City Crime Ranking Rankings: Crime In Metropolitan America, 11th Edition (City Crime Rankings) 9780740109355, 0740109359, 9781417589081

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City Crime Rankings Crime in Metropolitan America Eleventh Edition

Kathleen O'Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan, Editors

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© Copyright 2004 by Morgan Quitno Corporation 512 East 9th Street, P.O. Box 1656 Lawrence, Kansas USA 66044-8656 800-457-0742 or 785-841-3534 www.morganquitno.com All Rights Reserved

A NOTE ABOUT OUR EDITION NUMBERING We have published City Crime Rankings for eleven years. The first edition, published in 1995, was based on 1993 FBI data. In 1996, the statistics were from 1994. We called that book Volume II. This caused no end of confusion among many of our readers, particularly librarians. It should have been simply the Second Edition. The Third Edition was based on 1995 data, the Fourth Edition was based on 1996 data, the Fifth Edition was based on 1997 data, the Sixth Edition was based on 1998 data, the Seventh Edition was based on 1999 data, the Eighth Edition was based on 2000 data, the Ninth Edition was based on 2001 data, the Tenth Edition was based on 2002 data and this, the 11th Edition, is based on 2003 data. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the express permission of the copyright owner. Copyright is not claimed in any material from U.S. Government sources. However, its arrangement and compilation along with all other material are subject to the copyright. If you are interested in reprinting some of our material, please call or write. We are generally pleased to grant permission. Cover Photo: comstock.com Limitation of Liability: While Morgan Quitno Press uses its best efforts to deliver accurate and complete information, Morgan Quitno Press does not warrant accuracy or completeness, is not responsible for errors and omissions and is not liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the information presented. ISBN: 0-7401-0935-9 ISSN: 1081-6453 City Crime Rankings, Eleventh Edition sells for $44.95. For those who prefer state ranking information, we also offer Crime State Rankings. This is a much more in-depth view of crime from the state level. This 540 page volume sells for $54.95. If you are interested in state health care statistics, please ask about our Health Care State Rankings ($54.95). For a general view of state data, please ask about our annual State Rankings ($54.95) or State Trends ($59.95). For K-12 education statistics, try our Education State Rankings. It sells for $49.95. All of our books are available on CD in pdf format (same price as printed book) or with both pdf format and data sets in various database formats ($99.95). Shipping and handling is $6.00 per order.

Eleventh Edition Printed in the United States of America December 2004

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PREFACE While violent and property crime in the United States moved lower both in numbers and rates in 2003, the safety of communities in the United States remains a high priority. Final 2003 crime data, released by the FBI on October 25, 2004, show that the nation’s violent crime rate fell 3.9 percent from 2002 to 2003, while the property crime rate dropped 1.2 percent. Specifically, rates increased for murder, burglary and motor vehicle theft and decreased for rape, robbery, aggravated assault and larceny-theft. This 11th edition of City Crime Rankings analyzes these latest FBI crime statistics and ranks American cities of 75,000 population or more and metropolitan statistical areas regardless of size by type of crime and overall safety. With 90 tables of information, this book features a huge collection of data that allow for easy comparisons of crime numbers, crime rates and crime trends in cities and metro areas throughout America. Also included are the results of the 11th annual America’s Safest City and Metro Area competition, a unique crime study by Morgan Quitno that examines overall levels of safety in U.S. cities and metro areas.

that provide important background information about the numbers presented in City Crime Rankings, 11th Edition. Section three reports statistics for metropolitan areas. Forty tables, presented in both alphabetical and rank order, compare 325 U.S. metropolitan areas in numbers of crimes, crime rates and crime trends over one and five years. The metropolitan areas for which crime information is shown are those that meet two criteria. First, at least 75% of all law enforcement agencies must have reported crime statistics, and second, the central city/cities must have submitted 12 months of data in 2003. There are several metro areas that did not meet these criteria in 2003 and thus are not included in the report. Most notably, complete statistics are not available for the metro areas of Cleveland, OH; Chicago IL; Kansas City MO-KS; Lexington-Fayette, KY; Louisville KY-IN; Albany NY; and Roanoke VA. Readers will note that several metropolitan areas have changed from previous years. This is due to updated population data gathered in the 2000 Census. Using this new information, the federal government has redefined Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States. As a result, comparisons in crime rates for one and five-year periods are not comparable for many metro areas. Also new in City Crime Rankings, 11th Edition are rankings for “metropolitan divisions” (M.D.). These are subdivisions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Section four features statistical tables showing crime rankings for cities. Included are cities of 75,000 or more population that have reported crime data to the FBI. In all, data and rankings for 364 cities are provided. Crime numbers, rates and percent changes in crime rates over one and five years are featured. In addition, tables showing numbers

Important Notes About City Crime Rankings, 11th Edition City Crime Rankings, 11th Edition is organized into five sections. Section one provides the results of the Morgan Quitno Safest City and Metro Area survey, our annual crime study that ranks cities and metro areas in overall safety. This year's competition compares the incidence of crime in 354 cities throughout the United States. Complete results, together with an explanation of survey methodology, are found on pages one to 16. Also included in this updated edition is the 2003 Crime Overview. This second section presents definitions, facts and caveats

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and rates of police officers patrolling the streets of these cities are provided. Both the city and metro statistics sections feature the same layout. The first two pages of each table show the cities in alphabetical order, while the third and fourth pages show them in rank order. The fifth and final section of City Crime Rankings consists of appendices that provide population tables for cities and metro areas as well as cross reference tools describing which cities and counties make up specific metropolitan areas. Also included are charts showing rates for each crime category for the past 20 years. This examination of trends provides yet another perspective of crime in the 50 United States. All statistics in this book are derived from data in Crime in the United States 2003, an annual publication from the FBI. These statistics are collected under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. This program is a nationwide effort under which 17,000 city, county and state law enforcement agencies report data on crimes committed in their jurisdictions. In 2003, approximately 93% of Americans lived in areas participating in the UCR program. The 2003 statistics presented in City Crime Rankings are the most recent nonpreliminary, full year numbers available from the FBI. All rankings appearing in this book are reported in order from highest to lowest. Any ties are listed alphabetically. Numbers and rates shown in parentheses are negative. Data reported as “NA” are not available or could not be calculated. The national totals and rates appearing at the top of each table are for the entire United States, for both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Specific totals for metropolitan areas and larger cities are provided in the Appendix, just inside the back cover.

some as controversial. The FBI and many criminologists caution against crime rankings of any type. They correctly point out that crime levels are affected by many factors, such as population density, composition of the population (particularly the concentration of youth), climate, economic conditions, strength of local law enforcement agencies, citizen’s attitudes toward crime, cultural factors, education levels, crime reporting practices of citizens and family cohesiveness. As a result, crime rankings are often deemed “simplistic” or “incomplete.” However, the criticism is largely based on the fact that there are reasons for the differences in crime rates, not that the rates are incompatible. This would be somewhat akin to deciding not to compare athletes on their speed in the 40-yard dash because of physical or training differences. Such differences help explain the different speeds, but do not invalidate the comparisons. We agree that crime ranking information must be considered carefully and certainly do not want to be irresponsible in our presentation of the rankings. However, we also believe that these rankings tell not only an interesting, but also very important story regarding the incidence of crime in this country. Annual rankings not only allow for comparisons among different cities and metro areas, but also enable local leaders and concerned citizens to track their own progress in addressing crime problems from one year to the next. We ask our readers to use and learn from these crime rankings, but also to keep in mind that rankings based on city size comprise just one of many factors used in assessing crime in the United States. - THE EDITORS

A Cautionary Note about Rankings We recognize that our rankings of crime in cities and metro areas are seen by

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table: Eleventh Annual Safest City Award and Safest Metropolitan Area Award Crime Overview

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METROPOLITAN CRIME STATISTICS 1. Crimes in 2003 2. Crime Rate in 2003 3. Percent Change in Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 4. Percent Change in Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 5. Violent Crimes in 2003 6. Violent Crime Rate in 2003 7. Percent Change in Violent Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 8. Percent Change in Violent Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 9. Murders in 2003 10. Murder Rate in 2003 11. Percent Change in Murder Rate: 2002 to 2003 12. Percent Change in Murder Rate: 1999 to 2003 13. Rapes in 2003 14. Rape Rate in 2003 15. Percent Change in Rape Rate: 2002 to 2003 16. Percent Change in Rape Rate: 1999 to 2003 17. Robberies in 2003 18. Robbery Rate in 2003 19. Percent Change in Robbery Rate: 2002 to 2003 20. Percent Change in Robbery Rate: 1999 to 2003 21. Aggravated Assaults in 2003 22. Aggravated Assault Rate in 2003 23. Percent Change in Aggravated Assault Rate: 2002 to 2003 24. Percent Change in Aggravated Assault Rate: 1999 to 2003 25. Property Crimes in 2003 26. Property Crime Rate in 2003 27. Percent Change in Property Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 28. Percent Change in Property Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 29. Burglaries in 2003 30. Burglary Rate in 2003 31. Percent Change in Burglary Rate: 2002 to 2003 32. Percent Change in Burglary Rate: 1999 to 2003 33. Larcenies and Thefts in 2003 34. Larceny and Theft Rate in 2003 35. Percent Change in Larceny and Theft Rate: 2002 to 2003 36. Percent Change in Larceny and Theft Rate: 1999 to 2003 37. Motor Vehicle Thefts in 2003 38. Motor Vehicle Theft Rate in 2003 39. Percent Change in Motor Vehicle Theft Rate: 2002 to 2003 40. Percent Change in Motor Vehicle Theft Rate: 1999 to 2003

