Which cities were the most dangerous to live in during the 1970s-1990s?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Chicago, LA, Philadelphia, Detroit, NYC? Rank in order

[NumberSix]

Mexico

[oarabbus]

East Palo Alto had the highest murder rate in the entire country back in the 80s/early 90s


bay life

[KevinNYC]

Chicago, LA, Philadelphia, Detroit, NYC? Rank in order


Saw this on another website. Don't know where they got the statistics. This is the violent crime rate. 1990 and 1991 were the peak years of the crack epidemic. Much more violent than the 1970's.


1990
Chicago - 2,842.2
LA - 2,404.6
NYC - 2,383.6
New Orleans - 2,259.2
Long Beach - 1,956.8
Cleveland - 1,817.6
San Francisco - 1,711.1
Oakland - 1,570.2
Memphis - 1,488.0
Houston - 1,388.3
Philadelphia - 1,348.8
1991
Chicago - 3,092.5
LA - 2,525.8
Oakland - 2,495.8
NYC - 2,318.2
New Orleans - 2,190.3
Long Beach - 2,100.7
Cleveland - 1,831.9
San Francisco - 1,645.4
Houston - 1,599.9
Memphis - 1,422.3
Philadelphia - 1,406.1
1992
Chicago - 2,840.4
Oakland - 2,626.4
LA - 2,459.5
NYC - 2,163.7
New Orleans - 1,981.6
San Francisco - 1,821.3
Cleveland - 1,661.6
Long Beach - 1,554.8
Memphis - 1,552.6
Houston - 1,465.1
Philadelphia - 1,191.2
1993
Chicago - 2,717.4
Oakland - 2,601.6
LA - 2,374.3
NYC - 2,089.8
New Orleans - 2,039.0
San Francisco - 1,815.0
Cleveland - 1,643.2
Memphis - 1,633.8
Long Beach - 1,605.4
Houston - 1,453.8
Philadelphia - 1,255.2
1994
Chicago - 2,684.5
Oakland - 2,193.9
LA - 2,059.0
New Orleans - 1,886.9
NYC - 1,860.9
Memphis - 1,568.3
Cleveland - 1,529.7
San Francisco - 1,461.4
Long Beach - 1,416.7
Philadelphia - 1,322.5
Houston - 1,307.5

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Saw this on another website. Don't know where they got the statistics. This is the violent crime rate. 1990 and 1991 were the peak years of the crack epidemic. Much more violent than the 1970's.

I think I saw this too. Didn't know Chicago was THAT bad.

[Bigsmoke]

I think I saw this too. Didn't know Chicago was THAT bad.

Im more shocked with Long Beach since crime rate now over there is pretty average.

[Godzuki]

pretty sure it was DC.

[Lakers]

Im more shocked with Long Beach since crime rate now over there is pretty average.

A lot of affluent people are starting to move into Long Beach plus in all bluntness, the Mexicans have been pushing the blacks out of Long Beach and Compton, and crime has dropped dramatically. At the same time, wealthy Latinos, whites and Asians have started to turn former Latino barrios like Echo Park and Silverlake, into yuppie and hipster areas. In the last 10 years the amount of crappy neighborhoods in the LA area bought out and transformed into decent areas is amazing.

[ROCSteady]

DC was really bad.

[JohnFreeman]

North Carolina