Murder

In a previous post, I mentioned that I prefer to live in Baltimore County instead of Baltimore City for several reasons. Below is a map of Baltimore city with a pinpoint for each murder that occurred in the City in 2007. You can go here and do some interesting analysis on B’more City murders.

I can’t find a similar tool for B’more County.

A little analysis of my own.

Baltimore County Population is approximately 790,000 with 34 murdered in 2006.

Baltimore City Population is approximately 640,000 with 275 murdered in 2006.

Do the math.

The counter argument of course is that the vast majority of the murders in the City are drug related, gang related or domestic disputes gone wrong. Almost all of the gang and drug activity occur in specific neighborhoods, and I don’t think my wife is planning anything. The neighborhood where I lived in the City was relatively safe. Also, the City rate is decreasing in 2008. I do agree with these arguments, and I don’t think that I am now less likely to be murdered since I live in the County. But still, I would prefer the County.