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Phoenix Fares Poorly on Public Safety
PHOENIX (Associated Press) September 20, 2006
— Phoenix finished ninth in a 10-city race to see which was the safest.
New York remained the safest of the nation's 10 largest cities in 2005, with about one crime reported for every 37 people, according to FBI statistics. The large city with the highest crime rate was Dallas, with about one crime reported for every 12 people. Phoenix was ninth, with one crime for every 14.1 residents. Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city, ranked third safest, with about one crime for every 26 people. San Jose took the No. 2 spot, while San Diego ranked fourth. Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, San Antonio and then Phoenix followed. The AP's calculation ranked cities by the total number of crimes reported per resident and did not distinguish between violent crimes and property crimes. The FBI said in its report that it makes a point not to rank cities, saying "they provide no insight into the many variables that mold the crime in a particular town, city, county, state, or region." |