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bryanhealey t1_j250wto wrote

honest question: what constitutes a violent crime? does that include stuff like armed burglary? would also be interested in how this compares nationally and internationally.

great map, tho! love being able to easily visualize these kind of stats.

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potkea OP t1_j2526ls wrote

The FBI considers violent crime to be:

  • Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter

  • Rape

  • Robbery

  • Aggravated assault

>would also be interested in how this compares nationally and internationally.

IDK abt internationally, but nationally you can compare the rates to these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate

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bryanhealey t1_j252cfl wrote

awesome, ty!

edit: holy shit, DC!

also, definitely interesting to see the trend lines per state from year-to-year...

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DernKala1975 t1_j269qe3 wrote

In defense of DC: it’s not really fair to compare DC to the states. DC shows up as dark red compared to the states on the map but in reality would be more comparable to other large cities - I know the crime rate in DC is high but IIRC there are other cities that are higher.

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96ToyotaCamry t1_j253iuc wrote

Straight from the Wikipedia article that OP linked in comment: In the United States, violent crime consists of five types of criminal offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and gang violence

This makes Mass the 33rd state when ranked from most to least violent crimes per 100k from 2011-2020. Mass has been on a downward trend (decreasing levels of violent crime) every year.

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