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The following table
compares violent crime rates in San Francisco with other large metropolitan
cities in the United States. Other listed cities either have handgun
bans or severe restrictions. Across all cities and all forms of
violent crime, cities with strong gun control have an average violent crime
rate 3.6 times higher than San Francisco. On the high end, crime can
be as much as 13.2 times higher (New York City aggravated assaults). |
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San Francisco |
Baltimore |
Boston |
Chicago |
Detroit |
New York City |
D.C. |
(average) |
|
Population |
772,065 |
644,554 |
589,795 |
2,898,374 |
927,766 |
8,098,066 |
563,384 |
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|
Violent crime total |
5,725 |
11,183 |
7,173 |
37,684 |
18,724 |
59,448 |
8,839 |
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|
Violent crimes per 100,000 |
742 |
1,735 |
1,216 |
1,300 |
2,018 |
734 |
1,569 |
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Number of times more than SF
|
|
2.3 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
|
Murders & non-negligent man-slaughter |
69 |
270 |
39 |
598 |
366 |
597 |
248 |
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Number of times more than SF
|
|
3.9 |
0.6 |
8.7 |
5.3 |
8.7 |
3.6 |
5.1 |
|
Forcible rape |
215 |
204 |
262 |
0 |
814 |
1,609 |
273 |
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Number of times more than SF
|
|
0.9 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
3.8 |
7.5 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
|
Robbery |
3,065 |
4,339 |
2,759 |
17,302 |
5,817 |
25,989 |
3,836 |
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Number of times more than SF
|
|
1.4 |
0.9 |
5.6 |
1.9 |
8.5 |
1.3 |
3.3 |
|
Aggravated assault |
2,376 |
6,370 |
4,113 |
19,784 |
11,727 |
31,253 |
4,482 |
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Number of times more than SF
|
|
2.7 |
1.7 |
8.3 |
4.9 |
13.2 |
1.9 |
5.5 |
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Average |
3.6 |
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