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So I'm flying to NYC.

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More specifically, NYC's murder rate is just slightly higher than Seattle's, 1/3 that of Chicago and 1/5 of DC's. But don't stop there: in 2008 New Orleans actually led the pack, with a murder rate fully 10x that of NYC.

In terms of other violent crime, Seattle and NYC have essentially the same rate of robbery and aggravated assault, and once again Chicago's rate is double in both categories.

This is based on the FBI UCR figures for 2008, data is available here.
 
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Ok, I missed the part where said he was driving there from NYC.

Indeed, DC probably deserves the title: even though New Orleans beat it last year, if you averaged a decade or so (sorry, too lazy myself to do it) DC would be first or second probably.
 
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kparker wrote:
More specifically, NYC's murder rate is just slightly higher than Seattle's, 1/3 that of Chicago and 1/5 of DC's. But don't stop there: in 2008 New Orleans actually led the pack, with a murder rate fully 10x that of NYC.

In terms of other violent crime, Seattle and NYC have essentially the same rate of robbery and aggravated assault, and once again Chicago's rate is double in both categories.

This is based on the FBI UCR figures for 2008, data is available here.
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What, a city in Illinois where guns are basically illegal off of private property, hasa high crime rate. A place where there is no OC or CC.But how can that be with such a lack of guns?
 
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