The REAL Most Dangerous US Cities. Facts vs. Opinions.

[@maria_getty]

What the heck! It feels almost illegal to see his face 😂

[@lovenature2251]

😂😂Right!!

[@garciasfruitsveggiesandcan7337]

OMG it's weird ain't it? Did not expect him to look like he does....pictured him in my head WAY DIFF!!!!! LOL loves his vids regardless

[@violetqueen450]

Okay before watching the video, I'm going to guess that Detroit, New York City, and New Orleans are the most dangerous cities. Let's see if I'm right

[@anthonyjackson1446]

Right his voice made me think he was 29 or 38 at the most, dark or dark brown hair maybe look somewhat like a Payton Manning looking dude ..🤔🤔🧑🏼‍🦱

[@lovenature2251]

@@garciasfruitsveggiesandcan7337 OMG..Yes. I did the same thing 😂Now I got to adjust to this new face after all this time...🤣

[@bjs301]

Lifelong Ohioan here, and you recited the Brown's motto: "Love the Cleveland Browns, but I'd never want to live in Cleveland". I can't believe I missed Detroit. For some reason I convinced myself crime had fallen with the big population decline.

[@seanmcdirmid]

Hey what about Toledo? If you think Detroit is bad, wait till you see its little brother just south of the border.

[@bjs301]

@@seanmcdirmid I know Toledo well. It's on major drug and sex trafficking pipelines, but it's violent crime rate has taken a dip since 2021, and right now it's not in Ohio's top 10. I hope it stays that way.

[@Imperfect21stCenturyPioneer]

Probably because some criminals just do not have the literacy, job skills and income they need to even hope to move out of that city... if they did, they probably would not still be criminals. That and teen pregnancy could possibly explain Little Rock's slight population rise as well despite their crime rate.

[@Hogtownboy1]

It did. They pretend that the area past 8 mile doesn’t count. LA doesn’t have suburbs. LA county contains most of LA. Most of the other cities on this list are surrounded by wealthy suburbs including Detroit Cleveland and oakland

[@seanmcdirmid]

@@Imperfect21stCenturyPioneer You are assuming that they are from the city in the first place, when they are more often than not from small towns in the region.

[@sextond]

I have lived in a lot of cities: Baltimore, Phoenix, Tucson, Salt Lake City, Huntsville, AL, Nashville, Houston, Dallas, and now Boston. Weird, but the big scary Northeast city of Boston is the one where I feel safest of them all.

[@BillMorse-jr2ou]

Boston seems forgiving at times, but expensive..... the other cities perhaps not

[@Leviticus-z7w]

What did you think about salt lake City?

[@sextond]

@@Leviticus-z7w It was not as safe as you would think for a "Mormon" city. There were a lot of shootings there when I lived there in the late 90's/ early 2000's.

[@Leviticus-z7w]

@@sextond I was born and raised there

[@sextond]

@@Leviticus-z7w I worked at Myriad Genetics when I lived there.

[@loveydovey89]

I live in Chicago and my husband's family from Cleveland always asks us how we do with all the crime LOL I'm like... how do you do with the MORE crime? hahaha

[@iv4792]

I did for 2 years in the 90s.

[@tastyneck]

I'm not calling your husband's family dumb but that's what stupid people and the people who only watch a certain 'news' channel think. They can't fathom that cities are big with different types of neighborhoods and isn't literally and entirely filled with the crimes being reported about them. My city, like most others, as issues that are largelyt centered around certain areas but that those issues aren't really dealt with in the rest of the city. My city is 49 square miles and people are constantly making ignorant comments about the whole city being covered in homelessness because that's what they're told to think and what they want to believe. When you're not in the neighborhoods dealing with the majority of that, it's beautiful, generally safe city with insane views. But, nah, it's a liberal city therefore there's nothing good about it and they turn a blind eye to their own city's issues. Sorry for the rant.

[@JdeC1994]

Homicides per 100 K (2022) Chicago: 25.8 Cleveland: 45.7 🙄🙄

[@tastyneck]

@@JdeC1994 lol stats dont lie

[@nobody-hp7fg]

@@tastyneck what is this certain news channel

[@Joyless13]

I’m not american but I reckon Memphis, St Louis and Pine Bluff/Little Rock may crack a top 5 spot.

