Florida Absent On List Of Most Dangerous Cities In America
In a study based on 302 cities with populations greater than 100,000 across the United States, one thing quickly grabbed my attention. Where’s Florida? Cities like Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa are all top 50 in the US in population, but they’re not on this list. “The 15 most dangerous cities in America.”
In a study released just before Christmas, crime statistics from the FBI were paired with “societal costs of different types of crimes to estimate the cost of crime for each city.” It found that in 2022, the average cost of crime per capita was $2,221. The cost of crime in larger cities, with a population more than 300,000, was much higher, at $3,325. Which shows something most of us already know. Crime is generally higher in the bigger cities.
Where Florida falls on this list.
We’re mostly on the other end. Pembroke Pines is actually the 3rd safest city, with a crime cost per capita of $322. Coral Springs is also in that area with a cost of $375. In the Tampa, Florida area, Clearwater has a crime cost per capita of $1,187. St. Petersburg is $1,837. Tampa is $2,149.
The 15 Most Dangerous Cities In America
City | Crime Cost Per Capita | |
1 | Birmingham, AL | $11,392 |
2 | New Orleans, LA | $11,094 |
3 | St. Louis, MO | $11,055 |
4 | Detroit, MI | $9,281 |
5 | Memphis, TN | $9,056 |
6 | Baltimore, MD | $8,160 |
7 | Little Rock, AR | $7,781 |
8 | Cleveland, OH | $7,397 |
9 | Milwaukee, WI | $7,029 |
10 | Kansas City, MO | $6,398 |
11 | Pueblo, CO | $5,979 |
12 | Oakland, CA | $5,710 |
13 | San Bernardino, CA | $5,691 |
14 | Philadelphia, PA | $5,570 |
15 | Atlanta, GA | $5,502 |
As you can see, Florida is absent from this list. I expected cities like Detroit and St. Louis in the top 5, but I didn’t realize Birmingham would be on top.
Is Florida crime free? Absolutely not. But the data shows that crime takes a higher financial toll in the cities listed here. The methodology and full dataset of dangerous cities here.
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