Cleveland 7th Most Dangerous City

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 Download  RSS  Short URL  Share

The city of Cleveland has moved up from the 12th most most dangerous city in the nation to 7th, according to a new study by Morgan Quinto Press. ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports.

The study by Morgan Quinto Press measures individual crimes in cities and compares them with national averages to compile a city’s ranking. In 2005, Cleveland’s murder rate increased 33% over 2004. Auto thefts increased 20% and robberies rose 13%. However, incidents of rape are on the decline. Nationally, crime rates grew by an average of 5% or less.

Geoff Mearns, dean of Cleveland State University’s Law School, says a single cause for the rise in crime, such as the economy, drug use or policing strategies may be hard to pin down since the data used is a few years old.

Geoff Mearns: Causes might have occurred years before…

The top three most dangerous cities in the report are St. Louis, Missouri; Detroit and Flint, Michigan. Lisa Ann Pinkerton, 90.3.