Fourth Place!

Hurray! At least we excel at something! The Lynn Item reports this.

City ranks fourth in violent crimes

Do we get a trophy?

An annual crime statistics report released by the FBI this week indicates that there were 990 violent crimes reported in the city in 2004, which translates into about one violent crime for every 90 residents.
The statistics put Lynn right below Springfield, Boston and Fall River, respectively, in a class of cities with the highest crimes rates in the state.
Compared to Lynn's 1-in-90 ratio, Springfield had one crime committed for every 54 residents - making it the city with the highest rate of violent crimes in the state. Boston and Fall River both had one crime committed for every 83 residents

But we're working on it.

While the numbers represent a slight increase in the crime rate from the previous year in Lynn, Police Chief John Suslak responded to the FBI's report by defending the department's recent crackdown on gang violence and efforts to revive the former days of community policing.

No offense chief, but I drive by these gang bangers just about every other day. they ain't hard to find. Do something.

"(The numbers) are higher than we'd like to see," Suslak said. "Unfortunately, a lot of the violent crimes are part of the gang environment. It's not like this is occurring randomly."

So...

Clancy said while the gang presence of the city concerns him, he doesn't believe the average person is affected or at-risk of violence.

Dope.