The FBI says that in 2020, there were 314 burglaries for every 100,000 people nationwide. However, in three Illinois cities, that number was a whole lot higher.
Although we've seen Rockford receive poor grades on a variety of things over the years, it still sucks to see our city show up on yet another list of the country's most dangerous places.
For nearly 70 years, a "metro area" was defined by a population of 50,000 people or more. Now, a change would make it 100,000 people to carry that designation.