In the annual "City Crime Rankings" (Metropolitan Crime Rankings) for 2010, Arkansas has 5 cities or regions listed in the nation's top 10 most crime-ridden. In order these are Detroit, Pine Bluff, West Memphis-Memphis, Lake Charles, La., Lawton, OK, Hot Springs, Flint, Mich., Las Vegas, Little Rock, and Texarkana. Last year Pine Bluff ranked No. 1 in the nation, and was the only Arkansas city in the top 10. The FBI is the source of the data.
Local law enforcement authorities are outraged. They note that cities report crime differently. Some crimes are more accurately reported than others. For example, murder rates are probably accurate. However, if you are mugged in Detroit it might not even be reported because there are so many muggings. The police don't have the manpower to investigate them all.
Crime hurts in many ways obviously. A city with a reputation for a high crime rate has trouble recruiting business and investment.
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