has Rochester New York held the murder capital of New york the last decade.

[ondaga86]

I herd that syracuse was in 03? People Always Talk about New York but I heard that upstate is more dangerous than New York city. Buffalo, Rochester, and syracuse mainly I was just wondering are these cities a lot worst than what people realize

[popowich]

Yes, the Rochester crime rate looks pretty bad compared to New York City.

Rochester Crime Rate Statistics (http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Rochester&state=NY)
New York City Crime Rate Statistics (http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=New+York&state=NY)

Also, here is a recent article from cnn.com:

New York City's murder rate may be the lowest in 40 years (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/23/newyork.homicide.ap/index.html).

-Raymond