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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
yes but we are comparing major cities, not the whole country.
Winnipeg has had 16 murders so far (through June) in 2016, for a rate of 2.41/100k, more than New York City (all figures through mid-year). Meanwhile London, UK is about 0.6/100k ytd (Toronto is thus 2x as dangerous as London).
so both Winnipeg and Edmondon are ~25 to ~50% more dangerous than NYC!
http://globalnews.ca/news/2669539/ti...nipeg-in-2016/ |
NYC safer than Winnipeg? I can agree with that! Safer than Edmonton? I would say NO. NYC is still way, way, huger a City than Edmonton is. Fact is Homicide rate is NEVER the only criteria to consider, it has more to do with victims of gang activity vs. Innocent Bystandard's or people who are not engaged in Criminal Activities as a rate alongside the Annual Homicide Totals! (Especially when the Rates between Edmonton/ NYC are this close). I know for a fact NYC still has more random death's than probably the entire absolute murder's for the City of Edmonton every single year. By virtue of being way, way, huger! (You can't tell me that @ least 20% of the Murder's in NYC are not random or people not engaged in Gang Activity).
That alone is going to be like 90 Murder's or less (Which is more than the entire total Edmonton EVER finishes the year with). Whereas victims of random Murder's in Edmonton will likely ALWAYS be less than maybe 5 or 6 people. Rate doesn't mean shit their are other things to think about that makes a City more or less "safe".
As for Toronto It practically border's the most violent developed nation in the World so nice try. How many American Gun's have been smuggled from Niagara Falls USA into Canada & then later are used for Toronto homicides? Fact is if the US was a "Safer" or more civilized Country to begin with then Canada's Murder Total's would be even lower than they are but their not. The UK does NOT border the US by land. (If it did its Murder Rates would be higher as well!) Remember EVERYTHING that happens in the US generally happens in Canada just on a much smaller scale. (Look @ Norway & Sweden they border each other & both have simular murder rates), Whereas its even a miracle that Canada's is as low as it is when u consider how high their neighbor next door's is! (Fortunately states with lower Homicide Rates tend to border Canada but its still higher than Canada by quite alot on average with the exception of maybe New Hampshire). Also the Demographics in Toronto are very different than they are from London. Theirs ALOT to think about when discussing "violent crimes" in particular Homicide from Country to Country!
Again the same can be said about the Southern Half of the US, higher Murder rates as it borders Mexico. (Their's always that spill over).
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