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California Ranks 9th Most Dangerous States in America
U.S. News factored in both the violent crime rate and property crime rate in each state
By Katy Grimes, May 14, 2024 12:00 pm
U.S. News ranked the 10 most dangerous states in America, and California achieves yet another embarrassing ranking – California is the 9th Most Dangerous States in America. This is significant because California has Proposition 47 in place, which in effect, made too many actual crimes, no longer crimes.
As the Globe reported, “Ten years of increased drug and serial theft crimes across California has taken its toll on the state’s residents and businesses. Because of Proposition 47, there is no accountability when it comes to these crimes, theft is underreported and some stores are even told not to report theft crimes.”
Why and how did California achieve this status?
California’s Violent Crime Rate is 499 per 100,000.
California’s Property Crime Rate is 2,343 per 100,000.
U.S. News factored in both the violent crime rate and property crime rate in each state to determine how well they foster public safety, which informs the best states for crime and corrections rankings and the overall Best States rankings.
What are the 10 most dangerous states and why?
10. Missouri
Violent Crime Rate: 488 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,340 per 100,000
9. California
Violent Crime Rate: 499 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,343 per 100,000
8. Oregon
Violent Crime Rate: 342 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,935 per 100,000
7. Alaska
Violent Crime Rate: 759 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 1,789 per 100,000
6. Tennessee
Violent Crime Rate: 622 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,302 per 100,000
5. Washington
Violent Crime Rate: 376 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 3,356 per 100,000
4. Arkansas
Violent Crime Rate: 645 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,452 per 100,000
3. Colorado
Violent Crime Rate: 492 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 3,148 per 100,000
2. Louisiana
Violent Crime Rate: 629 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,748 per 100,000
1. New Mexico
Violent Crime Rate: 780 per 100,000
Property Crime Rate: 2,984 per 100,000
U.S. News reports violent crime in the U.S. fell for two years in a row after the 2020 increase, according to annual estimates from the FBI. Remember the 2020 “Summer of Love?” After spiking by close to 30%, data also indicates the homicide rate was down by about 3% in 2022 compared with that first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conversely, U.S. News also rates The 10 Safest States in the U.S.:
Notably, New Hampshire, the #1 most safest state has only 126 violent crimes per 100,000, and 1,011 property crimes per 100,00 – compared with California’s 499 Violent Crimes per 100,000, and 2,343 Property Crimes per 100,000. Or with New Mexico’s 780 violent crimes per 100,000, and 2,984 property crimes per 100,000.
Read more at U.S. News.
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It’s Democrat cities in California and other states that are dangerous and not the states themselves? Just look at the lawless and crime ridden Democrat controlled cities in California like Los Angeles and San Francisco? No doubt the Democrat controlled city of Saint Louis in Missouri and the Democrat controlled city of Memphis in Tennessee are were the majority of crimes are committed in those states?
Where you have Democrats, you have crime. LA Metro had three stabbings in 24 hours.
Newsom has let out one third of the state’s prison population. Do you think crime will go up or go down doing this? Do you think voting for Democrats crime will go up or go down?
I just don’t understand how people are so stupid in this state.
PF, you hit the nail on the head.