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Confident_Attitude t1_ireywaz wrote

I think for being the second largest city in New England these stats don’t seem too bad.

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Climboy55 t1_irezf8g wrote

Yeah exactly, really not that bad. It’s a city.

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rrsafety t1_ireraai wrote

Clinton does better than I would have thought.

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Meverseyou t1_irg3dzk wrote

Lived in Clinton for 5 years. Moved out last year. The occasional worcester County/DEA drug busts, but overall, pretty awesome place to live.

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StoneSkipper22 t1_irhbwhj wrote

Clinton’s a pretty charming little village these days. Good revitalization of the mill buildings, and the dam is amazing.

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Silly_Garbage_1984 t1_irfad27 wrote

It doesn’t seem to break down violent crime though. I’d expect in this time period a rise in crime between people who know each other, ie: domestic violence. I’m shocked at Hadley being so high. Its a nice little quiet town-or so i thought.

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darksideofthemoon131 t1_irfix62 wrote

The statistics are broken down per capita. It's why Boston who had 39 homicides versus our 9 is further down(up?) on the list than us- they have a larger population. If you did their numbers with our population they'd be # 1.

Hadley has a small population so their incidents equate to a higher per capita.

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MassInsider OP t1_irh2oqz wrote

Yea, exactly. The idea is how likely you are to be a victim in said location. Its still a statistic, so certainly not a perfect measure.

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MassInsider OP t1_irh4379 wrote

For reference, the FBI considers violent crime as homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Those individual occurrences are in the stats for all Worcester County towns at the very bottom of the piece.

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Blackrock74 t1_irfasqz wrote

last year for reference - https://thisweekinworcester.com/fbi-data-dangerous-cities-2020/ - looks like Southbridge dropped out completely which is interesting

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earscoolbreeze t1_irh5hp8 wrote

Is the population number low or is it me? I see it listed as around 180k but thought the city in 2021 wiuld have been closer to 200k. Probably not a massive shift in the calculation, but odd that its off.

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albalfa t1_irhbc8t wrote

The 2020 census has Worcester at 206,518. Estimates are that today it's between 211 and 212,000.

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earscoolbreeze t1_irhdywa wrote

Thanks for the hard numbers. I was being lazy but knew it was north of 200k. Regardless its not 180k, and if the violent crime numbers are accurate this would shift where Worcester ranks. Assuming they are right on the other cities. Its all just odd to me.

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MassInsider OP t1_irk03yy wrote

FBI provided population estimates. I wasn't about to reconfigure the data they provided. I don't know why they provided pre-census number, but they did. It is noted in the piece before the stats begin.

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earscoolbreeze t1_irkete8 wrote

Oh sure I would not expect you to adjust the numbers, just noting its off. I missed that they noted it, was just skimming.

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Ovaltene17 t1_irfbk6n wrote

Edgartown has violent crime? I never knew.

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Liqmadique t1_irguqjh wrote

I'm guessing domestic violence.

I'd be wiling to bet North Adams is college bar drinking and fighting.

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Zinski t1_irk51mq wrote

Same for oak bluffs, They have a little sting of bars on one of the main roads and most nights night cops sit at either end waiting for something to go down.

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ScarcityOverall2339 t1_iriacoj wrote

This is trash. Look at the top 25. All of the vineyard makes it.....surprised duxbury, concord and Winchester didnt make it

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