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CITY CRIME STATISTICS (for cities larger than 75,000 population) 41. Crimes in 2003 42. Crime Rate in 2003 43. Percent Change in Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 44. Percent Change in Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 45. Violent Crimes in 2003 46. Violent Crime Rate in 2003 47. Percent Change in Violent Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 48. Percent Change in Violent Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 49. Murders in 2003 50. Murder Rate in 2003 51. Percent Change in Murder Rate: 2002 to 2003 52. Percent Change in Murder Rate: 1999 to 2003 53. Rapes in 2003 54. Rape Rate in 2003 55. Percent Change in Rape Rate: 2002 to 2003 56. Percent Change in Rape Rate: 1999 to 2003 57. Robberies in 2003 58. Robbery Rate in 2003 59. Percent Change in Robbery Rate: 2002 to 2003 60. Percent Change in Robbery Rate: 1999 to 2003 61. Aggravated Assaults in 2003 62. Aggravated Assault Rate in 2003 63. Percent Change in Aggravated Assault Rate: 2002 to 2003 64. Percent Change in Aggravated Assault Rate: 1999 to 2003 65. Property Crimes in 2003 66. Property Crime Rate in 2003 67. Percent Change in Property Crime Rate: 2002 to 2003 68. Percent Change in Property Crime Rate: 1999 to 2003 69. Burglaries in 2003 70. Burglary Rate in 2003 71. Percent Change in Burglary Rate: 2002 to 2003 72. Percent Change in Burglary Rate: 1999 to 2003 73. Larcenies and Thefts in 2003 74. Larceny and Theft Rate in 2003 75. Percent Change in Larceny and Theft Rate: 2002 to 2003 76. Percent Change in Larceny and Theft Rate: 1999 to 2003 77. Motor Vehicle Thefts in 2003 78. Motor Vehicle Theft Rate in 2003 79. Percent Change in Motor Vehicle Theft Rate: 2002 to 2003 80. Percent Change in Motor Vehicle Theft Rate: 1999 to 2003

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CITY CRIME STATISTICS (for cities larger than 75,000 population-continued) 81. Police Officers in 2003 346 82. Rate of Police Officers in 2003 350 83. Percent Change in Rate of Police Officers: 2002 to 2003 354 84. Percent Change in Rate of Police Officers: 1999 to 2003 358

APPENDICES 85. Metropolitan Population in 2003 86. Metropolitan Population in 2002 87. Metropolitan Population in 1999 88. City Population in 2003 89. City Population in 2002 90. City Population in 1999

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Descriptions of Metropolitan Areas in 2003 County Index: 2003 Twenty Years of National Crime Rates: 1984 to 2003 National, Metropolitan and City Crime Statistics Summary: 2003

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SAFEST CITY and SAFEST METROPOLITAN AREA Newton, Massachusetts is back! After years of chasing the perennial winner, Amherst, New York, Newton at last has earned top honors as America’s Safety City. Newton last won our competition in 1999 and has ranked among the top five cities since that year. Newton has one of the best records in the nation when it comes to crime. In 2003, it had no murders and the lowest overall crime rate among cities of 75,000 or more population. Newton also reported one of the lowest rape and robbery rates and boasts the lowest motor vehicle theft rate. Joining Newton at the top of the Safest City rankings are Brick Township, NJ; last year’s winner Amherst, NY; Mission Viejo, CA and Clarkstown, NY. At the opposite end of the Morgan Quitno crime scale, Camden, New Jersey is the nation’s most dangerous city. While it always has ranked among the top 10 most dangerous cities, this is the first time since the Morgan Quitno rankings have begun that Camden has ranked as the most dangerous city. Camden has the highest violent crime and robbery rates among cities of 75,000 or more population and the third highest murder and aggravated assault rates. Just ahead of Camden on the more dangerous end of the crime scale are Detroit, MI; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Gary, IN. In the Safest Metropolitan Area competition, a number of new metropolitan areas move into the spotlight. One reason for this is that with the 2000 census, metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. were redefined. In addition, the FBI has begun to report crime statistics for “metropolitan divisions,” as well as for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s.) Metropolitan divisions are subdivisions of MSA’s. Appleton, Wisconsin tops the rankings list. Other top metro areas are Fond du Lac, WI; Bismarck, ND; State College, PA and Oshkosh-Neenah, WI. At the bottom of the Safest Metropolitan Area rankings is the Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI metropolitan division. Joining Detroit in the more dangerous region of the Morgan Quitno metro crime rankings list are Memphis, TN-MS-AR; Sumter, SC; Fairbanks, AK; and New Orleans, LA. Methodology The methodology

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America’s Safest City and Metro Area is the same approach that has been used for the past seven years. First, city and metro area crime rates for six basic crime categories — murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft — were plugged into a formula that measured how a particular city or metro area compared to the national average for a given crime category. The outcome of this equation was then multiplied by a weight assigned to each of the six crime categories. For this year’s award, each of the six crimes was given equal weight. By weighting each crime equally, cities are compared based purely on their crime rates and how they stack up to the national average for a particular crime category. These weighted numbers then were added together for a city or metro area’s final score. Finally, these scores were ranked from lowest to highest to determine which cities and metropolitan areas were safest and most dangerous. The result of this methodology is that a city or metro area’s crime record is measured against the national average. The farther below the national average, the higher (and better) a city or metro ranked in the final Safest Cities and Metros list; the farther above the national average, the lower (and worse) a city or metro ranked in the final list. All cities of 75,000 population or more that reported data to the FBI for the six categories of crime measured for the survey were included. Any city or metro area with missing data was disqualified from the competition. Albany, NY; Chicago, IL; and Kansas City, KS are among the major cities not included this year due to data problems (see “Missing Cities” page 16.) There was no population minimum for metropolitan areas. The tables that follow show final scores and complete rankings for 354 cities and 320 metro areas. Results of the survey are presented in both alphabetical and rank order. Our crime rankings often make us heroes in some communities and villains in others. But of greater importance is our hope that they bring about some constructive discussion about crime and public safety among citizens, police and community leaders. Congratulations to Newton and Appleton! - THE EDITORS

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SAFEST CITY Overall Top 25 and Bottom 25 (out of 354 cities)

SAFEST 25: 1 Newton, MA 2 Brick Twnshp, NJ 3 Amherst, NY 4 Mission Viejo, CA 5 Clarkstown, NY 6 Lake Forest, CA 7 Thousand Oaks, CA 8 Colonie, NY 9 Cary, NC 10 Dover Twnshp, NJ 11 Irvine, CA 12 Troy, MI 13 Greece, NY 14 Parma, OH 15 Hamilton Twnshp, NJ 16 Danbury, CT 17 Simi Valley, CA 18 Sunnyvale, CA 19 Sterling Heights, MI 20 Livonia, MI 21 Lee's Summit, MO 22 Farmington Hills, MI 23 Orem, UT 24 Fargo, ND 25 Stamford, CT

MOST DANGEROUS 25: 1 Camden, NJ 2 Detroit, MI 3 Atlanta, GA 4 St. Louis, MO 5 Gary, IN 6 Washington, DC 7 Hartford, CT 8 New Orleans, LA 9 Richmond, VA 10 Birmingham, AL 11 Baltimore, MD 12 Richmond, CA 13 Memphis, TN 14 Jackson, MS 15 Tampa, FL 16 San Bernardino, CA 17 Compton, CA 18 Springfield, MA 19 Miami, FL 20 Cleveland, OH 21 Dayton, OH 22 North Charleston, SC 23 Little Rock, AR 24 Oakland, CA 25 Cincinnati, OH

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SAFEST CITY Rankings by Population Categories CITIES OF 500,000 OR MORE POPULATION: (32 cities) Safest 10: Most Dangerous 10: 1 San Jose, CA 1 Detroit, MI 2 El Paso, TX 2 Washington, DC 3 Honolulu, HI 3 Baltimore, MD 4 Austin, TX 4 Memphis, TN 5 New York, NY 5 Dallas, TX 6 Louisville, KY 6 Philadelphia, PA 7 San Diego, CA 7 Columbus, OH 8 San Antonio, TX 8 Nashville, TN 9 San Francisco, CA 9 Houston, TX 10 Fort Worth, TX 10 Phoenix, AZ CITIES OF 100,000 TO 499,999 POPULATION: (198 cities) Safest 10: Most Dangerous 10: 1 Amherst, NY 1 Atlanta, GA 2 Thousand Oaks, CA 2 St. Louis, MO 3 Irvine, CA 3 Gary, IN 4 Simi Valley, CA 4 Hartford, CT 5 Sunnyvale, CA 5 New Orleans, LA 6 Sterling Heights, MI 6 Richmond, VA 7 Livonia, MI 7 Birmingham, AL 8 Stamford, CT 8 Richmond, CA 9 Orange, CA 9 Jackson, MS 10 Santa Clarita, CA 10 Tampa, FL CITIES OF 75,000 TO 99,999 POPULATION: (124 cities) Safest 10: Most Dangerous 10: 1 Newton, MA 1 Camden, NJ 2 Brick Twnshp, NJ 2 Compton, CA 3 Mission Viejo, CA 3 North Charleston, SC 4 Clarkstown, NY 4 Trenton, NJ 5 Lake Forest, CA 5 West Palm Beach, FL 6 Colonie, NY 6 Reading, PA 7 Cary, NC 7 Youngstown, OH 8 Dover Twnshp, NJ 8 Miami Beach, FL 9 Troy, MI 9 Macon, GA 10 Greece, NY 10 Hammond, IN

