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25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America, Cincinnati Tops List
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by Tina Kells | June 23, 2009 at 09:58 am
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Where is the most dangerous neighborhood in America? According to data compiled by Dr. Andrew Schiller and NeighborhoodScout.com the most dangerous neighborhood in the United States is in... Cincinnati, Ohio? Specifically, the "Brewery District" of the Cincinnati neighborhood known as "Over the Rhine."
The List of the 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America contains many such surprises. Remember, this is not just a list of the most dangerous CITIES in the country, this top 25 list breaks it down to a much more specific geographical area... neighborhoods within cities.
The cities with the top 25 dangerous neighborhoods in the United States are:
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.)
- Chicago, Ill. (State St./Garfield Blvd.)
- Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.)
- Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.)
- Baltimore, Md.(North Ave./Belair Rd.)
- Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.)
- Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.)
- Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.)
- Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.)
- Richmond, Va. (Church Hill)
- Memphis, Tenn. (Bellevue Blvd./Lamar Ave.)
- Dallas, Texas (2nd Ave./Hatcher St.)
- Springfield, Ill. (Cook St./11th St.)
- St. Louis, Mo. (14th St./Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.)
- Little Rock, Ark. (Roosevelt Rd./Bond St.)
- Philadelphia, Pa. (Broad St./Dauphin St.)
- Tampa, Fla. (Amelia Ave./Tampa St.)
- New York, N.Y. (St. Nicholas Ave./125th St.)
- Chicago, Ill. (66th St./Yale Ave.)
- Baltimore, Md. (Orleans St./Front St.)
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cedar Ave./55th St.)
- Orlando, Fla. (East-West Expy/Orange Blossom Trl.)
- Detroit, Mich. (Mount Elliott St./Palmer Ave.)
- Chicago, Ill. (Wallace St./58th St.)
- Chicago, Ill. (Winchester, Ave./60th St.)
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The methodology and data used to determine the list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in America is simple and utilizes information from many reliable third party sources. Using FBI data from 17,000 different agencies Dr. Schiller and his team looked at key indicators as identified within the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Incidents and rates per 1,000 people in a neighborhood population for specific violent crimes were then calculated.
The violent crimes considered by Dr. Schiller as key indicators of a "dangerous neighborhood" are:
- murder
- non-negligent manslaughter
- forcible rape
- armed robbery
- aggravated assault
Other crimes like date rape, domestic assault and child abuse (not classified as aggravated), and petty theft were excluded from the data. Property crimes, however, were incorporated in to the rating given to the various neighborhoods identified in the study.
Researchers looking to identify the most dangerous neighborhood in America compiled ratings for each of these factors. An overall rating was assigned to neighborhoods based on a combination of violent crime data and property crime figures. A prediction was then made of the likelihood, per 1000 people in the neighborhood, that a resident would fall victim to one of the identified crimes.
The data was collected over a period of three years and deviations were added. Confounding variables such as socio-economic conditions, proximity to social service centers, policing resources per area, and age/condition of the neighborhood were not factored into the results.
NeighborhoodScout.com collects data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies in America, and uses a relational database to aggregate the statistics from each agency to the municipality that they protect. This provides an accurate representation of the total crimes and actual crime rates within any given city or town. NeighborhoodScout then uses proprietary computer models it develops to statistically estimate incidences of both violent and property crimes for every sub-zip code neighborhood in the U.S based on the aggregate crime data for the municipality containing that neighborhood averaged across the most recent three years of non-preliminary (final) data available from the FBI (2005, 2006, and 2007). This moving three-year window helps stabilize data where a single year could be uncharacteristically high or low, providing a more accurate risk assessment. It is important to note that very recent changes in a neighborhood may not be reflected in our findings, as we use non-preliminary data in our models that take a year to be released.
As soon as the report was released residents of "Over the Rhine" in Cincinnati were quick to respond that their neighborhood was safe. Bloggers were up in arms that their little corner of the United States had been singled out as the most dangerous neighborhood in America and wanted to publicly set the record straight.
One blogger and photojournalist had a compelling rebuttal to the assertion that "Over the Rhine" was the most dangerous neighborhood in America. The entire blog post, with photos, can be seen at the QueenCity Blog, but here is an excerpt:
From February - March 2008 I was on an assignment from Ohio University in which I participated in three "ride alongs" with officers of the Cincinnati Police Department's District 1. I love Cincinnati, but for the sake of photography I was kind of hoping to catch some compelling photographs of crime in Cincinnati since District 1 patrols some of the most "notorious" areas of the city such as Over-The-Rhine, the West End in addition to the riverfront and Mt. Adams.
