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[Vanillalite]

http://money.msn.com/now/the-25-most-dangerous-neighborhoods

NeighborhoodScout pored over mountains of data and found the epicenters of violent crime in America. The results may surprise you.

By Kim Peterson, MSN Money

It was a pattern that came up repeatedly when NeighborhoodScout, a real-estate neighborhood search website, decided to survey the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in America. Using dozens of computer models, the team behind NeighborhoodScout analyzed FBI data from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies to find the specific neighborhoods in America with the highest predicted rates of violent crime.

Curiously, New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and other large cities are missing from NeighorhoodScout's list. In fact, the entire western half of the country doesn't show up at all. But neighborhoods in seemingly benign Tulsa, Okla., and Spartanburg, S.C., make an appearance.

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25) Washington Park (Chicago, IL)
24) Near Northwest Springdale (Tulsa, OK)
23) Downtown (Memphis, TN)
22) Columbus Square (St. Louis, MO)
21) East Broadway & Ingram (West Memphis, AR)
20) North Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
19) East Atherton & South Dort (Flint, MI)
18) North of Waverly Place Historic District (Nashville, TN)
17) Northeast of North Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
16) North Auburn Gresham (Chicago, IL)
15) Dowling & McGowen (Houston, TX)
14) NW of Kishwaukee & 15th (Rockford, IL)
13) North Lawndale (Chicago, IL)
12) Fountain Park (St. Louis, MO)
11) Near Gaston Park (Memphis, TN)
10) Near SE Cathedral District (Saginaw, MI)
09) Joyland and parts of High Point, South Atlanta and Lakewood Heights (Atlanta, GA)
08) Woodside (Greenville, SC)
07) Barton-McFarland (Detroit, MI)
06) Sunnyside (Houston, TX)
05) Washington Heights (Spartanburg, SC)
04) Northeast Auburn Gresham (Chicago, IL)
03) Ravendale and LaSalle College Park (Detroit, MI)
02) Islandview (Detroit, MI)
01) East of Barton-McFarland (Detroit, MI)

 

[WonkyPanda]

Not one CA city? We need to step our game up.


EDIT: *neighborhood.

 

[sfedai0]

MI reppin hard.

 

[Zombie James]

Four of the top ten are in Detroit. Yeah, never going there.

 

[CreepingFear]

Chicago is in there 5 times. What do we win?

 

[stufte]

Chicago is in there 5 times. What do we win?

Shame.

 

[SimleuqiR]

ctlr+F: NY

No matches found.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

"The results may surprise you!"

Sees Detroit in top 3 spots, followed by Chicago.

"Nope."

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Rust belt repping hard. Not surprising at all.

 

[Drakeon]

Nothing in Oakland, LA, or Stockton? I'm surprised.

 

[Slayven]

Cross reference Church's locations with the neighborhoods. I think my theory will be proven.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

Chicago is in there 5 times. What do we win?

I guess that's why they call it ChIraq.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Shoutouts to Tomat.

 

[RoadHazard]

So Detroit and Chicago are not where you want to be, eh?

 

[TimeEffect]

I want the Canadian version

 

[Draxal]

Camden and Newark, NJ are slacking.

 

[CreepingFear]

I want the Canadian version

What's the Canadian version, mauling by Moose or some shit?

 

[maquiladora]

Top 3 all Detroit? God damn...

 

[Malo]

ctlr+F: NY

No matches found.

Feels good man.

The worst 3 neighborhoods are all in Detroit. I, for one, am shocked.

 

[Smokey]

Sunnyside and Dowling yuuupp

 

[AlimNassor]

Sunnyside is dangerous? Waaa? It's not a place I'd go after dark, but, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country? I doubt it.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Feel like St. Louis is slippin'

Also surprised there are not east St. Louis neighborhoods on there.

 

[BruiserBear]

Kinda strange to see Rockford IL on there. I didn't think any part of that town could be worse than parts of Chicago.

 

[Smokey]

Sunnyside is dangerous? Waaa? It's not a place I'd go after dark, but, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country? I doubt it.

So you're saying they are lying?

Sunnyside is pretty terrible bruh

 

[reggieandTFE]

My wife is a kindergarten teacher in North Lawndale in Chicago. I'm actually going to pick her up from work right now because her car is in the shop.

 

[timetokill]

Not surprised at Detroit and Chicago on there so much. Terrible places.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

http://money.msn.com/now/the-25-most-dangerous-neighborhoods

NeighborhoodScout pored over mountains of data and found the epicenters of violent crime in America. The results may surprise you.


