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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Sioux Falls 136th-Safest City in America

CQ Press has just released its list of the most dangerous cities in America. Sioux Falls is not one of them... but interestingly, Sioux Falls is not one of the very safest, either. Based on rates of murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft, Sioux Falls ranks 136th out of 400 cities with over 75K population. (See the full methodology here.)

Sioux Falls is still 12.5% below the national average crime rates. Here's a comparison with some other metros within a day's drive:

CityRankScore (% above or below nat'l crime rate)
Madison (WI)
99
–31.0
Cedar Rapids
123
–20.0
Lincoln
134
–13.1
Sioux Falls
136
–12.5
Sioux City
140
–12.1
Fargo
149
–7.8
Davenport22131.2
Des Moines
236
37.0
Omaha23938.8
St. Paul
298
74.7
Minneapolis
353
127.5
Kansas City
380
186.01

And now for your daily paradigm-buster: Remember last year when Senator Thune made some silly comment about how Central Park would be safer with some gun-toting Sioux Falls tourists to keep the peace? Golly, they must have gone there: New York City is ranked 132nd safest, better than Sioux Falls at 14.5% below the national crime rate average. Go figure!

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