St. Louis has just been named the most dangerous city in the nation. It has been reported that St Louis has four times as many crimes as the national average.

There are some questions around the methodology of the study itself, which was conducted by CQ Press (Take a look here). The test was based on FBI statistics on numbers of rape, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, and motor vehicle theft.

St. Louis city officials are disappointed that they keep ending up on the list although the crime rates have continuously decreased since 2007.

Following St Louis on the list of most dangerous cities are Camden (NJ), Detroit (MI), Flint (MI), and Oakland (CA).