<p>If you look at the crime rates for Cambridge and for Baltimore, you will find some things like this:</p>
<p>Murders per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 0.9
Baltimore: 34.9</p>
<p>Rapes per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 18.7
Baltimore: 50.4</p>
<p>Robberies per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 126.2
Baltimore: 576.4</p>
<p>Assaults per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 257.1
Baltimore: 743.6</p>
<p>Burglaries per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 469.2
Baltimore: 1242.3</p>
<p>Thefts per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 2320.0
Baltimore: 2781.4</p>
<p>Auto thefts per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 100.0
Baltimore: 636.6</p>
<p>Arsons per 100,000 - 2012
Cambridge: 7.5
Baltimore: 38.7</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Cambridge-Massachusetts.html”>http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Cambridge-Massachusetts.html</a>
<a href=“http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Baltimore-Maryland.html”>http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Baltimore-Maryland.html</a></p>
<p>Cambridge is an okay city with some iffy areas. Baltimore is an iffy city with some okay areas.</p>