For the fourth year in a row, Nevada has earned the dubious distinction of being the most dangerous state in America according to an article in CNNMoney. The survey ranked states according to rates of murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and auto theft in 2005.

Other states include #9-California, #11-Texas, #14-Washington, #21-Illinois, #23-Ohio, #26-Pennsylvania and #31-New York. The District of Columbia was not included in the survey.

I suppose I should be happy at 23.

What are the safest states? I'm going to guess places like, Wyoming, S Dakota, N Dakota.

Those were pretty good guesses, Senator!

South Dakota was #45, Wyoming was #46, and North Dakota was #50 again. FWIW, New Hampshire was #47, Maine was #48, and Vermont was #49. I was surprised that New Mexico was #2 and Arizona #3.

We're number one! We're number one!

I wonder where Louisiana and Mississippi were - I heard crime rates have gone up considerably since the 2005 hurricanes.

Louisiana was #10, and Mississippi was #24.

Louisiana went from 2 to 10
Mississippi went from 21 to 24

They actually use a formula to come up with these rankings. It's kinda simple, but not straightforward facts.

This wasn't an actual survey of stats by CNN. Morgan Quitno Press does lots of little reports that mean little other water cooler chat. For instance, here are some of their other rankings...

Most liveable state, New Hampshire
Healthiest state, Vermont
Smartest state, Vermont
Most improved state, Florida

Safest city, Brick, NJ
Most dangerous city, St Louis, MO

I can't believe NY was #31. I guess all that acreage up there in the Adirondacks, and tons and tons of small towns bring down our average.

It's my beleif, they can make those numbers say anything they want them to say, by just tweeking the criteria a little.
I'm sorry auto theft, doesn't rate up there with murder and rape, or even assult. So why not add people that run the toll booths, or maybe people who fish without the proper licence?
My guess, someone, somewhere had an agenda!
M2C

Who is publishing this information and doing the evaluating??

The new auto theft crime stats are out.

WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!
Hot vehicle ranking in Nevada
1. 1996 Honda Accord
2. 1995 Honda Civic
3. 1990 Toyota Camry
4. 1994 Saturn SL
5. 1992 Nissan Sentra
6. 2004 Dodge Ram Pickup
7. 1988 Toyota Pickup
8. 1998 Dodge Neon
9. 2001 Ford F150 Series
10. 1993 Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee


And coming in at #2....Stockton, California.
California's top vehicles to be stolen
1. 1991 Honda Accord
2. 1995 Honda Civic
3. 1989 Toyota Camry
4. 1994 Nissan Sentra
5. 1990 Acura Integra
6. 1986 Toyota Pickup
7. 1993 Saturn SL
8. 1987 Toyota Corolla
9. 1990 Chevrolet Full Size C/K 1500 Pickup
10. 1997 Ford F150 Series


#6....Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue
Most stolen in Washington State
1. 1991 Honda Accord
2. 1995 Honda Civic
3. 1989 Toyota Camry
4. 1990 Acura Integra
5. 1986 Toyota Pickup
6. 1994 Nissan Sentra
7. 1994 Saturn SL
8. 1993 Dodge Caravan
9. 1988 Honda Prelude
10. 1993 Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee


These stats come from the National Insurance Crime Bureau

What is it about a '91 Accord? Easy to get into or hotwire?

I would have to believe that anti theft devices are getting smarter than the street thug car thief. The report I saw mentioned that almost 20% of the cars stolen were ones where the owner left the keys in the car. Also it should be noted that car thefts are down from last year across the board. Las Vegas was on a upward trend in the ranking, it's population growing rapidly, so it was destined to hit #1 even because it's numbers weren't likely to drop as much as the rest of the country.

I wish the list went beyond top 10 cars. I wonder about the cars that are often pimpped out like the H2, Escalade, BMW, etc. and where they rank on the list.