The Strategic Assessment of the St. Louis Region 7th Edition, 2015 WHERE The 7th Edition of Where We Stand (WWS) presents 222 rankings comparing St. Louis to the 50 most populated metropolitan areas in the United States. Since 1992 East-West Gateway has produced WWS to ignite discussion and help guide decision making. WWS covers a range of topics important to the region including demographics, the economy, and education. This edition includes 90 new measures on topics such as innovation, segregation, and economic opportunity. This document is a portion of the full publication. Download additional chapters, the entire Where We Stand publication, and/or WWS data at www.ewgateway.org/wws. This publication was supported, in part, by a grant provided from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, or the Federal Transit Administration. The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the agency to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI requires that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which EWG receives federal financial assistance. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint with EWG. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with EWG s Title VI Coordinator within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Discrimination Complaint Form, please see our web site at http://www.ewgateway.org/titlevi or call (314) 421-4220 or (618) 274-2750.
WHERE Total Rate See page 109 for WWS table with complete data and rankings Where We Stand 7th Edition 107
WHERE The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publishes crime statistics voluntarily reported by local, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies via the Uniform Reporting (UCR) program. Not all of the peer regions are included in these tables; the UCR does not report crime statistics for MSAs for which not enough agencies submit data, or if the FBI determines that data was under-reported, overreported, or does not comply with the national UCR Program guidelines. The FBI cautions data users against comparing the crime data of law enforcement agencies due to the number of factors that can affect crime itself as well as how crime is reported or recorded. The WWS tables do not compare individual agencies nor are the rankings meant to imply that one region is safer than another. The tables are intended to provide readers with an indication of how reported crime compares to that of other metropolitan regions. The occurrence and reporting of crime is affected by a variety of factors, including citizens attitudes toward crime, the policies, resources, and effectiveness of law enforcement and the criminal justice system, economic conditions, population density, and degree of urbanization in an area, among other factors. 1 peer regions. Over the last 10 years the number of murders in St. Louis has remained around 200 per year. Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. The property crime rate of 2,670 crimes per 100,000 population ranks St. Louis as 32nd among 47 peer regions. About three-fourths of property crimes in St. Louis are larceny-theft, including attempted larcenies. Violent Rate St. Louis MSA and United States, 1991 to 2013 Over the past 22 years violent and property crime rates in the St. Louis region and the United States were cut in half. From 2012 to 2013 the total crime rate, which includes violent and property crimes, decreased in most of the peer MSAs with a 4.8 percent reduction in the United States and a 7.3 percent reduction in the St. Louis MSA. Property Rate St. Louis MSA and United States, 1991 to 2013 In 2013 the St. Louis crime rate was 3,102 crimes per 100,000 population, ranking St. Louis 30th among the 44 peer regions for which data are available. Violent crime includes the offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The violent crime rate in the St. Louis region was 432 crimes per 100,000, ranking 18th among 45 peer regions. Looking solely at murder and non-negligent manslaughter, the estimated rate in the St. Louis region was 7.2 per 100,000 population in 2013. The murder rate in St. Louis is higher than the national average (4.5) and higher than most other 1 Uniform Reporting Statistics: Their Proper Use, FBI, January 2011. 108 Where We Stand 7th Edition
