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LA Ranked #1 In Violent Crime According To Wall Street Journal

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MOST VIOLENT & LEAST VIOLENT STATES - The Wall Street Journal newspaper has put together an index on violent crime, incarceration and suicide rates to identify the most peaceful and most violent states.  And according to the data collected  among the 50 states  Louisiana tops the list as the most violent state in the nation.  According to data compiled by The Wall Street Journal:

#1 Louisiana: Violent crime rate is 557.0 per 100,000 residents (4th highest)  Murder rate: 12.4 per 100,000 residents (the highest)   

#5 Arkansas  has  a  violent crime rate of 554.9 per 100,000 residents (6th highest)  Murder rate: 8.6 per 100,000 residents (5th highest) 

 #15 Texas violent crime rate of 438.9 per 100,000 residents (16th highest)     Murder rate: 5.0 per 100,000 residents (25th lowest)  

The Least Violent State – according to the Wall Street Journal’s Index  is Rhode Island
Violent crime rate: 232.2 per 100,000 residents (9th lowest)  Murder rate: 1.9 per 100,000.

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.