Need more proof that Cincinnati isn't as dangerous as they say it is? Imagine walking down into one of these "notorious neighborhoods" at midnight. Why would anyone do such a thing? What if local radio 700 WLW radio personality Bill Cunningham dared you to go down to the corner of "15th and Vine St." at midnight on a Saturday night? Would you be able to stomach venturing into one of "the worst neighborhood in the United States?" I did...
...and it was pretty boring. The only person who said anything to me were some drunken college kids heading towards the bars on Main St. No one tried to rob, rape, stab or kill me.
See the predicted crime rates and ratings for your neighborhood, is it a safe place or a dangerous haven for crime?
See the top 100 most dangerous cities in the United States
See the top 100 safest cities in the United States
Update: June 27, 2009
A person identifying themselves as a staff member at the Baltimore Mayor's Office sent a private message refuting the inclusion of any Baltimore City neighborhood in this list. In the interest of fairness, the fact that somebody connected to the Baltimore Mayor's Office objects to claims that its neighborhoods should be placed as currently ranked on the top 25 list should be noted.
Here is how that message read:
"I wanted to let you know that the rankings of the Baltimore neighborhoods in your article is completely inaccurate. I will be reporting to the Mayor and the Baltimore City Law Department as such. Please feel free to contact me if you care to discuss. I have also contacted the company that produced the data."
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at 12:16 on June 25th, 2009
I won't comment on the nonsense I've been reading thus far and I give thanks to those who have taken the time to mention something positive in lieu of all the negativity that this and many other lists have spawned over the years. I'm from what has been considered one of the worst city's in America for several years running, Camden, NJ and I consider myself to be an intelligent individual who did one simple thing that separates me from many people I know who aren't doing so well for themselves today. I made DECISIONS throughout my life! I DECIDED to finish High School with Honors. I DECIDED to be the first in my entire family to go to College and then graduate with Honors. I DECIDED to leave my city behind for better opportunities. I DECIDED to get married, start a family and always be a rock for my family. The secret to my success was to LEARN from the mistakes of my parents and family members. I DECIDED to be the role model I never had. What I am trying to say is no matter where you come from, it's ultimately YOUR DECISION to either build a foundation for yourself to stand on throughout your life or YOUR DECISION to waste the gift of life that was given to you. If you DECIDE to waste your life, IT'S YOUR FAULT and no one else. STOP COMPLAINING and make DECISIONS that will ENHANCE your life. And if you happen to be in a situation where've selfishly or irresponsibly brought another life into the world, if you don't do anything else right in your life, PLEASE end the vicious cycle and do whatever is necessary to make sure that your child's life DOES NOT end up like your life. Remember to pass on all that is good about you on to your children so that they can keep that positivity going forward into the future. We can't fix the future generations until we fix ourselves! It's not too late no matter whom you are, what race you are or where you are from! Take care.
at 13:11 on June 25th, 2009
This list smells like crap. I've been around the country, and have to say there is too much midwest and florida on here. I don't feel scared anywhere i've been in Kansas City, don't feel scared around the midwest or south.
Detroit has to be much higher on here, it has some serious ghettos. And Camden New Jersey has to be on here somewhere. If you don't believe me Google pictures of it, that city is an absolute disaster and one you have to be afraid to roll down your windows anywhere but the very narrow waterfront strip. West Baltimore and North Philly have to be higher up. Something is definitely skewing these stats.
at 13:44 on June 25th, 2009
They need to put upYpsilanti michigan up in heya....that shizzle fo nizzle. We was at da bar the other nizit and this dude got drizunk and the cops took him away....crazy Shizat!!!1!11!
at 18:37 on June 25th, 2009
You kno it like dat ya no Im sayin for real Y-Tizzy straight GANGSTA strait KILLA ya no im sayin like when my lil cuzzin got straight SHOT fo real ya no im sayin he was ok but also he had diabetes
at 13:50 on June 25th, 2009
I'm posting from downtown Cincinnati, so I am really getting a kick out of this article and replies. I mean come on... how can you say it is so dangerous? I just moved here and IAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at 13:52 on June 25th, 2009
It should be legal to shoot these idiots on site, they run around like packs of wild dogs with guns thinking they are something they are not. The comments from the so-called gangstas, more than likely some middle class white kids whos parents never bothered to spank them while they were growing up.
at 16:58 on June 25th, 2009
I'm so suprised that Cincinnati is rated number one. Wow this is very suprising. I live on the outter skirts of over the rhine and I can honestly say im shocked. I guess they say when it rains it pours. Today I find out michael jackson passed away, then I find out a neighborhood around the way is considered harmful. What is going on America.
at 08:34 on June 26th, 2009
Out of curiosity, I took a look at several of these areas using google's street view feature. Very interesting. I took a look at Camden just for fun and there are no Google Street View photos. I guess they were smart enough to not drive around Camden snapping photos.
at 08:47 on June 26th, 2009
KC represents--hell ya! The piece the KCStar did about all of the murders in this 1 zip code is right on. Blacks killing blacks--unfortunate.
