Why Do Some American Cities Have Higher Crime Rates Than European Countries?

Question by Celeste: Why do some American cities have higher crime rates than European countries?
Saint Louis a city of 360,000 inhabitants has a higher crime rate than Sweden a nation of 9,001,000 inhabitants?

Detroit, Memphis, Oakland, Baltimore and Cleveland all have higher crime rates than Sweden even though they have less people, Sweden’s capital Stockholm has a higher population than all the American cities mentioned.

What is up with that?

Best answer:

Answer by Sarah
All of those cities are run by African American Democrats and have large “minority” populations that make their living through crime.

No European cities share those characteristics.

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