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Richmond climbs crime ranking despite drop in crime
11/23/2010 7:08 AM by John M
In an annual list is compiled by the CQ Press, Richmond has moved up 20 spots (from 99th to 79th) in a nationwide ranking of cities based on crime — even though the city had fewer crimes over that period. From 2008 to 2009, Richmond experienced a 4.36% drop in crime over the six categories measured by the survey.
| Rank | 99th | 79th |
| Crime* | 2008 | 2009 |
| Murder | 32 | 39 |
| Rape | 55 | 42 |
| Robbery | 779 | 857 |
| Agg. Assault | 735 | 730 |
| Burglary | 1751 | 1585 |
| Motor V. Theft | 768 | 687 |
| Total | 4,120 | 3,940 |
In 2008, the East End saw 11 homicides. In 2009 there were only 9
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Here’s hoping the drop continues!
Not too shabby.
Unfortunately, even though we’re headed in the right direction on most other fronts our ranking will most likely be worse next year. Murder is sadly tipping the scales.
Here’s the ranking of the cities:
http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City_crime_rate_2010-2011_hightolow.pdf
John–
How many homicides has the East End seen in 2010? Just curious.
At least we are doing way better than Richmond, CA. Too bad the move up the rankings will not help our real estate market.
First of all, the CQ Press went against the FBI’s advice (they’re the original source of the data per the footnote at the end of the linked table): “Any comparisons of crime among different locales should take into consideration numerous other factors besides the areas’ crime statistics. Therefore, the UCR Program does not provide rankings of localities by crime levels.” http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/about/index.html
I also wonder if CQ Press is using city/counties or metropolitan statistical areas for their ranking table. Depending on thebaseline, the statistics could be more exaggerated, especially if Henrico, Chesterfield, etc. were excluded from the analysis. Richmond isn’t exactly in a bubble compared to its neighboring localities. The whole independent city situation is a unique quality for Virginia (and Pennsylvania) cities, so keep that in mind when comparing Richmond to other non-Virginia cities in that table.
After some quick searching, it appears CQ Press offers the rankings in two formats: cities and metropolitan areas: http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City-Crime-Rankings-2010-2011.htm The question now is, which format is the one posted in #3’s link?
Erik,
I recall that John posted murder stats a while ago. Those are at http://chpn.net/news/2010/07/01/on-murder-on-richmond-1971-2010_14183/.
(they are as of early July). it’s interesting to look at the changes during the last few decades.
For 2010, it looks like we have 13 so far, which puts us on par with the previous 4 years.
@ #6. The City rating was used. We stand at 200 for the metro rating.