Crime Data Comparison
While analyzing the data in the FBI Uniform Crime Report data I selected two different metropolitan areas that meant something to me. One of the metropolitan areas I chose was because I was born and raised there. Although I do not live there, it means a great deal to me, that is the reason I chose Los Angeles, CA. Although I love Los Angeles I also experienced crime there including aggravated assault and armed robbery and although unpleasant and scar these are realities people have to live day to day in these cities. The other I chose for this paper was Atlanta, GA although I do not live there it is close by and it is a part of my new surroundings and frequent it a lot.
Aggravated Assault
The crime I chose to use as a comparison is aggravated assault. The area that had the most reported incidents was the metropolitan are of Los Angeles. Los Angeles metropolitan are had a reported seven thousand six hundred and twenty-four. The metropolitan area of Atlanta only had two thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. These numbers mentioned before were a whole total. The statistics per a hundred thousand inhabitants is significantly different. In the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, CA per one hundred thousand inhabitants there was a total of one hundred eighty-nine and in the area of Atlanta there was a total of two hundred and five. The amount of inhabitants plays a huge role on the percentage
Although not sure if it is a great thing, it is definitely good to see that in statistics both places have been going down in the area of aggravated assault. Since the year 2001 in Los Angeles aggravated assaults have gone down significantly. In 2001 Los Angeles had a reported thirty-three thousand and eighty aggravated assaults and in the year 2013 the amount reported of aggravated assault was only seven thousand twenty-four. In the city of Atlanta the statistics also went down with the years. Aggravated assaults in the year of 2001 in the city of Atlanta reported five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six. Now In most recent years the amount of aggravated assaults reported were two thousand nine hundred and sixty-five. Although the amount of inhabitants is significantly bigger in Los Angeles, both areas have shown that they have minimized their aggravated assaults crimes.
There are several factors that might explain the difference in the crime rates including the aggravated assault crime. One of the factors that can explain the differences is the fact that there is more inhabitants in Los Angeles than in Atlanta. For example, there is four hundred and fifty-one thousand and twenty inhabitants in Atlanta and in Los Angeles there is three million and eight hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty. One can only say that is a huge factor why there is more crime in the area of Los Angeles. Another Factor that can play a major role in the differences in the rates is that there is more unemployment rates in Los Angeles than in Atlanta. Another thing that can be a factor is that in the city of Los Angeles there is a substantial amount of more gangs or gang related violence including aggravated assault. Another factor that might be key in the differences of why there is more crime in the city of Los Angeles is because they have a lower rate of people educated. They have a percentage of 74. 6 percent compared to Atlanta is 89.5. The amount of people who have also complete a college degree is also higher in the city of Atlanta than those in the city of Los Angeles. The amount of people that are educated can make a huge difference and can also be a key role in why there is more crime being committed in one city and not the other. People who are educated seem to make more educated choices in life and do not like to brake the law so much.

References.
(2010, March 17). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/crimestats.