Wow, that's fucked up. Glad your ok. Btw...here is some of the data you guys were wondering about. I got some of it form different places...but I got the specifics on rochester and baltimore from http://www.cityrating.com/crimestatistics.asp
So you can check your city.


I'm not sure what the current murder rates are....but the top ten cities (with over 500,000 people) in murder rate per capita in 2002 were:
1. Washington DC
2. Detroit
3. Baltimore
4. Memphis
5. Chicago
6. Philadelphia
7. Columbus
8. Milwaukee
9. Los Angeles
10. Dallas

Per Capita National Murder rates by state in 2003 were:
per 100,000
1. Louisiana 13.0
2. Maryland 9.5
3. Mississippi 9.3
4. Nevada 8.8
5. Arizona 7.9
6. Georgia 7.6
7. South Carolina 7.2
8. Illinois 7.1
9. California 6.8
10. Tennessee 6.8
...
24. New York 4.9
...
50. Maine 1.2

In 2003:
-Rochester had 58 murders and a population of about 217,527. Their murder rate is about 3.49 times the National Average.

-Baltimore had 270 murders and a population of about 644,554. Their murder rate is about 5.48 times the National Average.