Las Vegas Ranks as Bad City to Raise Children in Partly Due to Crime
Children’s Health Magazine just ranked Las Vegas as one of the worst cities to raise a family in, partly due to crime statistics from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Although the city was average with regard to violent crimes per capita, it ranked very high in sex offenders per capita and missing children per capita. But as Las Vegas criminal defense attorney Michael Becker explains, “Las Vegas’s low ranking had more to do with bad schools than with violence.”
Indeed, the study looked at several categories in addition to crime to determine all the cities’ rank, such as health, housing, economics, cultural attractions, and education. Las Vegas has a poor graduation rate, a low number of advanced degrees per capita, a low amount of state money being put towards each student, and a high ratio between teachers and pupils.
This study looked at one hundred cities. Burlington, Vermont, ranked number one as the best city to raise a child. Detroit, Michigan took the one hundred spot, meaning it was the worst of all the cities studied to raise a child. Las Vegas took the ninety-second spot. But Las Vegas criminal defense attorney Michael Becker points out, “These numbers are very subjective.”
