Morgan Quitno Press is an research and publishing company based out of Lawrence, Kansas. They compile books with statistics of crime rates, health care, education, and other categories, ranking cities and states in the United States. Among the major categories are "Smartest State", "Most Dangerous State", "Most Dangerous City", "Most Dangerous Metro Area", "Most Livable State", "Healthiest State", and "Most Improved State"; some information is per capita while some is overall. In July 2007 Morgan Quitno was acquired by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. Lawrence is a river city in and the seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kansas (Kaw) and Wakarusa Rivers. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Products

• State Rankings - comprehensive livability of each State. Annual Most Livable State Award is given to #1 State in this ranking.
• Health Care State Ranking - limited to and more detailed in health care. #1 State is awarded annualHealthiest State Award each year.
• Crime State Rankings - limited to and more detailed in crime. Best State is awarded annual Safest State Award while worst State is tabbed as Most Dangerous State.
• City Crime Rankings - city and metro area version of Crime State Rankings mentioned above. Safest City, Safest Metro, Most Dangerous City, Most Dangerous Metro are declared based on the data on this rankings.
• State Trends - shows trend of each State data. Most Improved State Awardee is decided based on those data.

America's Safest (Most Dangerous) Cities

Targeted Cities & Metros

• Targeted cities - pop. 75,000+
• Targeted metros - all (no minimum population)

Targeted Crimes

• murder
• rape
• robbery
• assault
• burglary
• automobile theft

Motor vehicle theft is a crime of theft. ...

Methodology

1. Calculate crime rate (number of cases per pop. 100,000) of each 6 crimes based on previous year's FBI data.
2. Compare these rates with U.S. average
3. Calculate Crime Index based on Morgan Quitno's equation.
4. Rank cities and metros by their Crime Index.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Note

• The FBI recommends against use of its crime statistics for the direct comparison of cities as Morgan Quitno does in its "Most Dangerous Cities" rankings. This is due to the many variables that influence crime in a particular study area such as population density and the degree of urbanization, modes of transportation of highway system, economic conditions, and citizens' attitudes toward crime. [1]
• In November 2007 the executive board of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) approved a resolution opposing the development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs). The resolution states the rankings "represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities" and "work against a key goal of our society, which is a better understanding of crime-related issues by both scientists and the public."[2]
• The U.S. Conference of Mayors has criticized the "Most Dangerous Cities" list, saying the annual city-by-city crime rankings are "distorted and damaging to cities' reputations." [3]
• In October 2007 The American Society of Criminology, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, and The Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that the publisher reconsider the promotion of the book — specifically, "their inaccurate and inflammatory press release labeling cities as 'safest' and 'most dangerous'" — because the rankings are "baseless and damaging." [4]
• Cities of Illinois are not included in this ranking, due to unmatch in rape cases between Illinois State police data and FBI data.
• Other cities may not be included due to lack of some data.
• Morgan Quitno's "Most Dangerous Cities" ranking has been criticized as a statistical half-truth, since it does not adjust rankings of cities with wide area city limits (Houston, Jacksonville) compared to cities with inner core limits (St. Louis, Atlanta). Houston's city crime statistics, for instance, are diluted by lower crime in affluent areas within its broad city limits, whereas almost all the low crime affluent areas of St. Louis are outside its city limits, which constitute only 12.5% of its metro area. St. Louis would fall far down the dangerous cities list just by annexing adjacent suburbs in this methodology, with no actual change in personal safety. Metro area rankings include all suburbs for all MSAs and therefore have some validity.

Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ...

Safest Cities

• Huntington Beach, California - 1994
• Irvine, California - 1995
• Amherst, New York - 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Newton, Massachusetts - 1999, 2004, 2005
• Brick, New Jersey - 2006
• Mission Viejo, California - 2007

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Most Dangerous Cities

• Newark, New Jersey - 1996, 1997
• Gary, Indiana - 1998, 1999
• Detroit, Michigan - 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007
• Camden, New Jersey - 2004, 2005
• St. Louis, Missouri - 2002, 2006

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Safest and Most Dangerous Metropolitan Areas of 2006

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Safest and Most Dangerous Cities of 2007

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See also

• United States cities by crime rate

The following table (initially sorted on the basis of reported murders in 2006) is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics that initially became available in September 2007. ...

External links

• Morgan Quitno
• CQ Press City Crime Rankings, 14th Edition
• FBI published data Crime in the United States (CIUS)
• NPR's On the Media examins the credibility of the America's Safest (and Most Dangerous) Cities rankings in an interview with Criminologist Dr. Richard Rosenfeld
• American Society of Criminology (ASC) approved a resolution opposing the development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs).
• The U.S. Conference of Mayors Challenges City Crime Rankings
• Area group fights 'crime' label, By Jeremy Kohler, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 11/18/2007
• Disputed analysis of FBI stats: Detroit is most dangerous city, Wood TV Channel 8, Grand Rapids, MI, November 18, 2007
• Experts say 'most dangerous city' rankings twist numbers, CNN November 18, 2007