Denver more dangerous than New York, San Francisco (Aurora, Highlands Ranch: house, neighborhood)

[tfox]

Actually, this site (city-data) states that Denver's crime index was lower in 2007 (the most recent year of data) than it has been in a decade. I think there's a perception that crime in recent years has increased due to a few high-profile incidents, but the numbers tell a different story.

[mejiseike]

Originally Posted by denverian

I live in Denver and have yet to be murdered, robbed, or molested! But then I'm a professional, not in a gang, don't do drugs and I'm always aware of my environment. Car break-ins seems to be the worst thing going on here for the average person. But common sense can help avoid that too. I just don't see Denver as an unusually dangerous city.

i want to be molested... but only by some hot ass chick haha


BUT... i could walk anywhere i want in denver, even colfax, at 12 at night and wont get robbed or shot or anything.

and if i dont dress nicer, like wearing my abercrombie stuff or holister, just dressed like in a nike hoodie i wont get robbed on federal... dam mexicans haha

and besides that... your not going to get shot haha

[tfox]

Interesting how things have changed since whoever posted this. Denver's city-data crime number (lower is better) is now down to 350, still higher than NYC, which is at 245.3. But we're much lower than San Francisco which is at 486.1. I've long felt that Denver is getting safer in recent years, and the numbers seem to show a very noticeable trend in that direction.

NYC's low crime is kind of anamalous -- there's no other large city in America that posts such low crime numbers. Perhaps they've shoveled off their crime onto their NJ neighbors? I actually can't explain this one fully.

[80skeys]

Originally Posted by tfox

NYC's low crime is kind of anamalous -- there's no other large city in America that posts such low crime numbers. Perhaps they've shoveled off their crime onto their NJ neighbors? I actually can't explain this one fully.

If you have ever been in the Bronx, you would realize that it is ridiculous to say Denver (or any other city) is more dangerous.

[angedemusique]

This report really doesn't say much. New York City currently has a crime rate identical to that of Boise, Idaho, so it's not like Denver is extremely dangerous. It just so happens that neither are these two major cities.

[mejiseike]

new york city crime sucks.... tokyo is best!

[NYSD1995]

Per capita crime statistics are barely useful. The big problem is that crime is not evenly or randomly distributed geographically, it tends to concentrate in certain places. Generally speaking these type of statistics serve only to reinforce the most broad trend, usually which is already obvious, i.e. that Detroit or Oakland is a high-crime city. Crime reporting via mapping and geographic hot spots is much more useful.

[ANAPA]

Originally Posted by ditto

Study: Denver more dangerous than New York, San Francisco - The Denver Post

I haven't read the thread because I want to comment on the original post without any distractions.

It's really not fair to compare any city to NYC because Rudy dropped our crime rate down so low we don't even make the top 20 list of most dangerous cities anymore. So if Denver has a higher crime rate than NYC it doesn't mean it has a high crime rate.

If anyone thinks crime when they think NYC it's the reputation and not the current reality that has them thinking this way, which is understandable.

This isn't to say there is no crime in NYC, but it's far and above what it once was in the 1970's and 1980's.

[ANAPA]

Originally Posted by 80skeys

If you have ever been in the Bronx, you would realize that it is ridiculous to say Denver (or any other city) is more dangerous.

I was raised in the Bronx so let me clarify something for you. New York City is The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.

It's not just one borough, so when coming up with the average crime rate for the city one must look at the city.


If one area of Denver had a high crime rate would the whole city have a high crime rate?

No.



By the way.. Did you know that the Bronx has gated communities?

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by ColoWeb

While I do not have the data to back this up, this simply does not seem, looks, or feels right. While Denver may not be the safest, compared to other cities of this size on all other crime sites, Denver was among the safest city and I did not see much change that would indicate otherwise.

Reality is places like New York and San Francisco are MUCH safer than they were 20 or 30 years ago. Crime has dropped like a rock in these places. Denver's crime was never super high, but hasn't dropped as much as other places in recent years. Hence, Denver has slipped in the safety rankings.