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Baltimore named 'most robbed' city in America


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Baltimore named 'most robbed' city in America (ADT)
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore is the "most robbed" city in America, according to an ADT security study that looked at FBI statistics.

Baltimore had the highest number of robberies per capita - 95.87 for every 10,000 people.

The security company "looked at the FBI’s annual crime data [for 2017] for robbery rates to discover which city in each state experienced the most robberies."

The number of robberies actually fell nationwide, dropping by 28 percent between 2008 and 2017.

Robbery is defined by the FBI as “taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear.” (It is not the same as burglary, which is often confused with robberies.)

The FBI also noted that more than a third of robberies - 37.2 percent - happened on a street or highway, according to ADT.


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