25) Washington Park (Chicago, IL)
16) North Auburn Gresham (Chicago, IL)
09) Joyland and parts of High Point, South Atlanta and Lakewood Heights (Atlanta, GA)
05) Washington Heights (Spartanburg, SC)

I've been to these hoods. And SMH, I've been to worse. The worst I saw in those areas (Atlanta mostly, but IMO that area they are talking about is too spread out to be one hood) were store crimes.

And I refuse to believe the Burbs in DC nor the 'heights or cherry hill in Baltimore didnt make the list. And not a single ward in N.O.? List seems funky...

I havent been to any hoods in CA

 

[reggieandTFE]

Feel like St. Louis is slippin'

Also surprised there are not east St. Louis neighborhoods on there.

Seriously. Wash Park, Brooklyn and parts of East Boogie are significantly are definitely rougher than anywhere I've been in Chicago.

 

[DJ_Lae]

I want the Canadian version

Not by neighbourhood, just metropolitan area:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120724/t120724b003-eng.htm

Unsurprisingly Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, and Thunder Bay take top spots. Winnipeg wins for most violent crime.

 

[hom3land]

Chicago is in there 5 times. What do we win?

A good shot at being #1?

 

[Flo_Evans]

Seriously. Wash Park, Brooklyn and parts of East Boogie are significantly are definitely rougher than anywhere I've been in Chicago.

Kind of feels like a ghost town though. Can't murder if no one is around to kill I guess.

 

[Zombie James]

Looking through some of these neighbourhoods in Google Street View is depressing.

 

[AlimNassor]

So you're saying they are lying?

Sunnyside is pretty terrible bruh

Nah, but, I've been to sunnyside and it's not so bad. Friendly locals, and I didn't get mugged.

 

[BFIB]

Clearly the author of the article hasn't driven through East St. Louis.

 

[reggieandTFE]

Kind of feels like a ghost town though. Can't murder if no one is around to kill I guess.

The streets reclaimed by nature, packs of roaming dogs and the burned out husks of old houses don't have many people...alive. However, the "main" streets are crazy busy when the weather is nice as no one has any jobs there and they all hang out on the street.

 

[Neuromancer]

*Control F's Baltimore*

We got robbed (so to speak)

 

[Ace Harding]

No Philly neighborhoods, huh? Ok.

Edit: or Baltimore. Neither city should be on a "most dangerous cities" list but some of the neighborhoods - damn.

 

[Smokey]

Nah, but, I've been to sunnyside and it's not so bad. Friendly locals, and I didn't get mugged.

Well I've walked around greenspoint and the sharpstown area at night before. Nothing happened but that doesn't make them 'not so bad'.

 

[Heart Attack]

no chavez ravine, nor barrio logan? i call bullshit.

 

[ascii42]

1/7 chance of being a victim in the #1 neighborhood. Ouch.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Jesus Christ at Detroit...

 

[wenis]

What's the Canadian version, mauling by Moose or some shit?

That moose is a real dick.

 

[AlimNassor]

Well I've walked around greenspoint and the sharpstown area at night before. Nothing happened but that doesn't make them 'not so bad'.

Maybe we can meet up and go to sunnyside at night.

 

[el retorno]

Houses are pretty cheap in number 1

http://www.zillow.com/homes/barton-mcfarland-detroit-mi_rb/

 

[RumblingRosco]

Feel like St. Louis is slippin'

Also surprised there are not east St. Louis neighborhoods on there.

Yeah... what the hell? I haven't been in the area in a while thankfully, but has it cleaned up a bit? Or, I guess more likely, everywhere else just got shittier.

 

[Smokey]

Maybe we can meet up and go to sunnyside at night.

Only if we can stop by waffle house first

 

[Pinko Marx]

ATL in the top, 10. Not bad.

I've always told myself Compton, Detroit, and certain places in the Chi are the places I NEVER want to go. This pretty much solidifies it.

 

[AlimNassor]

Only if we can stop by waffle house first

Alrite. it's a done deal.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Sunnyside is dangerous? Waaa? It's not a place I'd go after dark, but, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country? I doubt it.

It doesn't include New York, Los Angeles and other large cities on the West Coast so it's obviously not a definite list.

 

[daw840]

Damn. Surprised to not see Kansa city Missouri in there.