The Most Perilous Places to Live in America

No matter where a person lives, crime is a part of life. Police and security forces work very hard work to prevent their evil tasks and. Even with all the diligence of our law enforcement criminals look for a variety of methods to perform their conniving crimes. When looking at what makes a state be placed on the list of the top ten worst states to live in America, the murder rate, violent crime rate, and population are the key points that are considered. The state that is on the bottom of the list is Arkansas.


Even though it is full of sunshine and is the eighth most densely populated state in America, Florida still has a crime rate that is far from sunny. It is 460 per 100,000 as of 2015. Between the years of 2011 to 2012, the rate of rape cases dropped. The increase in other crimes (especially murder) has gone up because of the poverty level increasing and people not attending higher education so they can get college degrees and careers. Not only is Maryland for crabs, the crime rates change on a daily basis.

Maryland is the only state in America where the crime rate changes on an everyday basis. It is a state where people do rather well financially and get a good education. With a population of over five million, the rape cases of adult girls and murder rate is going up. Delaware is the next state of the list of states of where it would be a bad decision to live.




Even though, Tennessee’s crime rate has dropped about eight percent, it still has a high crime rate (seventy-five percent of all violent crimes). Its crime rate is the second highest in all of America. The reason for this is the increasing poverty rate and a lower educational level that encourages young people to commit crime. With 328 killings, this state ranks 18th throughout the United States. Nevada is next in line for a state that you never want to live in.

The reason that Nevada is the third in the top ten list of dangerous states to live in is because of the increase in murder, rape, and brutal manslaughter. Other problems that they have is 163 murders and the twenty-fourth highest poverty rate in America (15.8 percent). The high school graduation over a little over eighty-five percent has gone down since 2012. Security forces have been trying very hard to prevent weapons being sold on the black which is the reason the crime rate is really high there. Next in line for bad states to go to is New Mexico.

New Mexico is the 36th most populated state in America as well as the fifth most state with a population of over two million . Their violent crime rate went down in 2012 to 2013 to about 597 per 100,000 residents. Even though they had their toughest security forces and measures at work, they could not successfully prevent crimes like murder, firearms smuggling, drug smuggling, and kidnapping. With a population of over two million and an unemployment rate going up, it is surprising that the poverty level is decreasing. Even though Alaska is an absolutely beautiful state, it made to the top of the list of places to not live in in America.

Despite the fact that over ninety-one percent of their residents have a high school diploma, Alaska is still thought of as the most dangerous state to live in in America. The crime levels that have increased are: non-negligent manslaughter and rape. The general crime rate goes up on a daily basis and there are 600 crimes per 100,000 people. This state is the least densely populated of all of the fifty states as well as the third least populous. Even though the state is well-off financially, the high crime rates does not fit well with the reputation of this state.