Total Rate Property Rate Violent Rate Murder Rate Change in Total Rate Percent change, 2012-2013 1 Memphis 5,183 2 San Antonio 4,875 3 Salt Lake City 4,705 4 Oklahoma City 4,459 5 Seattle 4,347 6 Birmingham 4,252 7 Miami 4,229 8 San Francisco 4,130 9 Houston 4,048 10 Orlando 3,960 11 Jacksonville 3,725 12 Kansas City 3,723 13 Atlanta 3,720 14 Las Vegas 3,695 15 Milwaukee 3,651 16 Baltimore 3,646 17 New Orleans 3,626 18 Austin 3,450 19 Cincinnati 3,433 20 Charlotte 3,385 21 Dallas 3,369 22 Virginia Beach 3,320 23 Nashville 3,314 24 Portland 3,242 25 Sacramento 3,183 26 Buffalo 3,165 27 Detroit 3,149 28 Tampa 3,129 29 Riverside 3,128 30 St. Louis 3,102 United States 3,099 31 Denver 3,075 32 Philadelphia 2,975 33 Minneapolis 2,869 34 Providence 2,698 35 Richmond 2,640 36 San Jose 2,614 37 Los Angeles 2,561 38 San Diego 2,541 39 Raleigh 2,503 40 Washington, D.C. 2,500 41 Hartford 2,465 42 Boston 2,245 43 Pittsburgh 2,149 44 New York 2,000 1 San Antonio 4,415 2 Salt Lake City 4,348 3 Memphis 4,190 4 Seattle 4,023 5 Oklahoma City 3,956 6 Birmingham 3,723 7 Miami 3,691 8 San Francisco 3,572 9 Houston 3,489 10 Indianapolis 3,469 11 Louisville 3,430 12 Orlando 3,420 13 Atlanta 3,331 14 Kansas City 3,254 15 Jacksonville 3,229 16 Austin 3,179 17 New Orleans 3,152 18 Cincinnati 3,147 19 Milwaukee 3,064 20 Dallas 3,036 21 Las Vegas 3,017 22 Virginia Beach 3,017 23 Baltimore 3,012 24 Portland 2,991 25 Charlotte 2,981 26 Riverside 2,794 27 Sacramento 2,767 28 Denver 2,747 29 Buffalo 2,735 30 Tampa 2,732 United States 2,731 31 Nashville 2,718 32 St. Louis 2,670 33 Minneapolis 2,595 34 Detroit 2,579 35 Philadelphia 2,478 36 Richmond 2,396 37 San Jose 2,364 38 Providence 2,360 39 Chicago 2,339 40 Raleigh 2,283 41 Los Angeles 2,207 42 Hartford 2,201 43 San Diego 2,192 44 Washington, D.C. 2,169 45 Boston 1,890 46 Pittsburgh 1,857 47 New York 1,610 1 Memphis 993 2 Las Vegas 678 3 Baltimore 633 4 Nashville 596 5 Milwaukee 587 6 Detroit 570 7 Houston 559 8 San Francisco 559 9 Orlando 540 10 Miami 539 11 Birmingham 530 12 Oklahoma City 503 13 Philadelphia 498 14 Jacksonville 496 15 New Orleans 474 16 Kansas City 469 17 San Antonio 460 18 St. Louis 432 19 Buffalo 430 20 Sacramento 416 21 Charlotte 404 22 Tampa 397 23 Phoenix 392 24 New York 390 25 Atlanta 389 United States 368 26 Salt Lake City 357 27 Boston 355 28 Los Angeles 353 29 San Diego 349 30 Providence 338 31 Riverside 333 32 Dallas 333 33 Washington, D.C. 331 34 Denver 329 35 Seattle 324 36 Virginia Beach 304 37 Pittsburgh 293 38 Cincinnati 285 39 Minneapolis 274 40 Austin 271 41 Hartford 264 42 Portland 251 43 San Jose 250 44 Richmond 244 45 Raleigh 219 1 New Orleans 19.0 2 Memphis 10.3 3 Baltimore 10.0 4 Detroit 9.6 5 Birmingham 8.2 6 Indianapolis 7.6 7 Kansas City 7.4 8 St. Louis 7.2 9 Jacksonville 7.1 10 Philadelphia 7.1 11 Milwaukee 7.0 12 Virginia Beach 6.9 13 Miami 6.6 14 Chicago 6.4 15 Richmond 6.2 16 Houston 5.9 17 Oklahoma City 5.9 18 Atlanta 5.9 19 Las Vegas 5.7 20 Charlotte 5.2 21 Buffalo 5.2 22 Riverside 5.0 23 Louisville 4.9 24 Phoenix 4.8 25 Cincinnati 4.8 26 San Francisco 4.8 27 San Antonio 4.6 28 Los Angeles 4.5 United States 4.5 29 Dallas 4.4 30 Tampa 4.3 31 Sacramento 4.1 32 Pittsburgh 4.1 33 Orlando 3.9 34 Washington, D.C. 3.7 35 Denver 3.7 36 New York 3.5 37 Hartford 3.4 38 Nashville 3.4 39 San Jose 3.0 40 Austin 2.8 41 Raleigh 2.7 42 Minneapolis 2.5 43 Providence 2.5 44 San Diego 2.2 45 Seattle 2.2 46 Boston 1.8 47 Salt Lake City 1.8 48 Portland 1.4 1 Baltimore 1.1 2 Salt Lake City 1.1 