Benchmarking St. Louis City, Missouri against all counties
St. Louis City, Missouri has the 2nd-most violent crimes per 100,000 population (1,885) of all the 3,142 counties. That 1,885 compares to an average of 251.99 and standard deviation of 204.1 across those 3,142 counties.
Reaching the nationwide average of 251.99 would imply a decrease of 5,041 violent crimes.
St. Louis City, Missouri has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
Reaching the nationwide average of 251.99 would imply a decrease of 5,041 violent crimes.
St. Louis City, Missouri has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 1,885 (2nd-most)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 9.61 (339th-fewest, tied)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 13.270 (60th-most)
- property crimes per 100,000 population = 7,953 (the most)
- first responders per 1,000 population = 1.130 (536th-most, tied)
- population living close to emergency facilities = 87.85% (11th-most)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $989.88 (29th-highest)
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Peers
Dillingham Census Area, Alaska is first with 2,009.
exceeded Crittenden County, Arkansas (1,764), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska (1,614), Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (1,567), and Baltimore City, Maryland (1,449), and others, ending with Bon Homme County, South Dakota (0.00).
68 out of the other 3,141 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for violent crimes per 100,000 population, e.g., Smith County, Mississippi.
exceeded Crittenden County, Arkansas (1,764), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska (1,614), Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (1,567), and Baltimore City, Maryland (1,449), and others, ending with Bon Homme County, South Dakota (0.00).
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References
- violent crimes per 100,000 population. Lower values are better. Violent crime includes murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, etc. Source is DOJ 2014. The population estimate is from the 2017 Census.