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Morgan Quitno Press' America's Safest City Award* RANK 169 258 236 271 276 69 124 229 232 3 98 194 52 185 154 53 162 352 221 NA 146 187 121 344 311 250 81 48 207 248 68 345 40 47 93 288 63 2 259 NA 46 115 96 322 65 102 354 29 41 73 55 206 9 94 31 117 242 299 302 37 NA

CITY Abilene, TX Akron, OH Albany, GA Albany, NY Albuquerque, NM Alexandria, VA Alhambra, CA Allentown, PA Amarillo, TX Amherst, NY Anaheim, CA Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Antioch, CA Arlington, TX Arvada, CO Athens-Clarke, GA Atlanta, GA Aurora, CO Aurora, IL** Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA Baldwin Park, CA Baltimore, MD Baton Rouge, LA Beaumont, TX Beaverton, OR Bellevue, WA Bellflower, CA Berkeley, CA Billings, MT Birmingham, AL Bloomington, MN Boca Raton, FL Boise, ID Boston, MA Boulder, CO Brick Twnshp, NJ Bridgeport, CT Brockton, MA** Broken Arrow, OK Brownsville, TX Buena Park, CA Buffalo, NY Burbank, CA Cambridge, MA Camden, NJ Canton Twnshp, MI Cape Coral, FL Carlsbad, CA Carrollton, TX Carson, CA Cary, NC Cedar Rapids, IA Centennial, CO Chandler, AZ Charleston, SC Charlotte, NC Chattanooga, TN Cheektowaga, NY Chicago, IL**

SCORE 19.18 72.56 60.96 83.28 84.85 (34.64) (7.96) 57.62 59.02 (81.31) (18.81) 32.42 (44.10) 26.06 9.53 (43.35) 14.57 299.46 50.40 NA 3.53 27.87 (8.56) 241.77 140.48 68.90 (30.73) (46.88) 44.06 68.72 (35.19) 243.93 (49.69) (47.35) (22.65) 95.29 (38.66) (82.86) 72.69 NA (47.36) (11.55) (19.59) 168.36 (37.56) (16.55) 375.84 (54.67) (49.61) (33.72) (42.06) 43.28 (69.56) (20.70) (53.58) (11.35) 64.72 111.52 118.98 (50.42) NA

RANK 150 330 5 130 209 335 51 62 135 8 161 76 292 175 315 338 114 33 88 246 70 56 329 61 16 261 107 334 204 133 274 132 353 10 168 144 277 54 208 147 113 252 136 141 129 213 247 195 273 24 22 266 198 325 212 111 265 287 172 230 43

CITY Chula Vista, CA Cincinnati, OH Clarkstown, NY Clarksville, TN Clearwater, FL Cleveland, OH Clifton, NJ Clinton Twnshp, MI Clovis, CA Colonie, NY Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, MO Columbia, SC Columbus, GA Columbus, OH Compton, CA Concord, CA Coral Springs, FL Corona, CA Corpus Christi, TX Costa Mesa, CA Cranston, RI Dallas, TX Daly City, CA Danbury, CT Davenport, IA Davie, FL Dayton, OH Dearborn, MI Denton, TX Denver, CO Des Moines, IA Detroit, MI Dover Twnshp, NJ Downey, CA Duluth, MN Durham, NC Edison Twnshp, NJ El Cajon, CA El Monte, CA El Paso, TX Elizabeth, NJ Erie, PA Escondido, CA Eugene, OR Evansville, IN Everett, WA Fairfield, CA Fall River, MA Fargo, ND Farmington Hills, MI Fayetteville, NC Federal Way, WA Flint, MI Fontana, CA Fort Collins, CO Fort Lauderdale, FL Fort Smith, AR Fort Wayne, IN Fort Worth, TX Fremont, CA 6

SCORE 5.44 192.96 (75.93) (5.34) 44.30 205.70 (45.70) (39.20) (3.44) (71.28) 13.97 (31.82) 99.86 21.49 148.02 210.48 (12.00) (52.15) (26.94) 67.68 (34.01) (41.90) 186.63 (39.54) (63.43) 74.08 (13.92) 204.01 41.92 (3.84) 83.82 (3.90) 344.95 (68.04) 18.41 2.70 84.95 (42.91) 44.28 3.62 (12.08) 69.50 (3.40) 0.96 (5.49) 46.42 68.31 34.73 83.75 (57.43) (60.47) 78.34 38.08 176.98 46.29 (12.42) 77.23 93.53 19.95 58.75 (48.45)

RANK 249 92 231 101 109 350 59 238 42 152 211 13 127 253 199 15 289 138 348 245 172 120 167 255 77 178 134 305 36 218 181 290 312 11 142 239 341 294 NA 324 28 262 251 272 319 6 182 128 279 278 210 191 282 122 184 21 78 159 99 332 49

CITY Fresno, CA Fullerton, CA Gainesville, FL Garden Grove, CA Garland, TX Gary, IN Gilbert, AZ Glendale, AZ Glendale, CA Grand Prairie, TX Grand Rapids, MI Greece, NY Greeley, CO Greensboro, NC Gresham, OR Hamilton Twnshp, NJ Hammond, IN Hampton, VA Hartford, CT Hawthorne, CA Hayward, CA Henderson, NV Hialeah, FL High Point, NC Hillsboro, OR Hollywood, FL Honolulu, HI Houston, TX Huntington Beach, CA Huntsville, AL Independence, MO Indianapolis, IN Inglewood, CA Irvine, CA Irving, TX Jacksonville, FL Jackson, MS Jersey City, NJ Joliet, IL** Kansas City, MO Kenosha, WI Kent, WA Killeen, TX Knoxville, TN Lafayette, LA Lake Forest, CA Lakeland, FL Lakewood, CA Lancaster, CA Lansing, MI Laredo, TX Las Cruces, NM Las Vegas, NV Lawrence, KS Lawton, OK Lee's Summit, MO Lewisville, TX Lexington, KY Lincoln, NE Little Rock, AR Livermore, CA

SCORE 68.84 (23.54) 58.76 (17.01) (13.13) 275.88 (39.78) 61.38 (48.63) 6.64 44.95 (65.03) (6.40) 69.70 39.80 (63.53) 97.29 (1.73) 254.82 66.33 19.95 (9.61) 16.41 70.36 (31.53) 22.75 (3.77) 125.13 (50.59) 48.01 24.64 98.10 140.82 (67.41) 1.13 63.60 213.83 104.49 NA 171.48 (54.74) 75.89 69.36 83.39 165.56 (74.36) 25.54 (6.22) 86.26 85.56 44.31 29.66 89.48 (8.50) 26.03 (60.69) (31.38) 12.71 (17.73) 200.50 (46.24)

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RANK 20 214 244 291 157 174 234 196 298 95 106 139 188 342 170 79 314 336 110 300 313 104 4 222 226 280 163 126 60 NA 310 275 347 156 326 35 NA 1 225 86 333 281 180 84 331 158 103 164 283 227 197 26 23 318 151 203 201 14 112 119

CITY Livonia, MI Long Beach, CA Longview, TX Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Lowell, MA Lubbock, TX Lynn, MA Macon, GA Madison, WI Manchester, NH McAllen, TX Melbourne, FL Memphis, TN Mesa, AZ Mesquite, TX Miami Beach, FL Miami, FL Midland, TX Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Miramar, FL Mission Viejo, CA Mobile, AL Modesto, CA Montgomery, AL Moreno Valley, CA Murfreesboro, TN Napa, CA Naperville, IL** Nashville, TN New Bedford, MA New Orleans, LA New York, NY Newark, NJ Newport Beach, CA Newport News, VA** Newton, MA Norfolk, VA Norman, OK North Charleston, SC North Las Vegas, NV Norwalk, CA Norwalk, CT Oakland, CA Oceanside, CA Odessa, TX Ogden, UT Oklahoma City, OK Omaha, NE Ontario, CA Orange, CA Orem, UT Orlando, FL Oxnard, CA Palm Bay, FL Palmdale, CA Parma, OH Pasadena, CA Pasadena, TX

SCORE (61.22) 47.37 65.53 99.59 11.55 20.00 60.24 35.17 110.29 (20.07) (14.39) (1.51) 28.23 223.55 19.23 (30.89) 146.57 207.04 (12.68) 114.41 146.56 (15.10) (77.93) 50.93 53.97 87.33 15.24 (6.95) (39.57) NA 137.04 84.84 246.02 10.47 182.88 (52.10) NA (83.55) 53.44 (28.28) 203.26 88.89 23.48 (28.89) 199.45 11.85 (15.92) 15.45 90.45 55.55 37.02 (56.39) (58.63) 161.97 6.54 41.53 40.20 (64.61) (12.12) (9.71)

RANK 263 38 131 NA 320 303 301 58 71 235 160 34 254 284 295 32 189 45 143 166 67 323 153 89 202 267 57 343 346 215 75 321 NA 91 296 192 240 256 165 193 339 176 228 90 216 64 50 145 108 82 27 155 148 308 118 268 309 17 137 100