at 11:43 on June 26th, 2009
Put a boxing ring in the middle of these tough hoods and see just how tough these homies are. They attack in numbers , or with weapons...because they don't have the balls to get thier ass kicked in front of everyone like they should. Drop the weapons and get ready to spit chiklets! At least you won't have far to travel to get the pain killers.
at 12:17 on June 26th, 2009
im from the smallest city in the bay area in cali. 650 east palo alto. 4 and a half square miles of murder drugs roberies rapes. it was the murder capital of cali in 1990 and still the smalliest city in the bay. home to rogish mobb taliban the only ggang that you must be a cop killer to join or killed some1 in a high place,
at 17:24 on June 26th, 2009
dude u dumb as hell the lords are winchester are gay as hell, yes the list is bogus because ther is no crime on the chester, the only crimes when there are fools like you who some how get access to the internet and post stupid nonsense comments as if u live over there. if in fact u live over there u old as hell because the clvn nation is extinct, it died when June died.
at 06:13 on June 27th, 2009
Shame about Chicago. Who represents in Springfield and Washington?
at 08:04 on June 28th, 2009
I agree with those on here that say something has to be skewing these stats.. Honestly, Florida makes the list 4 times (twice in the top 5) Yet no Cali or NJ anywhere on the list...
at 10:42 on June 28th, 2009
Education must be a cultural value to a society. The alternative is the list we're all talking about. Regardless of the style one adopts and portrays to society, "SouthSide ChiTown"'s, gangstas, hoes, are the behaviors we see parents modeling at home.The high school where I teach is smack dab in the heart of Little Haiti, the poorest, most crime-ridden and desperate part of Miami. Sociological issues in the community prevent the teenagers we try to educate from performing at grade-level on the mandatory State test. Consequently, after earning a State-awarded F for the fifth time in six years, this school is about to be shut down after 70 years. My perspective as one of only 3 white males on the faculty is this: crime starts in the home. In neighborhoods like Over-the-Rhine parents are sending us their kids with ZERO respect for any type of authority and NO sense of right and wrong. How can you deal honestly with students who truly believe that "Snitches end up ditches with stitches?" People, wake up. Better parents providing better homes produce better kids who produce better grades and get better jobs and become better parents. It's not about sneakers and X-Boxes. What your kids need is YOU, not stuff. You taxpayers don't pay me to parent your kid. I do my job of teaching my subject, but spend TOO much time in loco paternis. Fathers, when your 17 year-old daughter wants to call me Dad because she never really had one, how do you think I feel? Mothers, the way I see your appearance when you visit my school makes your disrespect for what we do clear. Do your jobs, parents, so we can STOP having neighborhoods like these!
at 21:38 on June 28th, 2009
Re: skewing the stats
You have to remember that this list breaks down stats compiled by agencies at the neighborhood level. Just as with political districts, "neighborhood" geographic boundaries can be essentially gerrymandered to include/exclude specific populations and/or crime data.
I've looked at online city police stats for various "neighborhoods" in my city, and by simply extending the boundaries in or out by as little as a few streets, I can obtain vastly different results. For example, by increasing the boundary of one "neighborhood" on one side (from 7th ave to 11th avenue (4 streets)) the homicide rate for that "neighborhood" tripled for one recent year.
You can see that by judicious selection of "neighborhood" boundaries, one could manipulate the findings to a fairly significant degree.
Whether such manipulation took place is another issue.
The results likely would have a different "flavor" for any intended audiences if they were rolled-up by city. I would bet you would begin to see entries from more states in the "top 25".
at 00:16 on June 30th, 2009
Yeah, I don't really see all the gripe about Over The Rhine! I mean, people annoy me, but I yell at them for disrespecting me... sometimes they yell back, sometimes they just apologize, but I've never felt like my life was threatened... I used to ride my bike all the way down Vine St to go to work downtown.. in my work uniform, which is a short plaid skirt, black tights, and a black shirt... not really a good idea if you are looking to steer clear of the rapists, but some how I manage...
at 12:29 on July 2nd, 2009
I live near Cincinnati and its pretty bad... riverfront isnt really but i wont go near over the rhine
at 21:12 on July 2nd, 2009
LMOOo, waT Is soCietY cominq to?? LiiKe yaLL fiqhtiinq for what hoOd us nOst danqeroUs anD qanaStaS liKe wtfm YeA Chibtown Is danqeroUs BUt noT top 25, and wERd where iS ComPtoN anD BrokLyN, Bed stuy, bushwicK, haRLeM, BronX, queenZm I dUNno thiS LIst isn't entirely coRRect anD speNdiinq Ur DayS in liquor. StOres is Not KkoL, iTs buMmYy. And a wasTe Of lIfe. LiVinq in The. Projects,qheTTo, Or kn welfare isn't fuN. Just qeT. A descent joB. AnD why are PpL sOo racIsT I'm spaNiisH anD I LoVe aLL ppL , there's bad abd qoD Of evry kiNd Of EtHniCity. ALL tHese qanqS Is oN suM real Nex shiiT. LiKe cmoN niiqqA !!
at 09:35 on July 3rd, 2009
Wow. Well I knew Cincinnati wasn't the best city in the country, but the worst! That comes as a surprise even to me! And I've lived her all my 24 years.... crazy.
