MA Counties with Most Violent Crimes Per Capita

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Saturday, May 09, 2015

GoLocalWorcester News Team and FindtheBest

At its peak in 1991, the number of murders was 24,703, according to the FBI. In 2013, the country had 14,196 murders, a 4.4% decrease from the year before. The bad news: In many corners of the country, crime is still a big problem--and it's hard to quantify.

The FBI's Uniform Crime Report has arguably been the most comprehensive and organized collection of crime data to date, which is why many have turned to it as a source. Using the numbers from the most recent report (2013), FindTheHome was able to visualize the report and find where the most violent crime per 100K people occurs in New York.

A few things to note:
A violent crime includes murder, rape (legacy or revised definition depending on your state), robbery, and aggravated assault.
A crime is classified under either city or county jurisdiction (never both), so FindTheHome added city and county crimes together to come up with a number for the county as a whole.
The report does not include reporting agencies that don't comply with the national UCR guidelines.

To read more about the methodology, click here. Suffolk County is the most crime-ridden county, with 797.9 violent crimes per 100K people. The most common crime is assaults, with 3,369 total reported cases. Hampden County follows with 580.9 violent crimes per 100K people.


                                                       

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