Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Two Kansas City neighborhoods ranked among the 10 most violent in America

Posted by Justin Kendall on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:15 AM

Hooray for Kansas City! Two KCMO neighborhoods ranked in the top 10 most violent neighborhoods in America. A site called Wallet Pop ranked "the 25 neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crime in America" by using FBI data and data from the site NeighborhoodScout.com.

Those neighborhoods are 30th Street and Bales Avenue, which ranked as the sixth most violent neighborhood, ...


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And 41st Street and Forest Avenue, which ranked eighth, ...


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The site says people living in the 41st Street and Forest Avenue neighborhood have a one in eight chance of becoming a crime victim. The site also predicts 240 violent crimes in a year.

The site also says people in the 30th Street and Bales Avenue neighborhood have a one in seven chance of becoming a crime victim.

Doubt we'll be much for the Kansas City Convention & Visitors Bureau on this one.

Saw it first on KCTV Channel 5.

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