I agree with Tim Apolito, a University of Dayton instructor who teaches courses on criminal justice and U.S. policing: "When you look at any statistic you have to look at what that statistic really means." Statistics alone don't tell the entire story. Nevertheless, here they are:- MSNBC reported on December 10, 2002 that a recent study ranked Dayton, Ohio one of the most dangerous cities in the US. According to the report, the study was done by a Kansas Publisher, and it based the rankings on FBI statistics about the number of murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, and automobile thefts.
- On December 9, 2002, the Dayton Daily News reported that Dayton was ranked 15th in the nation; St. Louis was first, outranking Detroit. Atlanta, Georgia was third, followed by Gary, Indiana and Baltimore, Maryland. The safest cities? According to the report, they are Amherst, New York; followed by Brick Township, New Jersey, Newton, Massachusetts, and the California communities of Thousand Oaks and Sunnyvale.
- On December 11th, the Dayton Daily News reported that "at least 30 cities with populations of at least 75,000, including Akron and Canton, weren't included on the list because the police departments there didn't submit complete statistics to the FBI." Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, and San Francisco were also missing from the list.
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