The Heritage Foundation data sources contradict its report that the US city with the 30th highest rate of homicide was 2.4 / 100K. One of their referenced sources- "CHR&R" (footnote 25) - has more than 1K counties with higher homicide rates. Here's that data. Relevant links are in the comments. [OC]Submitted by quantuminous t3_zstol2 in dataisbeautiful
LanchestersLaw t1_j1aev2b wrote
Reply to comment by Pac_Eddy in The Heritage Foundation data sources contradict its report that the US city with the 30th highest rate of homicide was 2.4 / 100K. One of their referenced sources- "CHR&R" (footnote 25) - has more than 1K counties with higher homicide rates. Here's that data. Relevant links are in the comments. [OC] by quantuminous
I am continuously amused by the fact that Chicago/New York/name_a_city is not the county with the highest homicide rate, just a place with a high number of absolute homicides. The actual culprits are rural counties in the deep south.
Pull_Pin_Throw_Away t1_j1e7moo wrote
Certain regions within the city are more dangerous for a young black man than if he were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Areas like Auburn Gresham, Austin, Garfield Park, etc. are literally warzones with 10x the per capita homicide rate of the city as a whole. It's pretty hand wavy to point at rural counties where the homicide rate can swing a lot by having one more or fewer murder per year when these areas with a similar population to the rural county are dropping 40+ bodies a year in a few block radius.
[deleted] t1_j1aktni wrote
It's not exactly surprising given the demographic of that area and the murder statistics.
0tt0attack t1_j1hbu7w wrote
Big number = bad. You expect MAGA heads to understand per capita?
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