tbh I’d like to see this map with subregions. The differences within a country can be vast.
Some of Brazil’s major cities have lower homocide rates than some of the most dangerious cities in the US
wikipedia list ranking cities by homocides per 100000 inhabitants.
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, two cities widely regarded as dangerous by brazilians, aren’t even in the top 50 on that list, while there are several major US cities.
So I think looking only at the country-level you don’t really get a good picture of violence in the americas
New Orleans sometimes has weird crime statistics where the murder rate is high but other violent crimes and property crimes will be relatively low. I live here and don’t have an explanation for it. It could be a real phenomenon. It could be a data reporting issue; NOPD has surprisingly good data transparency but bad input, bad output. (A homicide is basically always going to be reported as a homicide since there’s a body.)
I’m just guessing here but if it is a real phenomenon, I could see it just being that we’re a port city at a crossroads. There could be a major, almost cartel level drug trade that I’m not privy to because the drugs are going to Chicago or St. Louis or wherever. That would lead to more murders than small time property crimes. But I honestly have no idea.
tbh I’d like to see this map with subregions. The differences within a country can be vast. Some of Brazil’s major cities have lower homocide rates than some of the most dangerious cities in the US
wikipedia list ranking cities by homocides per 100000 inhabitants.
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, two cities widely regarded as dangerous by brazilians, aren’t even in the top 50 on that list, while there are several major US cities. So I think looking only at the country-level you don’t really get a good picture of violence in the americas
Here you go-- https://lr.vern.cc/img/xl23t365qub41.png
New Orleans sometimes has weird crime statistics where the murder rate is high but other violent crimes and property crimes will be relatively low. I live here and don’t have an explanation for it. It could be a real phenomenon. It could be a data reporting issue; NOPD has surprisingly good data transparency but bad input, bad output. (A homicide is basically always going to be reported as a homicide since there’s a body.)
I’m just guessing here but if it is a real phenomenon, I could see it just being that we’re a port city at a crossroads. There could be a major, almost cartel level drug trade that I’m not privy to because the drugs are going to Chicago or St. Louis or wherever. That would lead to more murders than small time property crimes. But I honestly have no idea.
Now can we have an overlay that compares the counties with their political majority.