks Detroit with the worst violent crime rate in the U.S.

Third statement: now you add 'major city'

Move your goalposts much?

[bust]

Nope, I get my info from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which ranks Detroit with the worst violent crime rate in the U.S.

What major city in the developed world is more dangerous?

I was curious about this, so I downloaded the data from the FBI, and it's easy to crunch the numbers. Here are the 20 US cities with a population over 100,000 ranked by rate of violent crime per 1000 inhabitants, for 2014 and 2013:

2014
State	City	Violent Crime per 1000
TENNESSEE	MEMPHIS	8.5100754001
MICHIGAN	DETROIT	8.4999192729
CALIFORNIA	OAKLAND	8.0715645713
MISSOURI	ST. LOUIS	7.169696418
CALIFORNIA	STOCKTON	6.5778062416
MARYLAND	BALTIMORE	6.4062723332
WISCONSIN	MILWAUKEE	6.3980825725
OHIO	CLEVELAND	6.3235358355
ILLINOIS	ROCKFORD	5.9383925064
MISSOURI	SPRINGFIELD	5.7769437392
NEW YORK	BUFFALO	5.7382655368
GEORGIA	ATLANTA	5.7203671678
MISSOURI	KANSAS CITY	5.2952220556
TENNESSEE	NASHVILLE	5.1315692188
TENNESSEE	CHATTANOOGA	5.1310030995
MASSACHUSETTS	SPRINGFIELD	4.9939447606
FLORIDA	MIAMI	4.9713906031
CALIFORNIA	SAN BERNARDINO	4.9458291729
2013
State	City	Violent Crime per 1000
CALIFORNIA	OAKLAND	10.1612579756
MICHIGAN	DETROIT	10.0573090876
TENNESSEE	MEMPHIS	8.230308762
MISSOURI	ST. LOUIS	7.5934744462
OHIO	CLEVELAND	7.0018834424
MARYLAND	BALTIMORE	6.9523070771
ILLINOIS	ROCKFORD	6.7173072186
ALABAMA	BIRMINGHAM	6.4999693398
WISCONSIN	MILWAUKEE	6.3914248383
CALIFORNIA	STOCKTON	6.3276361259
MISSOURI	KANSAS CITY	6.2189321911
CALIFORNIA	RICHMOND	6.1486291352
NEW YORK	BUFFALO	6.0087561682
NEW JERSEY	NEWARK	5.9875074574
GEORGIA	ATLANTA	5.9709103809
FLORIDA	MIAMI	5.6860280023
MISSOURI	SPRINGFIELD	5.5684340926
MASSACHUSETTS	SPRINGFIELD	5.3520503171
PENNSYLVANIA	PHILADELPHIA	5.2808705903
TENNESSEE	CHATTANOOGA	5.0497428694

In most cases population numbers were not available for 2014 so in those cases I used the population for 2013 instead.

I've gotta run now, but if anyone's interested I can run reports on other types of crimes.

P.S: It's cool we can post tables here!