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July 24th, 2009, 11:23 PM #1Member
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Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
Harrisburg was the top crime per capita city in the state, followed by Lancaster and York.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/ind...crime_cit.html
This kind of surprised me as I would have assumed Philly would get top honors.
Just goes to show you that we need to be prepared no matter where we are. Suburbs and small cities can be just as dangerous as big cities.
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July 24th, 2009, 11:33 PM #2
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
Holy crap!
Harrisburg, York and Lancaster ranked as the top three cities in the state in 2008 for crime per capita, according to Pennsylvania State Police Uniform Crime Reporting System figures released this week.
With 72.7 crimes per 1,000 people, Harrisburg ranked first, followed by Lancaster at 66.6 per 1,000 people, and York at 65.6 per 1,000 people, according to the report. By comparison, Philadelphia had a rate of 57.8 per 1,000 people and Pittsburgh had a rate of 51.9 per 1,000 people, according to the report.
In Harrisburg, violent crimes -- homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault -- increased 11.6 percent from 2007, while offenses like vandalism, fraud and drug offenses increased 0.1 percent, according to the report.
Crime also increased in the Harrisburg suburbs in 2008, with violent crime going up 5.4 percent and lesser offenses increasing 1.4 percent. Statewide, the overall number of crimes reported to the state police UCR increased less than half a percent in 2008 while violent crimes decreased by one percent. Property crimes were up by 2.8 percent.
Maybe it's time to move back to Baltimore... where it's safer?!While many claim to support the right, precious few support the practice.
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July 24th, 2009, 11:41 PM #3
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
if you looked at the crime data you would see that the rise is due to the vermin from nyc and philly committing crimes here. until the criminal justice system starts keeping the vermin locked up or killing them like they should, you can expect crime rates to be high. harrisburg, for being the capital is a shit hole
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
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July 25th, 2009, 12:19 AM #4
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
Philly has been known to fudge the numbers on there crime stats
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July 25th, 2009, 06:42 AM #5
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
Don't forget Philly is a large city geographically. A large portion of the populace live in the suburban parts of Philadelphia. I would bet that the statistics from the burbs dilute the per capita numbers for the whole.
I'd be willing to bet that the numbers for the city core are much, much higher.
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July 25th, 2009, 06:44 AM #6Banned
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Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
the safest place on earth is Antarctica , cuz everyone that goes down there turns into an ice cube! crime rate =zero.
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July 25th, 2009, 09:16 AM #7
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
If you think crime is bad in HBG now, with Mayor Reed not winning the Primary, wait till the complete sleeze ball who will probably win becomes the Mayor. She'll turn that city into a real war zone...just watch and beware!!!
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July 25th, 2009, 09:28 AM #8
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
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July 25th, 2009, 01:57 PM #9
Re: Harrisburg top city for crime in PA - and that doesn't include the government!
I am in shock that Killadelphia got beat out. Who woulda ever thunk it?
" The Seeds of Oppression Will One Day Bear The Fruit of Rebellion."
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July 25th, 2009, 02:17 PM #10
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