CITY Paterson, NJ Pembroke Pines, FL Peoria, AZ Peoria, IL** Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Plano, TX Plantation, FL Pomona, CA Pompano Beach, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Portland, OR Portsmouth, VA Providence, RI Provo, UT Pueblo, CO Quincy, MA Racine, WI Raleigh, NC Rancho Cucamon., CA Reading, PA Redding, CA Redwood City, CA Reno, NV Rialto, CA Richardson, TX Richmond, CA Richmond, VA Riverside, CA Rochester, MN Rochester, NY Rockford, IL** Roseville, CA Sacramento, CA Salem, OR Salinas, CA Salt Lake City, UT San Angelo, TX San Antonio, TX San Bernardino, CA San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Leandro, CA San Mateo, CA Sandy, UT Santa Ana, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Clara, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Monica, CA Santa Rosa, CA Savannah, GA Scottsdale, AZ Seattle, WA Shreveport, LA Simi Valley, CA Sioux City, IA Sioux Falls, SD

SCORE 76.09 (50.13) (4.39) NA 166.62 119.46 117.38 (39.93) (33.88) 60.90 12.80 (52.14) 70.01 90.57 105.13 (53.29) 29.12 (47.37) 2.61 15.86 (35.91) 169.37 9.50 (26.76) 41.47 78.75 (40.82) 229.47 245.38 47.48 (32.22) 166.82 NA (24.33) 106.59 29.69 63.64 71.57 15.71 31.46 210.84 22.09 56.06 (26.53) 47.50 (38.33) (46.10) 3.19 (13.54) (30.57) (55.39) 10.10 4.12 128.38 (10.95) 79.21 135.98 (63.06) (3.21) (17.17)

RANK 83 285 223 286 171 217 NA 337 183 25 19 317 351 241 307 18 97 270 306 243 340 264 140 7 297 219 79 328 12 293 304 224 200 44 39 220 179 74 66 233 125 237 NA 30 349 190 123 327 177 105 87 72 257 186 260 269 85 205 116 316 149

CITY Somerville, MA South Bend, IN South Gate, CA Southfield, MI Sparks, NV Spokane, WA Springfield, IL** Springfield, MA Springfield, MO Stamford, CT Sterling Heights, MI Stockton, CA St. Louis, MO St. Paul, MN St. Petersburg, FL Sunnyvale, CA Sunrise, FL Syracuse, NY Tacoma, WA Tallahassee, FL Tampa, FL Tempe, AZ Thornton, CO Thousand Oaks, CA Toledo, OH Topeka, KS Torrance, CA Trenton, NJ Troy, MI Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Tuscaloosa, AL Tyler, TX Upper Darby Twnshp, PA Vacaville, CA Vallejo, CA Vancouver, WA Ventura, CA Virginia Beach, VA Visalia, CA Vista, CA Waco, TX Warren, MI** Warwick, RI Washington, DC Waterbury, CT West Covina, CA West Palm Beach, FL West Valley, UT Westland, MI Westminster, CA Whittier, CA Wichita Falls, TX Wichita, KS Wilmington, NC Winston-Salem, NC Woodbridge Twnshp, NJ Worcester, MA Yonkers, NY Youngstown, OH Yuma, AZ

Source: Morgan Quitno Press using data from F.B.I. " Crime in the United States 2003" * Includes murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. A negative score (in parentheses) indicates a composite crime number below the national rate, a positive number is above the national rate. * * Not available.

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SCORE (29.65) 90.68 51.07 93.15 19.80 47.99 NA 209.59 25.70 (57.41) (62.16) 154.03 277.54 63.91 128.15 (62.60) (19.15) 83.15 127.33 64.93 211.97 76.75 0.68 (71.77) 106.72 49.43 (30.89) 184.39 (65.58) 100.37 122.71 51.51 39.91 (48.33) (49.86) 49.91 22.88 (33.49) (36.13) 59.53 (7.42) 61.37 NA (54.18) 262.43 29.25 (8.06) 183.67 22.71 (15.03) (27.79) (33.74) 72.18 26.92 73.83 79.58 (28.42) 42.65 (11.47) 152.04 4.72

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CITY Newton, MA Brick Twnshp, NJ Amherst, NY Mission Viejo, CA Clarkstown, NY Lake Forest, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Colonie, NY Cary, NC Dover Twnshp, NJ Irvine, CA Troy, MI Greece, NY Parma, OH Hamilton Twnshp, NJ Danbury, CT Simi Valley, CA Sunnyvale, CA Sterling Heights, MI Livonia, MI Lee's Summit, MO Farmington Hills, MI Orem, UT Fargo, ND Stamford, CT Orange, CA Santa Clarita, CA Kenosha, WI Canton Twnshp, MI Warwick, RI Centennial, CO Provo, UT Coral Springs, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Newport Beach, CA Huntington Beach, CA Cheektowaga, NY Pembroke Pines, FL Vacaville, CA Bloomington, MN Cape Coral, FL Glendale, CA Fremont, CA Upper Darby Twnshp, PA Quincy, MA Broken Arrow, OK Boca Raton, FL Bellevue, WA Livermore, CA Sandy, UT Clifton, NJ Ann Arbor, MI Arvada, CO Edison Twnshp, NJ Carrollton, TX Cranston, RI Richardson, TX Plano, TX Gilbert, AZ Napa, CA Daly City, CA

SCORE (83.55) (82.86) (81.31) (77.93) (75.93) (74.36) (71.77) (71.28) (69.56) (68.04) (67.41) (65.58) (65.03) (64.61) (63.53) (63.43) (63.06) (62.60) (62.16) (61.22) (60.69) (60.47) (58.63) (57.43) (57.41) (56.39) (55.39) (54.74) (54.67) (54.18) (53.58) (53.29) (52.15) (52.14) (52.10) (50.59) (50.42) (50.13) (49.86) (49.69) (49.61) (48.63) (48.45) (48.33) (47.37) (47.36) (47.35) (46.88) (46.24) (46.10) (45.70) (44.10) (43.35) (42.91) (42.06) (41.90) (40.82) (39.93) (39.78) (39.57) (39.54)

RANK 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122

CITY Clinton Twnshp, MI Boulder, CO San Mateo, CA Burbank, CA Virginia Beach, VA Rancho Cucamon., CA Billings, MT Alexandria, VA Costa Mesa, CA Plantation, FL Whittier, CA Carlsbad, CA Ventura, CA Rochester, MN Columbia, MO Hillsboro, OR Lewisville, TX Mesquite, TX Torrance, CA Beaverton, OR Santa Clara, CA Somerville, MA Norwalk, CT Woodbridge Twnshp, NJ Norman, OK Westminster, CA Corona, CA Redwood City, CA San Jose, CA Roseville, CA Fullerton, CA Boise, ID Cedar Rapids, IA Madison, WI Buena Park, CA Sunrise, FL Anaheim, CA Lincoln, NE Sioux Falls, SD Garden Grove, CA Cambridge, MA Odessa, TX Miramar, FL Westland, MI Manchester, NH Davie, FL Santa Barbara, CA Garland, TX Midland, TX Fort Collins, CO Pasadena, CA El Paso, TX Concord, CA Brownsville, TX Yonkers, NY Chandler, AZ Scottsdale, AZ Pasadena, TX Henderson, NV Baldwin Park, CA Lawrence, KS 8

SCORE (39.20) (38.66) (38.33) (37.56) (36.13) (35.91) (35.19) (34.64) (34.01) (33.88) (33.74) (33.72) (33.49) (32.22) (31.82) (31.53) (31.38) (30.89) (30.89) (30.73) (30.57) (29.65) (28.89) (28.42) (28.28) (27.79) (26.94) (26.76) (26.53) (24.33) (23.54) (22.65) (20.70) (20.07) (19.59) (19.15) (18.81) (17.73) (17.17) (17.01) (16.55) (15.92) (15.10) (15.03) (14.39) (13.92) (13.54) (13.13) (12.68) (12.42) (12.12) (12.08) (12.00) (11.55) (11.47) (11.35) (10.95) (9.71) (9.61) (8.56) (8.50)

RANK 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 172 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183

CITY West Covina, CA Alhambra, CA Vista, CA Murfreesboro, TN Greeley, CO Lakewood, CA Eugene, OR Clarksville, TN Peoria, AZ Des Moines, IA Denton, TX Honolulu, HI Clovis, CA Erie, PA Sioux City, IA Hampton, VA McAllen, TX Thornton, CO Escondido, CA Irving, TX Racine, WI Duluth, MN Santa Ana, CA Austin, TX El Monte, CA Santa Rosa, CA Yuma, AZ Chula Vista, CA Oxnard, CA Grand Prairie, TX Redding, CA Arlington, TX Santa Monica, CA New York, NY Louisville, KY Oceanside, CA Lexington, KY Pompano Beach, FL Colorado Springs, CO Athens-Clarke, GA Moreno Valley, CA Ogden, UT San Angelo, TX Raleigh, NC Hialeah, FL Downey, CA Abilene, TX Mesa, AZ Sparks, NV Fort Wayne, IN Hayward, CA Lowell, MA Columbus, GA San Diego, CA West Valley, UT Hollywood, FL Vancouver, WA Norwalk, CA Independence, MO Lakeland, FL Springfield, MO