But seriously though, this seems a little skewed. We only had ONE riot...in my lifetime anyway...and the murder rate is going down compared to recent years. Wait, why am I defending these yahoos, I'm tryna get up outta this racial profiling, crooked cop, jacked up economy, stagnant city.
at 10:16 on July 4th, 2009
No one in Cincinnati is surprised by the #1 ranking. The area is a super ghetto with extremely high concentrations of subsidized housing that was put in place in the 1980s. Just 8 years ago there were race riots there where crowds of blacks severely beat any white motorists they saw, they smashed and looted all the stores in the neighborhood, and they tried to burn down newly gentrified buildings that were fixed up. Bad, bad neighborhood. Most people in Cincinnati won't go there.
at 05:45 on July 6th, 2009
Yo, violence is nothing to be glorified. So everyone on here who's talkin about "how hard" they city go is very ignorant. BUT people need to understand... somtimes you are put in a situation where you have to survive.(businesses arnt hiring, teachers go to school just to get a pay check) shit is bad, then you got your friend telling you "ay sell this bag of crack, u make 5 thousand a week". Which way you think someone border line poor is gonna take? Oh yeah one person, staying in the house studing isnt gonna fix the problem. We need everyone to want to change and the sad things is thats one thing people cant seem to do. Come together for a good cause. So untill then my brothers we will remain opressed. One love.
at 06:53 on July 6th, 2009
Where the hell is COMPTON! we lost our street cred
at 10:49 on July 6th, 2009
Yeah, Cincy is number one. You have so much racial tension in OTR and Cincy in general. Cincy has never recovered from the riots in 2000 either. Its a never ending battle of life and death. OTR will take your life....ask T.I......
at 18:14 on July 9th, 2009
What fuckin goof rat lets the whole worl know where he posts up, u are a fuckin loser bud. lmfao
at 20:42 on July 11th, 2009
Yall dudes all talking about geting jobs and shit but do you really kno what its like growing up in tha hood? I mean furealz tho. Hav u eva seen a nigga get shot infront of u and hav dat image of his face half gone!? NO! You fukin white people were brought up in areas where the only time u saw that kinda shit was wen u was watching "mafia movies"! So dont bring ya fukin dumass on websites talkin bout niggas in the hood is ignorant caus we hustle day in day out fighting for respect and territory! How many fuken scholarship do u see them bringin thru tha hood? Shit like this piss me off! Yall never spent 1 day in the hood yet yall talk shit about niggas who lived there they whole life! Get tha fuck off the internet and go help some kids in the hood and help them live a better life instead of talkin shit about us over the internet... thats the only place u could ever talk shit! Yall like a bunch of bill oreiley muthafukas. Bring ya asses out to the hood for a week and be treated the way we get treated, go thru everything we go thru, watch dem white fuken police officers hassle old black women for no reason and then tell me something about the fuken hood! Sorry if i ofend anyone but niggas have had enuf of stupid ass middle clas muthafukas talkin smack about dudes in the hood and how we life as if they be out here on a daily basis being discriminated, refused basic minimum wage jobs n shit.
at 09:54 on July 13th, 2009
Im from the nati and yeah its crazy and now that this list came out its even crazier. theres non stop shooting. out of town crack dealers stop by but not for too long. I think it has something to with the lay offs for our police and fire. No lighting down there at all. Oh yeah we got this whole black and white problem. We should blow it up and rebuild the whole city.
at 09:54 on July 13th, 2009
Im from the nati and yeah its crazy and now that this list came out its even crazier. theres non stop shooting. out of town crack dealers stop by but not for too long. I think it has something to with the lay offs for our police and fire. No lighting down there at all. Oh yeah we got this whole black and white problem. We should blow it up and rebuild the whole city.
at 18:31 on July 13th, 2009
It's so funny that the 4 of the Chicago "neighborhoods" are pretty much all Englewood or within 1.5 miles of Englewood depending on where you define the borders...but none of those thugs mess with the Canaryville Irish just 1 mile north of there
at 18:37 on July 13th, 2009
also as a PS, I've been to every area of Springfield including the corner of the block listed, and compared to my SS Chi, it's Beverly Hills...I'd walk through there no prob at 2AM on a weekend