On Mar 20, 8:37*pm, "Clive George" wrote:
"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message

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Look athttp://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_16.html

Check the "rate" columns for Group I (i.e. largest) cities, on down to
Group VI, the smallest cities. *Check the crime rates for all the
types of crimes. *Do you see the same trends I do?

There's one interesting bit, which is that the biggest cities seem to have
lower crime than the slightly less large ones. At a guess, NYC is in that
'largest' segment, which means it's better than one might think.

There's also a certain amount of comparison to be made with the various
"Cycling is dangerous" arguments - the point is that cycling is not actually
that dangerous, so the things which are being justified by the people using
that argument aren't actually useful. Ditto crime.

All that said, I prefer our sleepy market town :-)

Well, crime rates depend on victim reports. If you live in a city
where crime is the norm, then people stop reporting. Not saying that
is the case with NY, but I suspect a person in small town USA would be
more likely to report a minor property crime -- a car break in, for
example -- than someone in a high crime city. -- Jay Beattie.