Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Crime in the...Suburbs?

Study by Brookings showing overall trends of crime in metro areas, showing that crime rates are falling in core cities and inner-ring suburbs while increasing in the outer suburbs.  Although the city crime rates are still higher, the gap between the suburban and city crime rates have narrowed. 


In general, the nation’s largest metropolitan areas are much safer today than they were in years past. Within metropolitan areas, older, more urbanized, poorer, and more minority communities have benefited the most from these trends, narrowing the disparities between cities and suburbs and underscoring that crime is not a uniquely urban issue, but a metropolitan one.



I'm sure that's reflected in reporting by the media, right?

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