SCORE (8.06) (7.96) (7.42) (6.95) (6.40) (6.22) (5.49) (5.34) (4.39) (3.90) (3.84) (3.77) (3.44) (3.40) (3.21) (1.73) (1.51) 0.68 0.96 1.13 2.61 2.70 3.19 3.53 3.62 4.12 4.72 5.44 6.54 6.64 9.50 9.53 10.10 10.47 11.55 11.85 12.71 12.80 13.97 14.57 15.24 15.45 15.71 15.86 16.41 18.41 19.18 19.23 19.80 19.95 19.95 20.00 21.49 22.09 22.71 22.75 22.88 23.48 24.64 25.54 25.70

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CITY Lawton, OK Antioch, CA Wichita, KS Bakersfield, CA Melbourne, FL Pueblo, CO Waterbury, CT Las Cruces, NM Salem, OR San Antonio, TX Anchorage, AK Fairfield, CA Lynn, MA Ontario, CA Federal Way, WA Gresham, OR Tyler, TX Palmdale, CA Reno, NV Palm Bay, FL Dearborn, MI Worcester, MA Carson, CA Bellflower, CA El Cajon, CA Clearwater, FL Laredo, TX Grand Rapids, MI Fontana, CA Evansville, IN Long Beach, CA Riverside, CA San Leandro, CA Spokane, WA Huntsville, AL Topeka, KS Vallejo, CA Aurora, CO Mobile, AL South Gate, CA Tuscaloosa, AL Norfolk, VA Modesto, CA Omaha, NE San Francisco, CA Allentown, PA Fort Worth, TX Gainesville, FL Amarillo, TX Visalia, CA Lubbock, TX Pomona, CA Albany, GA Waco, TX Glendale, AZ Jacksonville, FL Salinas, CA St. Paul, MN Charleston, SC Tallahassee, FL

SCORE 26.03 26.06 26.92 27.87 28.23 29.12 29.25 29.66 29.69 31.46 32.42 34.73 35.17 37.02 38.08 39.80 39.91 40.20 41.47 41.53 41.92 42.65 43.28 44.06 44.28 44.30 44.31 44.95 46.29 46.42 47.37 47.48 47.50 47.99 48.01 49.43 49.91 50.40 50.93 51.07 51.51 53.44 53.97 55.55 56.06 57.62 58.75 58.76 59.02 59.53 60.24 60.90 60.96 61.37 61.38 63.60 63.64 63.91 64.72 64.93

RANK 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303

CITY Longview, TX Hawthorne, CA Corpus Christi, TX Everett, WA Berkeley, CA Fresno, CA Beaumont, TX Killeen, TX Elizabeth, NJ Greensboro, NC Portland, OR High Point, NC Salt Lake City, UT Wichita Falls, TX Akron, OH Bridgeport, CT Wilmington, NC Davenport, IA Kent, WA Paterson, NJ Tempe, AZ Fort Lauderdale, FL Fayetteville, NC Rialto, CA Seattle, WA Winston-Salem, NC Syracuse, NY Albany, NY Knoxville, TN Fall River, MA Denver, CO New Bedford, MA Albuquerque, NM Durham, NC Lansing, MI Lancaster, CA Montgomery, AL North Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Oklahoma City, OK Portsmouth, VA South Bend, IN Southfield, MI Fort Smith, AR Boston, MA Hammond, IN Indianapolis, IN Los Angeles, CA Columbia, SC Tucson, AZ Jersey City, NJ Providence, RI Sacramento, CA Toledo, OH Macon, GA Charlotte, NC Milwaukee, WI Pittsburgh, PA Chattanooga, TN Phoenix, AZ

SCORE 65.53 66.33 67.68 68.31 68.72 68.84 68.90 69.36 69.50 69.70 70.01 70.36 71.57 72.18 72.56 72.69 73.83 74.08 75.89 76.09 76.75 77.23 78.34 78.75 79.21 79.58 83.15 83.28 83.39 83.75 83.82 84.84 84.85 84.95 85.56 86.26 87.33 88.89 89.48 90.45 90.57 90.68 93.15 93.53 95.29 97.29 98.10 99.59 99.86 100.37 104.49 105.13 106.59 106.72 110.29 111.52 114.41 117.38 118.98 119.46

RANK 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

CITY Tulsa, OK Houston, TX Tacoma, WA St. Petersburg, FL Savannah, GA Shreveport, LA Nashville, TN Baton Rouge, LA Inglewood, CA Minneapolis, MN Miami Beach, FL Columbus, OH Youngstown, OH Stockton, CA Orlando, FL Lafayette, LA Philadelphia, PA Rochester, NY Buffalo, NY Reading, PA Kansas City, MO Flint, MI Newark, NJ West Palm Beach, FL Trenton, NJ Dallas, TX Cincinnati, OH Oakland, CA Little Rock, AR North Charleston, SC Dayton, OH Cleveland, OH Miami, FL Springfield, MA Compton, CA San Bernardino, CA Tampa, FL Jackson, MS Memphis, TN Richmond, CA Baltimore, MD Birmingham, AL Richmond, VA New Orleans, LA Hartford, CT Washington, DC Gary, IN St. Louis, MO Atlanta, GA Detroit, MI Camden, NJ Aurora, IL** Brockton, MA** Chicago, IL** Joliet, IL** Naperville, IL** Newport News, VA** Peoria, IL** Rockford, IL** Springfield, IL** Warren, MI**

Source: Morgan Quitno Press using data from F.B.I. " Crime in the United States 2003" * Includes murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. A negative score (in parentheses) indicates a composite crime number below the national rate, a positive number is above the national rate. * * Not available.

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SCORE 122.71 125.13 127.33 128.15 128.38 135.98 137.04 140.48 140.82 146.56 146.57 148.02 152.04 154.03 161.97 165.56 166.62 166.82 168.36 169.37 171.48 176.98 182.88 183.67 184.39 186.63 192.96 199.45 200.50 203.26 204.01 205.70 207.04 209.59 210.48 210.84 211.97 213.83 223.55 229.47 241.77 243.93 245.38 246.02 254.82 262.43 275.88 277.54 299.46 344.95 375.84 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

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173 Abilene, TX 126 Akron, OH 174 Albany, GA 300 Albuquerque, NM 284 Alexandria, LA 43 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ 34 Altoona, PA 264 Amarillo, TX 50 Ames, IA 271 Anchorage, AK 234 Anderson, SC 106 Ann Arbor, MI 245 Anniston-Oxford, AL 1 Appleton, WI 89 Asheville, NC 144 Athens-Clarke County, GA 250 Atlanta, GA 152 Atlantic City, NJ 196 Auburn-Opelika, AL 217 Augusta, GA-SC 233 Bakersfield, CA 301 Baltimore-Towson, MD 6 Bangor, ME 98 Barnstable Town, MA 274 Baton Rouge, LA 289 Battle Creek, MI 116 Bay City, MI 231 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 137 Bellingham, WA 35 Bend, OR 66 Bethesda-Frederick, MD M.D. 37 Billings, MT 8 Binghamton, NY 269 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 3 Bismarck, ND 25 Bloomington, IN 100 Boise City-Nampa, ID 102 Boston (greater), MA-NH 205 Boston-Quincy, MA M.D. 71 Boulder, CO 158 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 44 Bridgeport-Stamford, CT 136 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX NA Brunswick, GA** 111 Burlington, NC 23 Cambridge-Newton, MA M.D. 123 Camden, NJ M.D. 193 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 58 Carson City, NV 125 Casper, WY 32 Cedar Rapids, IA 296 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 82 Charlottesville, VA 211 Chattanooga, TN-GA

SCORE (2.02) (17.64) (1.64) 50.68 39.91 (45.44) (48.86) 31.10 (43.29) 33.04 17.51 (24.98) 23.31 (75.82) (32.29) (12.40) 25.49 (8.24) 4.61 11.56 16.71 51.05 (67.30) (27.11) 35.04 43.23 (21.04) 16.45 (14.37) (48.43) (39.76) (47.32) (63.01) 32.43 (70.68) (55.27) (26.82) (26.44) 6.99 (38.63) (7.00) (44.95) (15.23) NA (23.31) (55.62) (18.13) 4.19 (41.35) (17.91) (49.00) 46.69 (34.62) 10.72

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41 Cheyenne, WY 209 Chico, CA 178 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 141 Clarksville, TN-KY 138 Cleveland, TN 105 Coeur d'Alene, ID 197 College Station-Bryan, TX 143 Colorado Springs, CO 42 Columbia, MO 276 Columbia, SC 182 Columbus, GA-AL 11 Columbus, IN 285 Columbus, OH 281 Corpus Christi, TX 46 Cumberland, MD-WV 263 Dallas (greater), TX 292 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX M.D. 99 Dalton, GA 134 Danville, VA 241 Daytona Beach, FL 201 Dayton, OH 55 Decatur, AL 215 Denver-Aurora, CO 74 Des Moines, IA NA Detroit (greater), MI** 320 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI M.D. 147 Dothan, AL 208 Dover, DE 40 Dubuque, IA 101 Duluth, MN-WI 236 Durham, NC 12 Edison, NJ M.D. 228 El Centro, CA 128 El Paso, TX 92 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 65 Erie, PA 87 Essex County, MA M.D. 124 Eugene-Springfield, OR 317 Fairbanks, AK 18 Fargo, ND-MN 169 Farmington, NM 60 Fayetteville, AR-MO 266 Fayetteville, NC 157 Flagstaff, AZ 277 Flint, MI 56 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 311 Florence, SC 2 Fond du Lac, WI 165 Fort Lauderdale, FL M.D. 163 Fort Smith, AR-OK 63 Fort Walton Beach, FL 112 Fort Wayne, IN 186 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX M.D. 278 Fresno, CA

