Neighborhood Scout: Daytona Beach has ranked among the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the US six years in a row & as high as 20th in 2016

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Headline Surfer photo, A Daytona Beach police car is parked in front of a residence where a woman was murdered and her estranged husband taken into custody on homicide charges two years ago.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- East Central Florida's three tourism destination cities do not fare well in the 2018 rankings of US cities with a population of at least 25,000 residents. Sanford actually comes out ahead of Orlando and Daytona Beach with a rating of 4, with 100 being the highest safety rating. Orlando has a rating of 3. Daytona has the distinction of being ranked a 1, the lowest possible ranking from Neighborhood Scout.

ORLANDO: Rating of 3
 
SANFORD: Rating of 4
 
DAYTONA BEACH: Rating of 1
Here are links to the annual rankings of the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the US
 
97. Sanford
40. Daytona Beach
 
89. Orlando
20. Daytona Beach*
Daytona Topped Florida rankings as the most dangerous
 
97. Orlando
28. Daytona Beach
 
99. Orlando
33. Daytona Beach•
• Daytona topped Florida as the most dangerous 
 
81. Orlando
62. Daytona Beach
 
67. Orlando
34. Daytona Beach
 
69. Orlando
39. Daytona Beach
 
And in the category of what Neighborhood Scout categorizes as the Top 30 Murder Capitals of America, Orlando is ranked at No. 20.
 

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