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by lackbeard 2953 days ago
I'm pretty sure crime is far lower in Seattle than other large US cities, especially violent crime.
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jotux 2953 days ago
Why speculate when there's data[1].

    City        Violent Crime/100k   Property Crime/100k
    Los Angeles        16                         60
    San Francisco      90                        711
    DC                 79                        672
    Chicago            33                        108
    NYC                7                          18
    Houston            42                        193
    Seattle            88                        808
    Portland           77                        850
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
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todd8 2953 days ago
No, the actual values are quite different. From [1], the same source:

    City        Violent Crime/100k   Property Crime/100k

    Detroit        1759.6                     4093.6
    DC             1202.6                     4516.2
    Houston         966.7                     4397.5
    Chicago         903.8                     2946.3
    San Francisco   776.8                     6138.0
    Boston          706.8                     2316.1
    Los Angeles     634.8                     2359.6
    Seattle         598.7                     5522.0
    NYC             585.8                     1518.7
    Portland        472.8                     5234.8
    Raleigh         392.3                     3063.0
    Austin          372.5                     3771.0
(I added a few cities that are frequently on HN and rearranged them.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b....

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jotux 2952 days ago
You are correct. Unfortunately I can't go back and delete my erroneous post or edit it.

I misinterpreted the "total" column as total events, and divided them by the population. Hopefully people looking at my original post will continue to read down to your reply, and this correction.

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todd8 2952 days ago
Yes, I wondered about the heading labeled "total" as well! It was a bit confusing to be there next to the actual population of the city number. I had recently looked up the NYC crime rate though and I figured out the "total" column was actually the total/100k.
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dawnerd 2953 days ago
People say the same about crime in Portland too and really it's just property theft/drugs.
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rurban 2949 days ago
Plus Portland gets the same amount of rain, as Seattle.
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