SCORE (45.90) 8.92 (0.34) (13.67) (14.27) (25.60) 4.77 (12.59) (45.61) 35.83 1.04 (61.29) 41.25 38.47 (43.44) 30.69 44.10 (26.91) (15.94) 21.86 6.53 (42.21) 11.50 (37.18) NA 149.38 (11.72) 8.71 (46.13) (26.66) 17.80 (60.74) 14.88 (17.47) (29.64) (40.04) (33.14) (18.13) 91.85 (58.56) (3.43) (40.81) 31.92 (7.02) 36.27 (42.02) 72.44 (75.46) (5.09) (5.81) (40.48) (23.30) 3.27 37.46

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252 Gainesville, FL 91 Gainesville, GA 15 Glens Falls, NY 198 Goldsboro, NC 20 Grand Forks, ND-MN 67 Grand Junction, CO 142 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 114 Great Falls, MT 97 Greeley, CO 221 Greensboro-High Point, NC 238 Greenville, NC 195 Greenville, SC 94 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 57 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 7 Harrisonburg, VA 110 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 49 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 168 Honolulu, HI 149 Houma, LA 293 Houston, TX 151 Huntsville, AL 47 Idaho Falls, ID 237 Indianapolis, IN 75 Iowa City, IA 267 Jacksonville, FL 150 Jackson, MI 306 Jackson, MS 257 Jackson, TN 53 Janesville, WI 54 Jefferson City, MO 88 Johnson City, TN 132 Jonesboro, AR 135 Joplin, MO 70 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 161 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 119 Kingsport, TN-VA 39 Kingston, NY 187 Knoxville, TN 85 Kokomo, IN 10 La Crosse, WI-MN 33 Lafayette, IN 307 Lafayette, LA 253 Lake Charles, LA 200 Lakeland, FL 31 Lancaster, PA 171 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 286 Laredo, TX 313 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 146 Lawrence, KS 212 Lawton, OK 38 Lebanon, PA 51 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 24 Lewiston, ID-WA 179 Lima, OH

SCORE 25.70 (30.27) (59.48) 4.86 (57.87) (39.71) (13.12) (22.37) (27.20) 13.59 19.81 4.56 (29.30) (41.41) (65.57) (23.54) (43.36) (3.77) (8.63) 44.67 (8.38) (43.43) 19.06 (36.66) 31.95 (8.59) 55.31 29.54 (42.39) (42.34) (32.31) (16.37) (15.45) (38.99) (5.84) (20.40) (46.38) 3.41 (33.83) (61.36) (48.89) 56.93 26.58 6.48 (49.55) (3.03) 41.34 75.45 (11.75) 11.04 (47.05) (43.16) (55.54) 0.12

Note: All listings are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (M.S.A.s) except for those ending w ith " M.D." Listings w ith " M.D." are Metropolitan Divisions w hich are smaller parts of ten large M.S.A.s. These ten M.S.A.s, further divided into M.D.s, are indicated by the w ord " (greater)" follow ing the name. An example is Dallas (greater) w hich includes the tw o M.D.s of Dallas-Plano and Fort Worth-Arlington. The data for the M.D.s are included in the data of the overall M.S.A. Statistics for principal cities alone begin on page 186.

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103 Lincoln, NE 297 Little Rock, AR 219 Longview, TX 255 Longview, WA 302 Los Angeles County, CA M.D. 260 Los Angeles (greater), CA 290 Lubbock, TX 27 Lynchburg, VA 248 Macon, GA 244 Madera, CA 45 Madison, WI 109 Mansfield, OH 210 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 81 Medford, OR 319 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 272 Merced, CA 291 Miami (greater), FL 315 Miami-Dade County, FL M.D. 80 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 118 Midland, TX 185 Milwaukee, WI 115 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 294 Mobile, AL 287 Modesto, CA 84 Monroe, MI 298 Montgomery, AL 155 Morristown, TN 153 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 133 Muncie, IN 180 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 314 Myrtle Beach, SC 52 Napa, CA 130 Naples-Marco Island, FL 280 Nashville-Davidson, TN 14 Nassau-Suffolk, NY M.D. 316 New Orleans, LA 129 New York (greater), NY-NJ-PA 167 New York-W. Plains NY-NJ M.D. 215 Newark-Union, NJ-PA M.D. 162 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 279 Oakland-Fremont, CA M.D. 220 Ocala, FL 76 Ocean City, NJ 139 Odessa, TX 246 Oklahoma City, OK 96 Olympia, WA 214 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 259 Orlando, FL 5 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 30 Owensboro, KY 68 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA 225 Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL 281 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 207 Pascagoula, MS

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SCORE (25.97) 46.96 12.35 27.70 51.37 30.28 43.76 (52.02) 24.33 23.23 (44.58) (24.14) 9.63 (35.24) 108.29 34.58 43.94 83.50 (35.37) (20.62) 3.09 (21.82) 44.95 42.47 (33.86) 47.41 (7.29) (7.64) (16.02) 0.36 76.05 (42.55) (16.83) 37.51 (59.79) 90.78 (17.36) (3.86) 11.50 (5.83) 37.50 12.42 (36.38) (14.21) 23.55 (27.39) 11.49 29.92 (68.34) (50.81) (39.62) 14.55 38.47 7.72

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148 Pensacola, FL 230 Philadelphia (greater) PA-NJ-DE 258 Philadelphia, PA M.D. 304 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 308 Pine Bluff, AR 93 Pittsburgh, PA 73 Pittsfield, MA 28 Pocatello, ID 206 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 160 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 17 Portland, ME 22 Poughkeepsie, NY 107 Prescott, AZ 127 Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA 19 Provo-Orem, UT 183 Pueblo, CO 59 Punta Gorda, FL 48 Racine, WI 113 Raleigh-Cary, NC 175 Rapid City, SD 117 Reading, PA 177 Redding, CA 229 Reno-Sparks, NV 222 Richmond, VA 242 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 36 Rochester, MN 122 Rochester, NY 16 Rockingham County, NH M.D. 251 Rocky Mount, NC 218 Rome, GA 249 Sacramento, CA 305 Saginaw, MI 156 Salem, OR 189 Salinas, CA 202 Salisbury, MD 172 Salt Lake City, UT 190 San Angelo, TX 213 San Antonio, TX 199 San Diego, CA 247 San Francisco (greater), CA 188 San Francisco-S. Mateo, CA M.D. 77 San Jose, CA 61 San Luis Obispo, CA 29 Sandusky, OH 62 Santa Ana-Anaheim, CA M.D. 159 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 273 Santa Fe, NM 131 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 204 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 288 Savannah, GA 69 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 235 Seattle (greater), WA 227 Seattle-Bellevue, WA M.D. 13 Sheboygan, WI

SCORE (8.72) 16.20 29.65 53.25 66.60 (29.42) (37.62) (51.18) 7.61 (6.10) (58.94) (56.38) (24.94) (17.56) (58.50) 1.12 (41.24) (43.39) (23.21) (1.57) (20.65) (0.47) 15.74 13.82 22.89 (47.77) (18.48) (58.99) 25.59 11.95 24.94 54.77 (7.11) 3.55 6.57 (2.10) 3.61 11.33 5.20 23.66 3.48 (36.02) (40.59) (50.98) (40.52) (6.44) 34.95 (16.57) 6.74 42.71 (39.21) 17.78 14.87 (60.17)

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72 Sherman-Denison, TX 309 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 83 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 79 Sioux Falls, SD 184 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 268 Spartanburg, SC 176 Spokane, WA 256 Springfield, MA 95 Springfield, MO 283 Springfield, OH 4 State College, PA 310 Stockton, CA 64 St. Joseph, MO-KS 164 St. Louis, MO-IL 318 Sumter, SC 78 Syracuse, NY 254 Tacoma, WA M.D. 262 Tallahassee, FL 295 Tampa-St Petersburg, FL 223 Toledo, OH 192 Topeka, KS 166 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 303 Tucson, AZ 270 Tulsa, OK 194 Tuscaloosa, AL 239 Tyler, TX 86 Utica-Rome, NY 145 Valdosta, GA 203 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 140 Vero Beach, FL 312 Victoria, TX 299 Vineland, NJ NA Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC** NA Visalia-Porterville, CA** 243 Waco, TX 120 Warner Robins, GA NA Warren-Farmington Hills, MI M.D.** 226 Washington (greater) DC-VA-MD 261 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV M.D. 104 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 9 Wausau, WI 108 Wenatchee, WA 275 West Palm Beach, FL M.D. 265 Wichita Falls, TX 170 Wichita, KS 21 Williamsport, PA 181 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ M.D. 191 Wilmington, NC 26 Winchester, VA-WV 232 Winston-Salem, NC 90 Worcester, MA 240 Yakima, WA 121 Youngstown, OH-PA 224 Yuba City, CA 154 Yuma, AZ

