Women Warned About These 10 Missouri Locations

This just in. I am not a woman, but I am the father of daughters and take seriously disturbing crime statistics about many places in Missouri where it's dangerous to be female.

I believe in transparency when it comes to how rankings like this are determined. To be clear, this is not based on an opinion or the viewpoint of just one writer. It's also not derived from data that's a decade old either. For the 10 Missouri locations where women are in the most danger, I went straight to the latest data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. According to the FBI data, these are the 10 Missouri places that rank the highest for rape and other violent crimes against women.

What other crimes against women are included in this Missouri ranking?

Here's the breakdown from the FBI:

There are other statistics which show that these terrible crimes don't just happen in dangerous parts of a Missouri town, but most often in someone's home.

These crimes against women sadly don't just involve strangers, but most often it's caused by someone that is known.

Even one of these crimes is one too many, but something has to be done so that the most vulnerable in Missouri can be protected. Let's hope law enforcement and culture as a whole can be more proactive in making sure women in Missouri feel and are safe.