New Orleans to top crime rankings
A controversial ranking of crime in U.S. cities rates New Orleans, Louisiana, as having the worst crime rate, while a New York exurb has the lowest.
The CQ Press “City Crime Rankings” list named New Orleans its most crime-ridden city based on a reported 19,000-plus incidences of six major crimes –including 209 murder cases — in 2007.
Most Crime
1 New Orleans, LA
2 Camden, NJ
3 Detroit, MI
4 St. Louis, MO
5 Oakland, CA
See the Top 25 and the full report after the fold…
6 Flint, MI
7 Gary, IN
8 Birmingham, AL
9 Richmond, CA 276
10 North Charleston, SC
11 Cleveland, OH 255
12 Baltimore, MD
13 Miami Gardens, FL
14 Memphis, TN 236.
15 Youngstown, OH
16 Atlanta, GA 230.
17 Compton, CA
18 Orlando, FL
19 Little Rock, AR
20 Minneapolis, MN
21 Washington, DC
22 Philadelphia, PA
23 Jackson, MS
24 Newark, NJ
25 Milwaukee, WI
Least Crime
1. Ramapo, New York
2. Mission Viejo, California
3. O’Fallon, Missouri
4. Newton, Massachusetts
5. Brick Township New Jersey
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