[@Joyless13]

Well, even though I got it right I must admit I thought Memphis was #1.

[@skipperson4077]

well done, here have a gun....* I don't think those cities have ever not had some violence, Midwest/Southern rust belt although they all have potential. I really wouldn't expect non-Americans to know this!!

[@hoopty.]

I live in Castalia, Memphis, and I know the numbers are high, but I don't see it by living here. I question the numbers all the time.

[@Joyless13]

@@skipperson4077 now that you gave me a gun I can finally apply for an American citizenship! Just kidding. I’ve been an avid Briggs viewer for a decent amount of time. I got to know a thing or two about the US through him, but I have to say that if wasn’t for the videos I wouldn’t even know Little Rock was a city lol, some things are just hidden too deep for people who’re not into the country itself.

[@Joyless13]

@@hoopty. I sure never been to Memphis, hope one day I will, but I gotta tell you that from my perspective it doesn’t seem to be that dangerous. That’s only personal opinion I might add. Being from Brazil I’ll probably tell you that Siria isn’t that dangerous if you compare it to a few places from my country so don’t take me as a trustable source.

[@angelcitygirl]

Native Angeleno here. Thank you for the shout out. Definitely not an aggressive town though it's so large geographically that you have the Valley, LA proper, LA County etc. so it might be higher depending on that.

[@supersaturn956]

Nice work

[@danmur2797]

I agree, LA is not generally aggressive. I've felt safe enough to leave my laptop out unattended while going to a Starbucks bathroom, or car door unlocked in the street. I can say that in NYC, I never really felt I could do that. Or in a number of other cities. LA gets a rap from the 80s and 90s.

[@ViburaBlanca]

Briggs face reveal is crazy to me. He sounds young as hell

[@Fotosynthesis858]

Around the 1990’s, Washington DC was consistently in the top 3-5 in violent crimes. And now they aren’t even on this list. WHAT CHANGED? What did they do to lower the violent crime rates? That’s a video I would be interested in watching ✌🏾

[@nawwk79]

Vermont is the most HARDCORE VICIOUSLY safest in the states.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Original constitutional carry that's why or and a ton of Caucasian folks too.

[@r.pres.4121]

Vermont is almost all rural with only one sizable city, Burlington which has a population of only 45,000.

[@markhuber8345]

The metra line just announced that they are going to extend train service from Chicago to Rockford. The new station is to be developed in Huntley illinois. FYI, Huntley illinois is where del Webb sun city is, I bet the seniors can’t wait !! Thanks Briggs… I always look forward to on this day.

[@O_G]

In Albuquerque the road rage is out of control. Everyone is seemingly mentally ill on the roadways, they honk at you for anything and are always confrontational.

[@noahbawdy3395]

I never felt in danger in New York City. They moved and talked a little faster sometimes. Actually the only times I feel the least bit uneasy or in danger is being around my identical mirror twin and or our adoptive mother. As Johnny Cash once sang, "I've been everywhere man".

[@user-hm1zb8js5i]

I was with my wife travelling to Chicago once and our car broke down in the middle of the night in Rockford. We were scared for our lives.

[@jillwiegand4257]

Rockford has some bad areas in the west side area. But the rest of Rockford is really nice. Millon dollar homes, and many nice suburbs. They are building a Hard Rock Casino by the interstate in Rockford. They are really making it much nicer in the last couple of years. I have relatives in this area and I've visited over the years. Getting much nicer. ❤ Memphis, Baltimore, New Orleans, NY and Philly would be my guess.

[@loveydovey89]

Would have been safer in the murder capital, yep!

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

@@loveydovey89chicago is MUCH safer than rockford

[@queenkjuul]

​@@loveydovey89it's like you literally didn't watch the video And yeah i feel way safer in Chicago than in Rockford or the shithole towns in northern Indiana or rural Ohio, that is an absolute fact

[@jjorjojo]

@@jillwiegand4257 NY isn't dangerous. If anything it's one of the safer cities.

[@jontrimble6874]

I just checked on Gary, IN, and it has a violent crime rate of 4540 per 100,000.

[@nlpnt]

Gary is Chicago's gun shop.

