As July draws to a welcome close (see also: “go the hell away!” [mb] and “blame it on the squid?” [mb]), up-and-coming infographic and data-dredging superstars j &/or k have put together another bar-chartastic look at how Seattle’s crime scene compares to the rest of our violent nation [chs].

Short answer: not that much different. With fewer crimes per capita than criminal hotbeds Tacoma and Detroit, and more than Portland or the U.S. average [Ed: note to honor roll parents, not a good kind of “above average”], Seattle seems entirely unexceptional. The unfortunate part of this would-be reassuring analysis is that it not only excludes this depressingly violent month in local news, but also this year as well as the whole of 2005. But for now — bar charts! yeah.

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2. excellent series of graphs, police force and crime
3. Fifth foot found in B.C.
4. in other blogs: pro-war seattle, halloween hotzone, comic book guys
5. Seattle safest city in US