Although the risk of deadly shootings appears to have escalated, violence in the United States is trending downward. In 1995, there were 685 violent incidents per 100,000 people nationwide. By 2014, the national violent crime rate had fallen to 366 violent crimes per 100,000 people. The United States is far from the most peaceful place on earth, however, and some states remain far more violent than others.
24/7 Wall St. generated an index to rank the peacefulness of each U.S. state. States with high violent crime and homicide rates, as well as high estimated small arms ownership and high incarceration rates were identified as less peaceful, while states with lower incidences of these factors were more peaceful. According to our index, Maine is the most peaceful state, while Louisiana is the least peaceful.
Yeah, in the national conscience Delaware for some reason seems to get kicked around a bit, similar to the way New Jersey used to - and still often does. I've never been there, so I can't comment personally, though I suppose you could and better that I.America?s Most Violent (and Peaceful) States - 24/7 Wall St.
HOLY CRAP!!! :shock:
Delaware is #4 on most violent list.
America?s Most Violent (and Peaceful) States - 24/7 Wall St.
HOLY CRAP!!! :shock:
Delaware is #4 on most violent list.
To identify the most violent and most peaceful states, 24/7 Wall St. created an index based on five measures. We were inspired by the 2012 United States Peace Index from the Institute for Economics & Peace, and emulated the Institute’s methodology in order to rank states from most peaceful to most violent. We gave full weight in the index to two of the five measures:
the number of murders and the number of violent crimes (excluding murder) per 100,000 people, both of which came from the FBI’s 2014 Uniform Crime Report.
Law enforcement employment per 100,000 state residents, which includes civilian employees such as dispatchers and administrators, was given a three-quarter weighting and also came from the FBI.
Incarceration rates, which capture state prisons only, were given a three-quarter weighting and came from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Firearm suicides as a percent of total suicides are for 2010 through 2014 to adjust for outliers and are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This was the fifth component of the index and received a one-quarter weight. In the absence of accurate counts of small arms in U.S. households, this measure is closely correlated to and widely used as an approximation of small arms possession because firearms used in suicides are disproportionately small arms. These data sets are frequently based on disparate and inconsistent population totals, so all rates for the purposes of this index were calculated based on 2013 ACS population counts.
In addition to these indexed measures, we reviewed the gun ownership rate in each state as of 2013 obtained from a study published in 2015 from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. The survey asked state residents whether they live in a household with at least one firearm of any kind.
Poverty rates, median household incomes, and the percentages of adults with at least a high school diploma or with at least a college degree in each state came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey.
Yeah, in the national conscience Delaware for some reason seems to get kicked around a bit, similar to the way New Jersey used to - and still often does. I've never been there, so I can't comment personally, though I suppose you could and better that I.
It seems from the article if you want a safe state: Go to New England or Pacific Northwest, and stay out of the South.
But I believe evaluating violence by states can be ambiguous, since we are exposed to violence at the local (not state) level. I live just outside of one of the most violent cities in the States, but those numbers are skewed due to the violence occurring heavily in just a few of the otherwise reasonably peaceful neighborhoods. Of course if you live, work, or commute through one of the high violence neighborhoods - you're exposed. But if you live & work in good neighborhoods, the numbers are inconsequential to you.
What's going on in Alaska?!
…Delaware is #4 on most violent list.
It uses REALLY crappy methodology….
What's going on in Alaska?!
What's going on in Alaska?!
That site also lists Easiest States to Buy a Gun (Easiest States to Buy a Gun - 24/7 Wall St.) where Delaware is #5 and Hardest States to Buy a Gun (Hardest States to Buy a Gun - 24/7 Wall St.) where Delaware is #3.
Somethin’ don’t compute.
Social isolation, extreme cold, periods of long dark nights ...What's going on in Alaska?!
Highest male-female ratio in the country, combine that with a little cabin fever...
America?s Most Violent (and Peaceful) States - 24/7 Wall St.
HOLY CRAP!!! :shock:
Delaware is #4 on most violent list.
Rampant Eskimo gang warfare apparently.
That site also lists Easiest States to Buy a Gun (Easiest States to Buy a Gun - 24/7 Wall St.) where Delaware is #5 and Hardest States to Buy a Gun (Hardest States to Buy a Gun - 24/7 Wall St.) where Delaware is #3.
Somethin’ don’t compute.
One can be both easy and hard at the same time.
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