Posted Dec 2, 2011, 9:12 PM
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worth noting here:
Toronto's homicide rate per 100,000 population is running in/around 1.6 this year. (population approx. 2,700,000 (city proper)
This would compare with:
Buffalo, New York at 20 murders per 100,000 people (put another way, if Buffalo were the size of Toronto, it would have 160+ homicides)
But you say, not a fair comparison, given the tough times of Buffalo....
I'll be a good sport and overlook Detroit....
In favour of New Orleans, running at 49 murders per 100,000
Meh, you say....your looking only at inner-city areas etc. etc.
Well that thriving hotbed of inner-city trouble, Omaha, Nebraska has a homicide rate of 7.3 (or about 4x that of Toronto)
So, Toronto is undoubtedly a very safe city in the North American context.
While there are safer cities in the world....
It should be said...
Moscow's homicide rate is 9/100,000
London, UK, is just a hair above us, at 1.9/100,000
Amsterdam, however, runs close to 7 (who knew it was a dangerous as Nebraska?)
And
Lisbon, Portugal....9
the national rate for Canada btw is in the general area of 2/100,000
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