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10 Most Dangerous Cities in the US

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The Internet can’t seem to come to an agreement on the 10 Most Dangerous cities in the US. There are quite a few websites ranking US cities as most dangerous, but not all sites list the same cities. This may be because of what data was used - some sites only ranked cities with a specific population, some looked at only violent crime, some overall crime. Sites that have a 10 most dangerous list include 24/7 Wallstreet , Forbes , World Atlas , Safewise , The Active Times , IBTimes , and NeighborhoodScout . We decided to compare all of those lists to get you a list of 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the US (an aggregate version). To our surprise, Chicago, with the amount of gun violence the city faces daily , was not found on a single list. We didn’t find New York City listed either, however, NYPD has been showing a decline in crime in NYC since the 90s. In the past New Orleans has ranked high, however, they were only found listed as dangerous once. The good news - currently in the pa...

Kansas City is Mapped!

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So which Kansas City do we have mapped? Both! Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO are both mapped on SpotCrime! Although the cities share a name, they are in two different states with two different governments and two different police departments. Even business laws like zoning and happy hour beer prices are different! Referred to as KCMO and KCK, when someone mentions Kansas City, they are typically referring to KCMO. This is because KCMO is relatively larger than KCK and holds things like the airport and sports teams. KCMO has a population of over 475k while KCK only has approximately 150k Live on the border of the two cities? Even thought there are two different police departments for the cities that share no real border (except a dotted line on a Google map), you can now find all Kansas City crime on SpotCrime - check out the crime around your address on the front page of SpotCrime Crime around the border of Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO Be su...