Nation's Most Dangerous City: St. Louis

St. Louis may still be celebrating its World Series baseball victory over Detroit, but this week Missouri's "Gateway City" learned it has topped Michigan's Motor City in another category, that of violent crime.

St. Louis reclaimed the title of America's most dangerous city, which it last held in 2002, based on crime statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and compiled by publisher Morgan Quitno Press.

Detroit was the second most dangerous city, while Flint, Michigan, and Compton, California, were third and fourth, respectively. Camden, New Jersey, most dangerous in last year's rankings, fell to fifth.

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