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U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates (OC) (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] bingbong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

St Louis is a bit skewed since the city proper is so small

[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But wouldn’t the “per 100,000 people” scale even out the discrepancy?

[–] bingbong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

STL proper accounts for only 300k of the metro's population of nearly 3 million and contains the majority of homicides. Most metros aren't divided that way