The study assigns a crime score to each city, with zero representing the national average. Detroit got a score of 407, while St. Louis followed at 406. The score for Mission Viejo, in affluent Orange County, was minus 82.

• 研究人员给出每个城市的犯罪情况打分，“0”代表全国平均水平。底特律的“犯罪得分”为407分，圣路易斯为406分；“桔子郡”的米慎维埃为负82分。