(March 26, 2014) Jackson TN – The popular Real Estate blog MOVOTO surveyed over 200 small cities and ranked Jackson TN as third most dangerous city in America
According to the website, to produce this ranking, they looked at a list of 234 places small cities between 50,000 and 75,000 residents in size.
The report says "Using data from the FBI’s 2012 uniform crime report, the latest available, they measured seven distinct crimes using the total reported incidents of each:
- Burglary
- Theft
- Motor vehicle theft
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Assault
Crimes were separated these four groups:
- Murders,
- Violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, and assault),
- Property crimes (burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft),
- Total crimes.
The cities were then ranked on the incidents of each group per 100,000 residents per year, from 1 to 234, with a higher score being more dangerous.
The individual rankings (murders, violent crimes, property crimes and total crimes) were then weighted to create a final overall score. Murders, violent crimes, and property crimes each comprised 30 percent of the total, while total crimes made up 10 percent. The higher this combined score, the more dangerous the city.
Other cities on the list include, North Little Rock Arkansas, Pensacola and Daytona Beach FL
