Morgan Quitno Press has ranked Charlotte, NC the 8th most dangerous city (among cities with a population of at least 500,000.) Overall, they rank Charlotte 43rd out of 371 as most dangerous city. Last year, Charlotte was ranked the 10th most dangerous city and moved up two notches this year.CMPD does not agree with the ranking and says the research company did not consider all the variables involved in determining this number. CMPD says "These rankings lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting cities and counties, along with their residents."
Today, CMPD Chief Darrel Stephens held a press conference to address this issue. He said, "The extent to which we enjoy a safe community depends on everybody in the community accepting some responsibility for helping deal with the environment and the situations that help create crime."
In my opinion, it doesn't matter if Charlotte ranks #8 or #28 as most dangerous city. It is pretty obvious we have a serious crime problem here in Charlotte. It is time someone steps up to the plate and does something about it!