Perception #231 By Hank Silverberg If you listen to politicians, follow social media or look at news on cable TV, one would get the impression that crime is at an all-time high, our cities are in shambles and it's all the Democrat's fault. Crime, of course, is always a concern. But n othing can be further from the truth than the perception that our country is crime-ridden and out of control. Yet that is the way it is playing out in elections both local and national. And media coverage makes it worse. Let's look at the facts, with information taken from non-partisan sources. Here is one list of the top ten most violent cities in America. The rates are based on crimes per 100 thousand people and taken from FBI statistics. Note, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. often maligned over their crime fighting and safety, are not on this list. They don'