Key Points
- The biggest contributing factor to crime is poverty.
- There is not national standard for reporting or even responding to crime, every city treats it differently.
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According to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE), in 2023 there were 1,201,857 violent crimes committed in the United States. Violent crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. 945,601 of those crimes were committed by people in the age group of 20-29. The largest demographic of offenders based on race, sex, and ethnicity are white.
Because there isn’t a statistically precise list of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States that aren’t blocked behind a hefty paywall, we have pinpointed the most dangerous neighborhoods in the most dangerous cities in the United States from the most reliable sources we could find.
To give you a baseline of safety in America, the national average for total crime rate is 2.3 per 1,000 residents. Cities all over the country are made up of neighborhoods differing in safety, education level, employment rate, and household income. Just because a city appears on our Most Dangerous Neighborhoods list, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Only that a singular neighborhood has a high crime rate. Large cities contain more people, often making these high-traffic areas more likely to experience violent crimes. More risk factors that can increase the rate of crimes in a city include few job opportunities, high rates of poverty, and lower education funding.
- Neighborhood: Shelby Forest-Frayser
- Crime Rate: 90.2 per 1,000 Residents
- Most Common Crime: Property Crime
- Total Crimes in 2023: 3,101
The population of this Memphis neighborhood is 34,345. It has a median home value of $63,796 and the average household income is $30,093. Although the area has a good cost of living, it isn’t accessible by public transit, isn’t walkable, and locals report that neighbors aren’t very friendly, and schools in the area are ranked poorly. Although there are plenty of parks (8 total) in the neighborhood, it is a food desert, with only three fast-food businesses in the area and no grocery stores.
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