SCORE (37.90) 69.43 (34.35) (35.51) 2.18 32.38 (1.19) 27.81 (28.01) 39.54 (68.35) 72.11 (40.40) (5.40) 93.05 (35.90) 27.16 30.54 45.91 13.94 4.18 (4.12) 51.89 32.52 4.31 20.06 (33.53) (11.98) 6.59 (13.97) 74.52 50.32 NA NA 23.14 (20.10) NA 14.73 30.36 (25.87) (61.82) (24.34) 35.70 31.22 (3.34) (56.53) 0.58 3.90 (53.33) 16.63 (30.53) 21.17 (19.36) 14.24 (7.61)

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1 Appleton, WI 2 Fond du Lac, WI 3 Bismarck, ND 4 State College, PA 5 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 6 Bangor, ME 7 Harrisonburg, VA 8 Binghamton, NY 9 Wausau, WI 10 La Crosse, WI-MN 11 Columbus, IN 12 Edison, NJ M.D. 13 Sheboygan, WI 14 Nassau-Suffolk, NY M.D. 15 Glens Falls, NY 16 Rockingham County, NH M.D. 17 Portland, ME 18 Fargo, ND-MN 19 Provo-Orem, UT 20 Grand Forks, ND-MN 21 Williamsport, PA 22 Poughkeepsie, NY 23 Cambridge-Newton, MA M.D. 24 Lewiston, ID-WA 25 Bloomington, IN 26 Winchester, VA-WV 27 Lynchburg, VA 28 Pocatello, ID 29 Sandusky, OH 30 Owensboro, KY 31 Lancaster, PA 32 Cedar Rapids, IA 33 Lafayette, IN 34 Altoona, PA 35 Bend, OR 36 Rochester, MN 37 Billings, MT 38 Lebanon, PA 39 Kingston, NY 40 Dubuque, IA 41 Cheyenne, WY 42 Columbia, MO 43 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ 44 Bridgeport-Stamford, CT 45 Madison, WI 46 Cumberland, MD-WV 47 Idaho Falls, ID 48 Racine, WI 49 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 50 Ames, IA 51 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 52 Napa, CA 53 Janesville, WI 54 Jefferson City, MO

(75.82) (75.46) (70.68) (68.35) (68.34) (67.30) (65.57) (63.01) (61.82) (61.36) (61.29) (60.74) (60.17) (59.79) (59.48) (58.99) (58.94) (58.56) (58.50) (57.87) (56.53) (56.38) (55.62) (55.54) (55.27) (53.33) (52.02) (51.18) (50.98) (50.81) (49.55) (49.00) (48.89) (48.86) (48.43) (47.77) (47.32) (47.05) (46.38) (46.13) (45.90) (45.61) (45.44) (44.95) (44.58) (43.44) (43.43) (43.39) (43.36) (43.29) (43.16) (42.55) (42.39) (42.34)

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55 Decatur, AL 56 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 57 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 58 Carson City, NV 59 Punta Gorda, FL 60 Fayetteville, AR-MO 61 San Luis Obispo, CA 62 Santa Ana-Anaheim, CA M.D. 63 Fort Walton Beach, FL 64 St. Joseph, MO-KS 65 Erie, PA 66 Bethesda-Frederick, MD M.D. 67 Grand Junction, CO 68 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA 69 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 70 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 71 Boulder, CO 72 Sherman-Denison, TX 73 Pittsfield, MA 74 Des Moines, IA 75 Iowa City, IA 76 Ocean City, NJ 77 San Jose, CA 78 Syracuse, NY 79 Sioux Falls, SD 80 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 81 Medford, OR 82 Charlottesville, VA 83 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 84 Monroe, MI 85 Kokomo, IN 86 Utica-Rome, NY 87 Essex County, MA M.D. 88 Johnson City, TN 89 Asheville, NC 90 Worcester, MA 91 Gainesville, GA 92 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 93 Pittsburgh, PA 94 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 95 Springfield, MO 96 Olympia, WA 97 Greeley, CO 98 Barnstable Town, MA 99 Dalton, GA 100 Boise City-Nampa, ID 101 Duluth, MN-WI 102 Boston (greater), MA-NH 103 Lincoln, NE 104 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 105 Coeur d'Alene, ID 106 Ann Arbor, MI 107 Prescott, AZ 108 Wenatchee, WA

SCORE (42.21) (42.02) (41.41) (41.35) (41.24) (40.81) (40.59) (40.52) (40.48) (40.40) (40.04) (39.76) (39.71) (39.62) (39.21) (38.99) (38.63) (37.90) (37.62) (37.18) (36.66) (36.38) (36.02) (35.90) (35.51) (35.37) (35.24) (34.62) (34.35) (33.86) (33.83) (33.53) (33.14) (32.31) (32.29) (30.53) (30.27) (29.64) (29.42) (29.30) (28.01) (27.39) (27.20) (27.11) (26.91) (26.82) (26.66) (26.44) (25.97) (25.87) (25.60) (24.98) (24.94) (24.34)

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109 Mansfield, OH 110 Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 111 Burlington, NC 112 Fort Wayne, IN 113 Raleigh-Cary, NC 114 Great Falls, MT 115 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 116 Bay City, MI 117 Reading, PA 118 Midland, TX 119 Kingsport, TN-VA 120 Warner Robins, GA 121 Youngstown, OH-PA 122 Rochester, NY 123 Camden, NJ M.D. 124 Eugene-Springfield, OR 125 Casper, WY 126 Akron, OH 127 Providence-New Bedford, RI-MA 128 El Paso, TX 129 New York (greater), NY-NJ-PA 130 Naples-Marco Island, FL 131 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 132 Jonesboro, AR 133 Muncie, IN 134 Danville, VA 135 Joplin, MO 136 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 137 Bellingham, WA 138 Cleveland, TN 139 Odessa, TX 140 Vero Beach, FL 141 Clarksville, TN-KY 142 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 143 Colorado Springs, CO 144 Athens-Clarke County, GA 145 Valdosta, GA 146 Lawrence, KS 147 Dothan, AL 148 Pensacola, FL 149 Houma, LA 150 Jackson, MI 151 Huntsville, AL 152 Atlantic City, NJ 153 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 154 Yuma, AZ 155 Morristown, TN 156 Salem, OR 157 Flagstaff, AZ 158 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 159 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 160 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 161 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 162 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

SCORE (24.14) (23.54) (23.31) (23.30) (23.21) (22.37) (21.82) (21.04) (20.65) (20.62) (20.40) (20.10) (19.36) (18.48) (18.13) (18.13) (17.91) (17.64) (17.56) (17.47) (17.36) (16.83) (16.57) (16.37) (16.02) (15.94) (15.45) (15.23) (14.37) (14.27) (14.21) (13.97) (13.67) (13.12) (12.59) (12.40) (11.98) (11.75) (11.72) (8.72) (8.63) (8.59) (8.38) (8.24) (7.64) (7.61) (7.29) (7.11) (7.02) (7.00) (6.44) (6.10) (5.84) (5.83)

Note: All listings are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (M.S.A.s) except for those ending w ith " M.D." Listings w ith " M.D." are Metropolitan Divisions w hich are smaller parts of ten large M.S.A.s. These ten M.S.A.s, further divided into M.D.s, are indicated by the w ord " (greater)" follow ing the name. An example is Dallas (greater) w hich includes the tw o M.D.s of Dallas-Plano and Fort Worth-Arlington. The data for the M.D.s are included in the data of the overall M.S.A. Statistics for principal cities alone begin on page 186.

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163 Fort Smith, AR-OK 164 St. Louis, MO-IL 165 Fort Lauderdale, FL M.D. 166 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 167 New York-W. Plains NY-NJ M.D. 168 Honolulu, HI 169 Farmington, NM 170 Wichita, KS 171 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 172 Salt Lake City, UT 173 Abilene, TX 174 Albany, GA 175 Rapid City, SD 176 Spokane, WA 177 Redding, CA 178 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 179 Lima, OH 180 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 181 Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ M.D. 182 Columbus, GA-AL 183 Pueblo, CO 184 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 185 Milwaukee, WI 186 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX M.D. 187 Knoxville, TN 188 San Francisco-S. Mateo, CA M.D. 189 Salinas, CA 190 San Angelo, TX 191 Wilmington, NC 192 Topeka, KS 193 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 194 Tuscaloosa, AL 195 Greenville, SC 196 Auburn-Opelika, AL 197 College Station-Bryan, TX 198 Goldsboro, NC 199 San Diego, CA 200 Lakeland, FL 201 Dayton, OH 202 Salisbury, MD 203 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 204 Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 205 Boston-Quincy, MA M.D. 206 Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 207 Pascagoula, MS 208 Dover, DE 209 Chico, CA 210 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 211 Chattanooga, TN-GA 212 Lawton, OK 213 San Antonio, TX 214 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 215 Denver-Aurora, CO 215 Newark-Union, NJ-PA M.D.

