Memphis Ranked as the Most Dangerous City in the U.S.

[Moped]

This Is America’s Most Dangerous City (msn.com)

What does crime look like in America, based on FBI statistics for 2020? The homicide rate rose at a faster pace than at any time since 1905. The rate of violent crime rose for the first time since 2016. Violent crimes were more likely to happen between young adults. Two trends were ongoing. Many people who committed violent crimes did not know the victims. The most frequent location for violent crimes was at home. And guns were used to commit a very high number of these crimes. There were no ready reasons for the change in crime statistics patterns. One reason often given is the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another is social upheaval during the same period.  However, each is only a theory.

Crime is a local phenomenon influenced by a wide range of factors at the national, state, community and even household level. As a result, violent crime rates in the United States can vary considerably from place to place. In some metropolitan areas, rates of violence far exceed the nation-level highs recorded in decades past. Using data from the FBI’s 2020 Uniform Crime Report (UCR), 24/7 Wall St. identified the most dangerous metro area in the United States. Metro areas are ranked by the violent crime rate. Specifically, that is the number of violent crimes reported for every 100,000 residents.

In keeping with the national trend, most large metro areas reported a rise in criminal violence in 2020. As was also the case nationwide, the increase in many of these metro areas was led by a surge in homicide cases.

Low-income communities in the United States are disproportionately burdened by crime. One study found that individuals with family incomes of less than $15,000 annually are three times more likely to be victimized by crime than those with family incomes of $75,000 or more.

Violent crime includes murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rаpe, robbery and aggravated assault. The rate of violent crimes per 100,000 people was calculated using population data from the FBI. Limited data were available in the 2020 UCR for areas in Alabama, Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania, though these places were not excluded from the analysis.

Additional information on the number of murders and the population within the jurisdictions reporting figures to the FBI are also from the 2020 FBI UCR. Poverty rates are one-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey.

The most dangerous city in the United States was Memphis. Here are the details:

Violent crime rate: 1,359 per 100,000 people (18,324 total crimes) One-year change in violent crime rate: +21.3% Homicide rate: 24.2 per 100,000 people (327 total homicides) Poverty rate: 15.4%

The Memphis metro area ranks as the most dangerous in the United States. More than 18,000 violent crimes were reported in the metro area in 2020, or 1,359 for every 100,000 people. That is more than three times the U.S. violent crime rate. The number of homicides committed in Memphis climbed by 38%, from 237 in 2019 to 327 in 2020. At 24.2 per 100,000 people, the homicide rate in Memphis is the second-highest of any U.S. metro area.

Deadly violence continues to increase in Memphis. The city has reported more homicides so far in 2021 than it had over the comparable period the previous year. City leaders have plans to curtail criminal violence in the city but reportedly need hundreds of additional police officers to execute those plans. The department is reportedly offering a $15,000 signing bonus in order to aid in the recruitment effort.

This Is America’s Most Dangerous City (msn.com)

Tennesse Cities Ranked in the Top 50 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. Per Capita per 247wallst.com. 

1. Memphis

39. Jackson, TN

41. Nahsville - Davidson County - Murfreesboro - Franklin, TN

43. Chattanooga, TN

 

[Grayfox54]

I wish I could say I'm surprised. But I'm not in the least. Seems like everyday the news starts with how many were shot today.  

[Grunt67]

2 hours ago, Grayfox54 said:

I wish I could say I'm surprised. But I'm not in the least. Seems like everyday the news starts with how many were shot today.  

No surprise here either. They don't seem to have much interest in changing it.

[TennesseeCamper]

No surprise! Although I never had a problem there.  When I visit Memphis, I am careful where I go.

Seems like Nashville is working hard to move up that list.

[Snaveba]

It’s all those damn Yankees and such moving to Nashville that the problem.

[res308]

My only surprise was that I didn’t know Chattanooga was that bad. 

[tacops]

6 hours ago, Moped said:

The most dangerous city in the United States was Memphis.

And Chicago said "Hold my beer".

[gregintenn]

Gotta get those evil damn guns off the street and Memphis will be a utopia.

[FUJIMO]

55 minutes ago, tacops said:

And Chicago said "Hold my beer".

First thing that crossed my mind too but the "per capita" is what nailed it for Memphis i guess. They just need to bring some immigrants in and NOT kill as many natives lmao

[bobsguns]

2 hours ago, TennesseeCamper said:

No surprise! Although I never had a problem there.  When I visit Memphis, I am careful where I go.

Seems like Nashville is working hard to move up that list.

As a former life long resident of Nashville & also a worker in its public housing projects (yes, I know), allow me to opine on how I see the difference.

In Nashville, in almost any neighborhood, one is relatively safe in the daytime. Much like the movies of our youth, the vampires come out at night. Nighttime is most certainly when one avoids specific parts of Nashville at all costs. 

In Memphis, the opposite is true. Vampires run around 7/24 & they don't give a fat furry rat's behind what time it is. 

True story: Some of you may not know I've worked gun shops & gun shows in TN for over 30 years. First for Specialty Arms & the for The Gun Crew. I was in Memphis for a show with the Gun Crew. After setting up, we're off for dinner. I'm with the owner, Reese, who is a former cop once upon a time. We're in his Wrangler, which has a soft top, the ballistic protection equivalent of Saran Wrap. Reese pulls up next to a traffic cop & politely asks him, "What the most dangerous street in Memphis?" 

The cop of course looks at him like Reese has 3 heads. The cop of course tells him So-and-so Street. Of course Reese immediately heads in that direction. At night. In a soft top Jeep. With two white crackers in it. Despite my declaration that he is THE dumbest SOB to ever drive a Jeep, we ride right down So-and-so St. My 10mm is held between my knees & my left hand is holding an extra mag. Reese is laughing his butt off...........................     

As for Memphis, I once had a homeless black fella from BFE West TN tell me (in Memphis) that the home boys in Memphis were crazy. Said they'd kill you just for kicks. In Nashville, 99% of the murders involve some sort of minority and drugs, quite often gangs. Ditto for Chattanooga, based on the news reports I read. I've heard Jackson is a carry-over from the Memphis trash coming in.

As noted, the "communities" most impacted by this senseless violence doesn't/won't do a damn thing about it. Oh, they'll get out and march, wave their little signs, burn their candles. Then they all go home and let the bloodsucking hoodlums right back in their homes to hide them from the police. Hard to generate sympathy for people who act like that, IMO.  

[bobsguns]

2 hours ago, res308 said:

My only surprise was that I didn’t know Chattanooga was that bad. 

Just the city part it seems.

Aside from a few scattered pockets here & there, Chattanooga is seemingly made up of slums. I drive around Chatt every day for my job, I see a lot of off-the-main-path areas of Chatt & none of it is pretty. Hamilton Co is not bad at all, Chatt is a cesspool, IMO. 

[bobsguns]

19 minutes ago, FUJIMO said:

First thing that crossed my mind too but the "per capita" is what nailed it for Memphis i guess. They just need to bring some immigrants in and NOT kill as many natives lmao

MS13 boys would chew those hood rats up & spit them out, IMO. 

[deerslayer]

1 hour ago, bobsguns said:

"What the most dangerous street in Memphis?" 

Pretty much all of them south of Park Avenue and most west of Highland.  

[Snaveba]

I do miss “Six Flags over Orange Mound”

 

(or Liberty Land to the uninitiated)