St. Louis is the most dangerous US city to live in, study finds

St. Louis ranked the poorest in security in a research that in contrast 182 US cities.
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St. Louis was ranked probably the most harmful metropolis within the US in a brand new research due to excessive charges of crime and risks like pure disasters and automobile accidents.

St. Louis got here in lifeless final in a WalletHub report evaluating the security of 182 US cities, because of a excessive assault fee and different points.

The town has weathered numerous turmoil over the previous few years, together with devastating flash flooding, a probable serial killer and many years of disturbing police assault allegations.

WalletHub in contrast the cities throughout house and group security, natural-disaster danger and monetary security metrics. A complete of 42 subcategories, together with hate crimes, unemployment, pure catastrophe danger and even vaccination charges, comprised the three metrics.

WalletHub in contrast the 182 cities throughout the 42 metrics, giving every a metric scored on a 100-point scale. Cities with excessive scores represented excessive ranges of security in that class.

“We then decided every metropolis’s weighted common throughout all metrics to calculate its total rating and used the ensuing scores to rank-order our pattern. In figuring out our pattern, we thought-about solely the town correct in every case, excluding cities within the surrounding metro space,” the research acknowledged.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida was ranked the least protected metropolis in the identical survey in 2020.

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St. Louis scored a paltry 42.8 out of 100, the bottom rating, however was fared solely barely worse than Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a 48.8 and San Bernardino, California with a 54.4. Fort Lauderdale was rated the most harmful metropolis in 2020.

New York Metropolis, which persistently makes headlines for rising crime and simply surpassed the highest fee of subway killings within the final 25 years, scored higher than 55 different cities.

Columbia, Maryland is the most secure metropolis to reside in, in accordance with WalletHub, and has the fewest site visitors fatalities. It scored a 85.99 out of 100.

Rounding out the highest 5 most secure have been Nashua, New Hampshire; Laredo, Texas; Portland, Maine and Warwick, Rhode Island.