A WalletHub study published Monday ranked the safety of more than 180 U.S. cities in an attempt to classify their safety.
Half of the points assigned cities came from safety data such as violent crimes reported, number of police and firefighters and how many EMTs a city employs. Another 30% of each city’s score came from determining its risk of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. The final 20% of the weighted score looked at a city’s financial picture including unemployment, median credit score, foreclosure rate and number of bankruptcies.
Five California cities were ranked among the worst in law enforcement personnel per capita. Fontana, Modesto, Fremont, Irvine and Chula Vista reported the fewest cops per 1,000 population of the nearly 200 cities evaluated.
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California had 29 cities on the list, with Fremont, California, being the safest city with a score of around 80 out of 100. The most dangerous city was San Bernardino, California, with a score of 54.4.
The top most dangerous California cities included on the list were San Bernardino, Oakland, Los Angeles, Stockton, Bakersfield, Long Beach, San Francisco, Riverside, Modesto, and Fresno.
Oakland was the eighth most dangerous municipality in the country, receiving a grade of 60.45. City council members recently spoke about the rise in crime after the 102nd homicide this year occurred.
As residents voice frustration, heads of the city point to weapons as a reason for the problem.
“People are fed up, but it was also good to talk to people about how much they are committed to the city,” council president Nikki Fortunato Bas said after meeting with community members. “Guns are the root of this violence that we are seeing, so we have to work at every level to get guns off the streets.”
“People have, consternation, fear anxiety, and it’s not just in one or two neighborhoods, but most, if not all, of the neighborhoods in our city,” councilmember Dan Kalb said.
Kalb noted that people discussed getting rid of guns, but also going after the deeper problems of crime, saying, “What came up today was the importance of investing in prevention programs early on, well before our young boys are falling into the world of crime.”
Crime has been a major issue in the state as Democratic policies, specifically those in major cities, have prioritized the rights of criminals over the enforcement of laws.
The study also looked at the number of law enforcement workers per capita and found that California cities made up the fewest amount. Those cities included Fontana, Modesto, Fremont, Irvine, and Chula Vista. The cities with the most law enforcement per capita were Washington, D.C., New York, Jersey City, St. Louis, and Chicago. When comparing the best city to the worst city, the study noted that Washington, D.C., had seven times as many law enforcement per capita as Chula Vista, California.
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