Originally Posted by DarkJedi

Races in Detroit:

Black (81.6%)
White Non-Hispanic (10.5%)
Hispanic (5.0%)
Other race (2.5%)
Two or more races (2.3%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Ancestries: Polish (2.0%), German (1.8%), Subsaharan African (1.8%), Irish (1.5%), United States (1.2%).


Crime in Detroit (2002):
402 murders (41.8 per 100,000)
708 rapes (73.6 per 100,000)
6,288 robberies (653.6 per 100,000)
12,542 assaults (1303.8 per 100,000)
14,399 burglaries (1496.8 per 100,000)
26,839 larceny counts (2790.0 per 100,000)
23,857 auto thefts (2480.0 per 100,000)

City-data.com crime index = 953.5 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)