Rank Order - Metro Area (continued)

SCORE (5.81) (5.40) (5.09) (4.12) (3.86) (3.77) (3.43) (3.34) (3.03) (2.10) (2.02) (1.64) (1.57) (1.19) (0.47) (0.34) 0.12 0.36 0.58 1.04 1.12 2.18 3.09 3.27 3.41 3.48 3.55 3.61 3.90 4.18 4.19 4.31 4.56 4.61 4.77 4.86 5.20 6.48 6.53 6.57 6.59 6.74 6.99 7.61 7.72 8.71 8.92 9.63 10.72 11.04 11.33 11.49 11.50 11.50

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217 Augusta, GA-SC 218 Rome, GA 219 Longview, TX 220 Ocala, FL 221 Greensboro-High Point, NC 222 Richmond, VA 223 Toledo, OH 224 Yuba City, CA 225 Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL 226 Washington (greater) DC-VA-MD 227 Seattle-Bellevue, WA M.D. 228 El Centro, CA 229 Reno-Sparks, NV 230 Philadelphia (greater) PA-NJ-DE 231 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 232 Winston-Salem, NC 233 Bakersfield, CA 234 Anderson, SC 235 Seattle (greater), WA 236 Durham, NC 237 Indianapolis, IN 238 Greenville, NC 239 Tyler, TX 240 Yakima, WA 241 Daytona Beach, FL 242 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 243 Waco, TX 244 Madera, CA 245 Anniston-Oxford, AL 246 Oklahoma City, OK 247 San Francisco (greater), CA 248 Macon, GA 249 Sacramento, CA 250 Atlanta, GA 251 Rocky Mount, NC 252 Gainesville, FL 253 Lake Charles, LA 254 Tacoma, WA M.D. 255 Longview, WA 256 Springfield, MA 257 Jackson, TN 258 Philadelphia, PA M.D. 259 Orlando, FL 260 Los Angeles (greater), CA 261 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV M.D. 262 Tallahassee, FL 263 Dallas (greater), TX 264 Amarillo, TX 265 Wichita Falls, TX 266 Fayetteville, NC 267 Jacksonville, FL 268 Spartanburg, SC 269 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 270 Tulsa, OK

SCORE 11.56 11.95 12.35 12.42 13.59 13.82 13.94 14.24 14.55 14.73 14.87 14.88 15.74 16.20 16.45 16.63 16.71 17.51 17.78 17.80 19.06 19.81 20.06 21.17 21.86 22.89 23.14 23.23 23.31 23.55 23.66 24.33 24.94 25.49 25.59 25.70 26.58 27.16 27.70 27.81 29.54 29.65 29.92 30.28 30.36 30.54 30.69 31.10 31.22 31.92 31.95 32.38 32.43 32.52

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271 Anchorage, AK 272 Merced, CA 273 Santa Fe, NM 274 Baton Rouge, LA 275 West Palm Beach, FL M.D. 276 Columbia, SC 277 Flint, MI 278 Fresno, CA 279 Oakland-Fremont, CA M.D. 280 Nashville-Davidson, TN 281 Corpus Christi, TX 281 Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 283 Springfield, OH 284 Alexandria, LA 285 Columbus, OH 286 Laredo, TX 287 Modesto, CA 288 Savannah, GA 289 Battle Creek, MI 290 Lubbock, TX 291 Miami (greater), FL 292 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX M.D. 293 Houston, TX 294 Mobile, AL 295 Tampa-St Petersburg, FL 296 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 297 Little Rock, AR 298 Montgomery, AL 299 Vineland, NJ 300 Albuquerque, NM 301 Baltimore-Towson, MD 302 Los Angeles County, CA M.D. 303 Tucson, AZ 304 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 305 Saginaw, MI 306 Jackson, MS 307 Lafayette, LA 308 Pine Bluff, AR 309 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 310 Stockton, CA 311 Florence, SC 312 Victoria, TX 313 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 314 Myrtle Beach, SC 315 Miami-Dade County, FL M.D. 316 New Orleans, LA 317 Fairbanks, AK 318 Sumter, SC 319 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 320 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI M.D. NA Brunswick, GA** NA Detroit (greater), MI** NA Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC** NA Visalia-Porterville, CA** NA Warren-Farmington Hills, MI M.D.**

SCORE 33.04 34.58 34.95 35.04 35.70 35.83 36.27 37.46 37.50 37.51 38.47 38.47 39.54 39.91 41.25 41.34 42.47 42.71 43.23 43.76 43.94 44.10 44.67 44.95 45.91 46.69 46.96 47.41 50.32 50.68 51.05 51.37 51.89 53.25 54.77 55.31 56.93 66.60 69.43 72.11 72.44 74.52 75.45 76.05 83.50 90.78 91.85 93.05 108.29 149.38 NA NA NA NA NA

Source: Morgan Quitno Press using data from Federal Bureau of Investigation " Crime in the United States 2003" (Uniform Crime Reports, October 25, 2004) * Includes murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. A negative score (in parentheses) indicates a composite crime number below the national rate, a positive number is above the national rate. * * Not available. 15

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Missing Cities In order for a city to be included in the Morgan Quitno Safest City rankings, complete data must be available for each of the six crime categories considered: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. This year, several cities of 75,000+ population did not report complete crime information and thus were not included in our survey. Once again, forcible rape data for 2003 submitted by cities and metro areas in Illinois did not meet the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting guidelines and definitions. Since rape numbers are not available for Aurora, IL, Chicago, IL; Joliet, IL; Naperville, IL; Peoria, IL Rockford, IL and Springfield, IL, these cities are not included in our Safest City rankings. In addition, these cities were missing data for various crime categories and thus could not be included in this year’s Safest City Award rankings: Brockton, MA did not report aggravated assault data, Warren MI did not report motor vehicle theft data and Newport News, VA did not report burglary data. Crime data for 28 other cities with populations larger than 75,000 are not reported in this 11th edition of City Crime Rankings. Crime statistics for these cities are not included for a number of reasons, ranging from general reporting difficulties and computer issues to changes in reporting systems. Below is a list of cities that the Census Bureau shows as having populations greater than 75,000 but for which no information was available through the 2003 F.B.I.’s Uniform Crime Report: Arlington County VA Arlington Heights IL Augusta GA Canton OH Chesapeake VA Cicero IL Citrus Heights CA Decatur IL Deltona FL Elgin IL Elk Grove CA Evanston IL Green Bay WI Kalamazoo MI

Kansas City KS Lakewood CO Longmont CO Nashua NH New Haven CO Olathe KS Overland Park KS Roanoke VA Roswell GA Round Rock TX Santa Maria CA Schaumberg IL Waukegan IL Westminster CO

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An Overview of 2003 Crime Violent and property crime decreased in both numbers and rates in 2003 from levels recorded in 2002. According to final FBI data, numbers of violent crime fell 1.7% from 2002 to 2003, while the nation’s violent crime rate decreased .7% in that one-year period. Likewise, property crime numbers declined .2% from 2002 to 2003, while the property crime rate dropped 1.2%. This overview provides definitions, basic facts and brief summaries of violent crime and its subcategories of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, as well as property crime and its subcategories of burglary, larceny/theft and motor vehicle theft. Also included is an overview of numbers and rates of police officers serving the nation’s cities.

Total Crime and Changes in the 2003 UCR Program Crimes are reported to the FBI by police agencies as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. This nationwide effort involves approximately 17,000 city, county and state law enforcement agencies. During 2003, law enforcement agencies active in the UCR program represented 93 percent of the total U.S. population. The crimes tracked by the UCR program include violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, and property crimes of burglary, larceny and theft, and motor vehicle theft. These are also called "Crime Index" offenses and are simply the total of the seven main offense categories. As of June 2004, the FBI discontinued the use of the Crime Index in its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Officials at the FBI and its advisory board of criminologists maintain that the Crime Index no longer is a true indicator of crime. They contend that the Crime Index was inflated by a high number of larceny-thefts, which makes up nearly 60% of reported crime, lessening the focus on more serious, but less frequently committed offenses such as murder and rape. The consensus of the FBI and its advisory groups was that the Crime Index no longer served its purpose and that a more meaningful index should be developed. While the FBI considers how it will replace the Crime Index, Morgan Quitno will continue to calculate numbers, rates and trends in total crime for cities and metro areas as a service to its readers. However, we provide these numbers with a cautionary note that 88% of these data are larceny-thefts and other property crimes, while the remaining 12% consist of violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In 2003, a crime occurred in the United States every 2.7 seconds, for a total of 11,877,218 offenses. Larcenies and thefts accounted for 59.4 percent of these offenses, burglaries accounted for 18.1 percent, 10.5 percent were motor vehicle thefts, 7.5 percent were aggravated assaults, 3.5 percent were robberies, 0.8 percent were forcible rapes and 0.1 percent were murders. The 2003 total crime rate of 4118.8 crimes per 100,000 population is 1.1 percent lower than the crime rate recorded in 2001.

Violent Crime Violent crimes include offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. A total of 1,381,259 violent crimes were committed in 2003. Of these, 62.1 percent were aggravated assaults, 29.9 percent were robberies, 6.8 percent were forcible rapes and 1.2 percent were murders. The 2003 national violent crime rate was 475 violent crimes per 100,000 population, a 3.9 percent decrease from the 2002 rate. 17

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Five and ten-year trends show the 2003 violent crime rate was 9.2 percent lower than in 1999 and 33.4 percent lower than 1994. Numbers of violent crimes were lower as well, down 3.1 percent from 1999 and 25.6 percent from 1994. Firearms were used in 26.9 percent of violent crimes in 2003. Personal weapons, such as hands, fists and feet, were used in 30.7% of violent crimes and knives and other cutting instruments in 15.2%. Females made up 17.8 percent of all violent crime arrestees.

Murder Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, as defined by the FBI, is the willfu