America's Most Dangerous Cities: 3 Are In Pennsylvania

Where are America’s most dangerous cities?

Three of them are in Pennsylvania, including the number one most dangerous city, according to new data from online research website Neighborhood Scout.

The website recently released its list of the 100 most dangerous cities in America. The list was created using crime data and statistics from the FBI, U.S. Justice Department and more than 17,000 local law enforcement agencies.

According to Neighborhood Scout, Chester is the country’s second most dangerous city.

“With a crime rate of 57 per one thousand residents, Chester has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One’s chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 18. Within Pennsylvania, more than 98% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Chester,” Neighborhood Scout’s report said.

Other cities in Pennsylvania that made the list include:

• Philadelphia, which was 54th
• Norristown, which was 96th

Taking all available data, Neighborhood Scout applies a mathematical algorithm that estimates the total number of crimes and crime rates for each neighborhood, with nearly 90-percent accuracy.

“With this report on the most dangerous cities, what we’re seeing is a really different picture of the types of locations that have the highest violent crime from what many people expect,” said Andrew Schiller, CEO and founder of NeighborhoodScout. “The picture of violent crime in America in many people’s minds is of high rise public housing projects, but once we did the analysis, we realized that the picture of violent crime in America is different today with more of the most dangerous areas dominated by single family homes, abandoned homes, low-income areas in inner-ring suburbs or decaying cities.”

Here is the full list of America’s most dangerous cities, according to Neighborhood Scout.