[@ayntchytius]

Oakland, CA has 5623 per 100,000 Briggs stats are off.

[@terejosh13]

​@@ayntchytiusis it 4000 or 5623 you keep changing your "stats" 😅

[@jontrimble6874]

Briggs even brought up Oakland, and it doesn't even make the top 10. Oakland has a violent crime rate of 1257 per 100,000. Quit making shit up.

[@thecocktailian2091]

@@ayntchytius Yeah, that is simply false. You must hate Oakland an awful lot to be making up these crazy stats.

[@hideawayhomesllc5103]

I hate to say it, but if you took out the "North Side" of Milwaukee, your violent crime RATE would go way down. The North Side is the 2nd most segregated section in the USA, per the 2020 census. Thank you for throwing in the RATE in the last minute of your video.

[@TheMacPherson]

North Side is wildly segregated, I went to a college in the Menomonee Falls area, and the abrupt transition from Germantown and the Falls to NW Milwaukee is pretty crazy

[@queenkjuul]

It takes serious cable news poisoning to think that NYC, LA, or SF - three of the most expensive locales in the western hemisphere - could possibly be in the top 10 most dangerous lol

[@ayannadivineempath]

Right roflmao they jump through hoops to hate it. We have healthcare worker rights high salaries and great weather. Cali has it all. ❤❤❤❤

[@Weather_Nerd]

@@ayannadivineempath Born and raised, CA is an absolute shithole. Especially SF

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@Weather_Nerd Florida is

[@pinballinc1752]

This video only covers "violent" crime it is NOT representative of the rampant crimes threatening businesses and people getting their car windows smashed in by thieves. It does not include the fact that 50% of the homeless in this country are in California. It does not include the most disgusting places in this country like "skid row" (LA) for "feces ally" (San Francisco). I've recently traveled to San Francisco and saw first hand the feces riddled streets and needles littering the walkways. It's outright disgusting.

[@pinballinc1752]

@@ayannadivineempath High salaries...and high taxes. And don't forget 50% of America's homeless live in California.

[@Brianrobbie225]

My thoughts when seeing his face were, "so wait the voice actually belongs to a real person?" Lmao

[@Remember_when]

Been to Albuquerque for the balloon fest. College town. Nice town and didn't see any crime while there but our hotel had a fenced in parking area.

[@ilznidiotic]

As a former New Orleans resident, I am shocked and elated that it's not even in the top ten anymore.

[@thomasmorrison3279]

Saint Louis, Missouri, Memphis, Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan.

[@DrBeauHightower]

Albuquerque 🐺

[@-scrim]

You should break the crime rates down by demographics, race, etc.! That'd be an interesting study!

[@sebastianlucas704]

Ya, then he would get labeled a racist.

[@druidsadwyrnemrys232]

VIDEO IDEA !!!! travel - overtourism, exit of residents, and increase of short term rentals. No venetians in venice italy, no barcelonians in barcelona, no new yorkers in new york...

[@deecarlson5272]

Probably more helpful to evaluate by neighborhood/area. Metro or larger city statistics are an average of good and bad areas. Makes the bad areas sound better and good areas sound worse than they are.

[@jamesrobert4106]

That would make sense. No confusion. Just statistics delivered in black and white.

[@joelkeys6103]

1. Detroit 2. St Louis 3. Memphis 4. Chicago 5. Little Rock

[@JdeC1994]

Homicides per 100 K (2022) St. Louis: 68.2 Detroit: 48.9 Memphis: 45.9 Chicago: 25.8 Little Rock was also much worse than Chicago in 2022. Joel, what state are you from?

[@jamesday1723]

Totally unrelated to the video. I was hoping you could do a best small towns in the State of Jefferson video. Godspeed.

[@JB-sg1vy]

San Bernardino, CA I would have thought been on the list or at least mentioned. Crazy place but I guess some others are worse that I have not been to. I felt more unsafe in San Bernardino than Compton or Stockton. It also felt bigger but maybe cuz it is attatched to the inland empire. St Louis is DEF scary. Only been once in 2022 and never again haha.

[@charleshensley9503]

none really surprised me. LA in particular, like you said there are plenty of safe places there and the major crimes are in specific areas, same with Milwaukee, lived there for 7 years. Most of the crime was concentrated in one area.

[@jchow5966]

This was really good! Thank you for another interesting & well made episode. NEW ORLEANS. LA. SAN FRAN. PHEONIX. DETROIT.

[@vlmerkiel]

Not surprised Cleveland made the list! Used to live near there, and you never wanted your car to breakdown there. 🙃

[@r.pres.4121]

Cleveland along with Youngstown are two Ohio cities to avoid entirely. Both of them are dangerous.

[@jonathanfoster2263]

what makes a lot of these cities seem more violent is that the violent crime tends to be concentrated within certain neighborhoods. so you may have a low crime per 100K but if you isolate to a neighborhood its much higher

[@zackmckenzie3582]

If Little Rock had more opportunities and wasn’t so poor, I feel like this place would be an okay place to live. Where’s there’s poverty there’s crime.

[@Yoghurtmale8]

Heisenberg’s cartel is 90% of Albuquerque’s crime rate. 😂

[@groseron]

This also reminds me... people always like to believe (mostly based on lore and to appear like they from a tough area) that where they live is the worst. But also, I've noticed people like to believe that certain places are the worst because it's trendy to hate on those places, so everyone jumps on the hate bandwagon (e.g., San Francisco is a great example. Sure, it's not perfect, but I spent a good amount of time visiting my brother who lives there very recently, and based on both what I saw in person and also statistically, it doesn't deserve the constant recent bad press and gossip [again... it's trendy to hate and talk bad about San Francisco]; I mean, heck, overall with respect to crime it's soooo much better than the city I live in). There's also this misconception that certain places are utopias (again, based on unsubstantiated lore), but in reality it really isn't as great as you hear through the grapevine, and you erroneously think if you move there all your problems will be solved and your life will be astronomically better (e.g., Californians considering moving to Texas. Texas is great, but just like any other state, it has its own unique set of problems, so you're basically trading the types of problems you have in California for a different type that you'll get in Texas.) Just do your research first and make sure that you prefer the problems wherever you're considering moving, over the ones where you're moving away from.

[@darcy5761]

Great advice!

[@jeffweed3947]

Only move to Houston IF you are from Bakersfield, Compton, Oakland or Stockton, otherwise you will be shocked by the crime in Houston!

[@Old_Foxy_Grandpa]

Well I flunked. I was also taking property crimes into the mix. Maybe you should do a video that includes property crimes.

[@jdollar5852]

In Georgia they have I-85 and it parallels Hwy 85 for a while south of Atlanta. In Th Walking Dead, they spent a lot of the first few seasons around Hwy 85 as they were going to the CDC and then Ft Benning. Of course its now Ft Moore.

[@chris-parker]

#1) Gotham #2) Metropolis #3) Detroit (from Robocop)

[@Entername-md1ev]

Seeing Briggs’ face was the biggest surprise this morning 😂😂 so used to his voice just being a voice without a face

[@MrHandyDad]

Ahhh... The age old conundrum: perception / opinions become reality Vs. actual facts... LOL

[@adamantman3200]

Albuquerque, NM was the hometown of Vivian Vance, 'Ethel' from I LOVE LUCY.

[@littlebitafun]

Awesome t shirt your wearing and so true!

[@eddy2561]

I had to laugh about Stockton!! There are streets in Stockton where, if you're car breaks down, first you call for the police to come and standby whilst AAA is hooking it up...so too Memphis....

[@kellymckinney5082]

Here's what I don't expect: Seattle, Portland, New York, L.A. or Chicago to be on this list.

[@wesleythurman1033]

Thanks! I really enjoy these.

[@CrimsonDeathBed]

I’m from the St. Louis area and I lived in Chicago for a while and I can assure you everything he says is true. The thing about St. Louis is it most of the crime of this within a few square blocks it’s just a very very violent area.

[@jaylipinski1443]

yep... and the majority of the rest of the city is awesome. Also, St. Louis along with Baltimore are the only two cities on this list whose population is not based on the city proper, but on the city limits only. If you adjust for the city proper, Baltimore and St. Louis aren't even in the top 20.

[@pattyrick99dad]

Didn't some members of Congress have a gathering in NYC to discuss how bad NYC is for violent crimes.

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

Probably the looney right wing.

[@markalphauber78]

Love the shirt. Been watching for years. Good channel. Dont do anything diff. Lol

[@josephupton3601]

Here is a problem with this video. Crime statistics have, like many things in today's society, become POLITICIZED. It is difficult to get accurate statistics.

[@gallyun1]

Thank you for bringing this up.

[@stogieguy7]

Thank you for this video! I actually live right between Chicago and Milwaukee and work in MKE. People there constantly tell me how dangerous Chicago is. Being from the Chicago area, they’re incredulous when I tell them that Chicago is safer than Milwaukee and by quite a bit. They literally don’t believe me, nor any stats I show them. But the reality is that it’s not even close. Chicago has some really horrible areas that crank out the murders. But Milwaukee has those issues in more areas and their north side is a war zone. In 2020 they also had (in raw numbers) more car thefts than Chicago did. Mind you, Chicago has FIVE times the population of Milwaukee! Cheeseheads blame all of their societal ills on Illinois and it’s crap.

[@gslim7337]

The way I hear it from Australia. Central Los Angeles, Portland Oregon and San Francisco with honourable mention of New York. Mind you I've always found American Cities scary

[@DebiWKolacz1]

I would pick St Louis, Baltimore, Memphis, and Baton Rouge. Have no idea if I’m right. I’ve been to 3 out of 4 of them.

[@davejoseph5615]

St. Louis likes to believe that the crime statistics favor cities with larger areas and larger populations. That is one reason St. Louis considered a city-county merger a few years ago.

[@queenkjuul]

It's because they need tax revenue from the suburbs to fix the city

[@jeffwebb2966]

Not true. STL knows that the larger your city is, the less likely you are to show up on the crime lists. That is why STL City which is just 10% of the metro area has so many incidents per the 300k that live in that very small city footprint of 64 sq miles that you can walk across in a half an hour. Whatever. I dont care anymore. I live in the city in a safe and walkable historic neighborhood and it is not anywhere near as bad as the stats say. We did it to ourselves by limiting the city borders in the 1800s

[@alexnoskov1041]

I really like this opinion vs facts type of videos!

[@knuckledraggurz1090]

Lol did he say Nipsey Russell 🤣…

[@mjr2451]

Great concept

[@NortheastAndRetired]

Orlando, Detroit and San Francisco I lived in Orlando for ten years and everything outside of the tourist area is crimesville. Orlando is also the number one place in the United States to get run over as a pedestrian. Just Google if you don't believe me.

[@johndemcko8585]

My guess for the 5 most dangerous cities includes Tucson, Seattle, Detroit, Los Angeles, and then Gary, IN.

[@tyrport]

Memphis, New Orleans & Chicago.

[@nunyabizniz50]

Not necessarily in this order, but I was going to guess Pinebluff, Arkansas West, Memphis, St. Louis, Missouri Detroit in Chicago

[@feliciasampson8032]

I was close - should have left it at St. Louis but East St. Louis did get a mention...good job top ten! BTW, my friend in Stockton got his house burglarized twice in one week.

[@MoonLightOnWater1]

Saint Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans. I was right about the top three….I’m from Saint Louis so, I know how awful it is….😢 but moved to Portland Oregon 13 years ago.

[@DukeCannon]

The only thing worth seeing in Memphis is the Bass Pro Shop in the pyramid. When done, leave, never go back.

[@freeheeler00]

Chicago is a solid city. Highly underrated IMO. Lots of stuff to see and do. Just stay out of a few key neighborhoods at night and you'll be fine!

[@RWald8888]

Compton CA, Oakland CA, Stockton CA, San Francisco CA, San Bernardino CA, I could go on and on.

[@martinavaslovik3433]

I'm just glad to see the spinning Briggs globe is back :)

[@jackjones9460]

I’ll at least scrub through a following video if I don’t like it. I do like and comment as well because I like your channel.

[@deBASHmode]

Memphis, Jackson MS, Baton Rouge, LA

[@JurgenADV]

)If you made a law about two dangerous cities (Memphis/Little Rock) being so close they would just break it.

[@robertdungan6848]

I would like to see a video breaking down crime by area of city, My bet is some areas are really bad and others pretty safe.

[@AbstractEntityJ]

I think you underestimate how many people have seen Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and get their perceptions of Albuquerque from those shows.

[@ptown24]

The true crime here you being a cleveland browns fan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...all jokes aside good video

[@chrisnamaste3572]

Guesses: Memphis, TN Flint, MI St Louis, MO New Orleans Detroit MI Baltimore. Md Hartford CT Surprises: Milwaukee

[@person35790]

St. Louis, Albuquerque, Reno are my guesses 😅

[@stevenleek1254]

Detroit, Las Angeles, St. Louis? How far off can I be?

[@donjohnson2338]

My 3 guesses: Each had 300+ homicides in 2022 1. Baltimore (2023 pop. = 563K) 2. Detroit (2023 pop. = 621K) 3. Memphis (2023 pop. = 622K)

[@wayfaringstranger8430]

NGL, there's a guy reselling a shitton of high-quality laptops and electronics out of Stockton on a site that I won't specify, and I'm like 65% sure they're mostly stolen. And he's making big money. Stockton has a helluva reputation...

[@megmaul3123]

Tacoma, WA; Los Angeles , CA; Denver, CO; NY City; Las Vegas, NV; those are my guesses

[@Floccini]

Paused the video, my top 5: St Louis MO Detroit MI Jackson MS Network NT Memphis TN BTW because of the under reporting problem you should use the murder rate not the violent crime rate. Also to avoid Simpson's paradox you should separate the White and Black rates.

[@darrengillespie9187]

Atlanta, philly, detroit if just off my head with no thought tbh

[@courtcox7075]

Yooooo this is the first time I’ve ever seen what you looked like hahahaha my guesses would be totally off cause I never thought nm would be on this list haha oh wow

[@rustyoilburner]

Wilmington Delaware, Chester Pa and Camden NJ

[@Miamisportsoverall]

Before watching, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Detroit, Chicago, New York

[@jackjohn2242]

Ok here are my three, in no order, Tallahassee, St. Louis, Portland, Oregon

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

I am from the Baltimore area and have worked and spent lots of time in Baltimore City proper. A lot of the violent crime is very situational and based on location and your personal activities. The homicide rate for white middle class citizens is like one or two per year. If people don’t associate with the drug trade or gangs, spend large amounts of time in the most high crime neighborhoods and blocks, or walk around aimlessly or under the influence by themselves at 2am, they are usually fine. Don’t leave valuables outside in your car or on your property where they are easy targets. Be about your business. Sadly, I know some people who won’t even set foot across the city line because they think they will be automatically robbed or shot. It’s so silly.

[@vondagrubb4623]

oh cool we get to see you! cool shirt!

[@dodoubleg2356]

HAVEN'T WATCHED THE VID YET so just a guess...In no particular order, I'd say the most dangerous MAJOR U.S. cities are Chicago, Philly, & Detroit.

[@OverEast34]

St. Louis and Detroit always switch between one and two. I like both cities though lol

[@Interceptor810]

Briggs went from stop typing to go ahead and type

[@MN12warbird]

Chicago, glockford il, memphis, bake-o Bakersfield, Oakland , camden gary St Louis

[@Patriot-oi7mj]

Lots of Hells Angels in Stockton and Backersfield.

[@loubarton6750]

3 cities, hmmm. Stockton, CA, Sacramento, CA, Camden, NJ.

[@419hart]

Dog, did you say Nipsey Russell? lmao 😂💀

[@419hart]

2:02

[@vicvolleti5789]

We all know the group of people committing the crimes.

[@pamburtness6635]

Chicago, Baltimore, Miami, L.A. & N.Y.

[@JoeJohnston-taskboy]

I do not dispute these numbers, but it would be nice to see a citation pointing to the source of these data.

[@GratefulDeb270]

Pine Bluff, Birmingham and Salinas

[@ocramred]

Before watching the video : Detroit, St Louis, Memphis

[@demiwolf4life13]

I think of Albuquerque frequently because of weird al.

[@buffewo6386]

Now do a ranking by overall crime... lots of "quality of life" crimes are not listed as violent in FBI stats.

[@TheRealTickler]

Memphis, Detroit, and New Orleans