3 Las Vegas 0.9 4 Denver -0.3 5 San Diego -1.2 6 Orlando -1.8 7 Atlanta -1.9 8 Virginia Beach -2.4 9 Birmingham -2.5 10 New Orleans -2.9 11 San Antonio -4.0 12 Boston -4.0 13 Dallas -4.3 14 Washington, D.C. -4.4 15 Tampa -4.4 16 Memphis -4.4 17 Detroit -4.7 18 Cincinnati -4.7 19 Los Angeles -4.8 United States -4.8 20 Providence -4.8 21 Sacramento -5.5 22 Portland -5.5 23 Miami -5.9 24 Richmond -6.0 25 Buffalo -6.0 26 Kansas City -6.1 27 Jacksonville -6.2 28 Milwaukee -6.8 29 St. Louis -7.3 30 Austin -7.4 31 Nashville -7.7 32 Riverside -7.7 33 Raleigh -7.9 34 San Jose -9.2 35 Oklahoma City -9.3 36 Hartford -9.9 Where We Stand 7th Edition 109
WHERE Sources and Notes (Page 109) Total Rate, Property Rate, Violent Rate, Murder Rate, and Change in Total Rate present offenses known to law enforcement agencies and voluntarily reported to the Uniform Reporting (UCR) Program. The UCR includes data for MSAs only if 75 percent of the law enforcement agencies report data and the agencies for the principal city/cities report 12 months of complete data. For the MSAs that meet this standard, data for agencies that do not report or do not report complete data are estimated. The UCR does not report data if the FBI determines that the agency s data were over-reported, under-reported, or did not follow national UCR Program guidelines. Total Rate is comprised of violent crime and property crime. Data are not available for Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, and Phoenix. Property Rate includes the offenses of burglary, larcenytheft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Data are not available for Cleveland, Columbus, and Phoenix. Violent Rate includes the offenses of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Data are not available for Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville. Murder Rate includes the offenses of murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Data are not available for Cleveland and Columbus. Change in Total Rate: Data are not available for 14 regions due to a lack of data in one or both years or a change in reporting practices that makes the data incomparable. The FBI changed the definition of rape in 2013. The 2012 crime data uses the legacy definition, while the 2013 crime data uses the revised definition., 2012 and 2013 in the United States (Table 6) Charts (Page 108) Violent Rate and Property Rate report data for the St. Louis MSA as it was delineated at the time. The boundary of the St. Louis MSA changed three times from 1991 to 2013. In 2005 and 2010 at least one state or local agency in the St. Louis MSA changed their reporting practices and the FBI warns against comparing data from previous years. In 2009 violent crime data in not available for the MSA because the data collection methodology for the offense of forcible rape used by the Illinois state UCR Program did not comply with national UCR Program guidelines. Data prior to 2003 is from the Where We Stand 6th Edition (it is no longer available by MSA from the FBI). Source: Where We Stand, 6th Edition; FBI, Uniform Reports, 2003 through 2013 in the United States Rank Order: For consistency, the peer regions are presented from highest to lowest numeric value in all WWS tables. The ordering of the data is not meant to suggest any positive or negative judgment associated with a given measure. In the WWS tables most data are rounded to the tenths place value (one digit after the decimal point) for presentation purposes. When possible the rank of the regions is based on the unrounded value (to the hundredth, thousandth, or more place value). In some instances there appears to be a tie between regions according to the value in the table, but the rank of the regions is based on the unrounded value. When peer regions have the same value according to the source data they are assigned the same rank. 110 Where We Stand 7th Edition