The most recent ranking of safe cities by publisher CQ Press names Washington D.C. as the fourth most dangerous large city in the U.S. The report uses FBI crime statistics to draw conclusions about city safety and comparisons between cities.
Report: D.C. fourth-most dangerous big city in US
Washington Examiner | Nov 23, 2010
Quote: Even as the D.C. police department touts falling homicide rates, a report released by CQ Press on Monday listed the District as the fourth-most dangerous city in the country among those with a population of 500,000 or more. Baltimore was listed as No. 2. Detroit was the most dangerous big city in the nation. Among all cities, D.C. ranked 22nd.
The report, however, is controversial.
U.S. Conference of Mayors Denounces Crime Rankings as Bogus, Damaging to Cities
Business Wire | Nov 21, 2010
Quote: The U.S. Conference of Mayors today denounced the expected release of city-by-city crime rankings by CQ Press as “a premeditated statistical mugging of America’s cities.” The book containing the rankings is scheduled for publication on Monday, November 22.
What do you think? Here’s the report:
