[Mick]

Here's a list of the Top 100 most violent cities (with 25,000 or more residents) as measured by violent crimes per 1,000 people annually.  Eight of the Top 100 are from California.  The national average of violent crimes is 3.86 per 1,000 people annually.  The position, city and # of crimes per 1,000 are listed below:
#100, Madera (9.19)
#83, Desert Hot Springs (9.96)
#74, San Bernardino (10.3)
#67, Richmond (10.52)
#43, East Palo Alto (12.08)
#40, Stockton (12.42)
#32, Compton (12.87)
#5, Oakland (19.94)
#3, Detroit (21.10)
#1, Camden (25.66)

I included Detroit because I just moved there.  Pretty interesting, in a Mad-Max kind of way.  Heard a long series of popping noises the other night driving home on East Jefferson, which connects downtown Detroit to Grosse Pointe.  There's about an eight mile stretch of sketchy area, almost unbelievable to behold.

[Mick]

Here's a list of the Top 100 most violent cities (with 25,000 or more residents) as measured by violent crimes per 1,000 people annually.  Eight of the Top 100 are from California.  The national average of violent crimes is 3.86 per 1,000 people annually.  The position, city and # of crimes per 1,000 are listed below:
#100, Madera (9.19)
#83, Desert Hot Springs (9.96)
#74, San Bernardino (10.3)
#67, Richmond (10.52)
#43, East Palo Alto (12.08)
#40, Stockton (12.42)
#32, Compton (12.87)
#5, Oakland (19.94)
#3, Detroit (21.10)
#1, Camden (25.66)

I included Detroit because I just moved there.  Pretty interesting, in a Mad-Max kind of way.  Heard a long series of popping noises the other night driving home on East Jefferson, which connects downtown Detroit to Grosse Pointe.  There's about an eight mile stretch of sketchy area, almost unbelievable to behold.