Wx_Justin t1_is4p79a wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:05 AM

Reply to comment by telmar25 in Columbia, Md. named 'safest city' for 5th year; Baltimore ranked 161 of 182 cities by f1sh98

25% may be about crime, but the crime statistics are given relatively higher weights. If you look at the "Home and Community" section, COVID, crime, and traffic fatalities are included, but most of the weight is placed on violent crime. Columbia is also #1 in this specific section, so we must be doing something right when it comes to crime.

telmar25 t1_is4pps0 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:13 AM

To get 25% I roughly added up the weights of all the crime-related individual items in their “methodology.” So crime is only 25% of it overall.

I’m not making a point about Columbia crime… I live here and have a fairly good idea where things sit. But this WalletHub thing is kinda silly.

Wx_Justin t1_is4q5c6 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:20 AM

All of the crime-related fields actually add up to over 50% of the weight for that section.

I do agree that it would be better to see a full report rather than summary statistics, however.

telmar25 t1_is4qq57 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM

I hear you, it’s good that we are first in that section and probably indicates that we are doing something right with regard to crime. Still the point stands, about 25% or thereabouts of the weight of this overall ranking is about crime, and the WalletHub thing is kinda clickbaity and misleading.