How many times have you heard that Jax has the "highest murder rate of any city in the state"?
I got curious and went to the FBI's crime statistics website
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/2007prelim/table4co_id.htm
Here are the 2007 numbers:
Population Murders Murders per 100,000 people
Jax 797,350 123 15.4
Miami 410,252 79 19.25
Orlando 224,417 49 21.8
As you can see, both Orlando and Miami are "ahead" of us. We're no. 3! We're no. 3!
Posted by lewyn
at 12:28 AM EDT
