These were the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2017

[FarCenter]

St. Louis, Baltimore, San Juan, New Orleans and Detroit make the list.

Mexico and Brazil figure prominently.

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-violent-cities-in-the-world-2018-3

[frazzled]

1. And Chicago doesnt make the list

Just wanted to point that out, despite the persistent mention of Chicago by the media and by politicians whenever the issue of violence is discussed.

Not that we don’t have serious problems to confront in terms of violence. But we should not be the poster child for the issue.

[Throck]

2. Do they define method of homacide?

Some of those countries I traveled and death by stabbing is a high potential. Chicago has a high gun murder rate and is usually compared to other US cities.

None the less, poverty seems to be a common denominator.

[frazzled]

3. Compared to other US cities, it still isn't even close to tops in gun violence per capita

https://www.thetrace.org/2016/10/chicago-gun-violence-per-capita-rate/

[krispos42]

6. I think Chicago is noted so often because of the randomness of the shootings

For a while it seems that every weekend some crazy idiot would unload on a random basketball game or something, with a lot of people wounded.

[Stuart G]

13. The attitude about Chicago, goes back to the gangster era of Al Capone.

We are now 80 to 90 years later.

[Throck]

7. I personally not fond of getting dead no matter which method.

[tritsofme]

11. I love Chicago, but it is a very segregated city. Most of the violence is concentrated in relatively

small portions of the city in the South and West sides. Outside of those areas, I would imagine Chicago's crime rate is similar to other big US cities, but in those neighborhoods, my guess is that there are few worse places in the country.

[sl8]

15. Murders, by neighborhood

From http://www.chicagonow.com/getting-real/2017/07/chicagos-safest-and-most-dangerous-neighborhoods-by-murder-rate/

[Stuart G]

12. Take a good look at the lists...here is something I saw.

While Chicago is not even near the top of either list...(close to the bottom of one list..) Two cities with lots and lots of people are not even mentioned. Los Angeles and ...New York City... Therefore we must conclude that if one looks at deaths per 100,000, New York and LA are safer than Oakland and St. Louis. There might be more shootings..and number of deaths, but if one looks at a fairer comparison, deaths per 100,000..LA and New York don't even make either lists. So just having lots of people doesn't necessarily mean that a place isn't safe.

New York with 7,000,000 by this standard of comparison, is safer than Tulsa.
And I also think that if New York was that bad, it and LA would be at the top. (to take the heat off of the smaller cities like Tulsa, Buffalo and Memphis.

Let's hear it for the NYPD..it deserves a some applause

[sl8]

14. In 2015, The Economist rated NYC as the safest city in the U.S.

Second safest in North America, after Toronto and tenth safest in the world.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150227212313/http://safecities.economist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/EIU_Safe_Cities_Index_2015_white_paper-1.pdf

[treestar]

9. My first thought too

Idiot right wingers!

St. Louis and Baltimore are on the list.

Surprising about Acapulco - that's a tourist destination.

[LeftInTX]

10. We no longer have a black president from Chicago in the WH

Presto chango!

[burrowowl]

4. K&R

Very interesting!

[uponit7771]

5. Damn, what is up with Brazil?!?!

[TheFrenchRazor]

8. i'd say the War on Drugs is responsible for at least half of these numbers. nt