DETROIT — Neighborhood Scout, a company that analyzes and compiles data for real estate purposes and corporations, recently released a list of the 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the U.S., and four of Detroit’s neighborhoods land in the top ten, with three occupying the top three spots, as the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country.

Ranked in the number one spot is the Detroit neighborhood in the area of West Chicago and Livernois Avenue, where residents have a one in seven chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime. Those violent crimes include murder, assault and rape. In this neighborhood, 149.48 out of 1,000 people are victims of violent crime.

Likely contributing to the events in this neighborhood over the past year, according to CBS Detroit, was the closure of the public library, where many children used to sharpen their math and reading skills through tutoring programs that were offered at the location. It was also a popular spot for adults to use public computers, making it easier to apply for jobs.  

Not far off from the number one spot on the list, at number two, is another Detroit neighborhood, near Mack Avenue and Helen Street, where residents also have a one in seven chance of being victims of a violent crime. The crime rate is marginally smaller than the number one spot, with 145.29 out 1,000 people who are victims of violent crime. Housing costs have dropped drastically in this neighborhood.

Also in the top three is the neighborhood near Gratiot Avenue and Rosemary, where people have a 1 in 8 chance of being a victim of a violence crime. In this neighborhood, 123.93 out of 1,000 people are victims of similar crimes.

Coming in at number seven is the Detroit neighborhood near Wyoming Street and Orangelawn Street, with crime at 90.82 out of 1,000 people. A person has a 1 in 8 chance of being a victim in this neighborhood. 

The research found that the country’s neighborhoods with the highest incidents of crime had high levels of home vacancy and were mostly dominated by single-family homes.  This description matches many neighborhoods in Detroit, where a recent estimate, provided by the City, marked the number of vacant structures at 35,000, in addition to many more vacant lots.

The City’s violent crime rate is more than five times the national average, according to last year’s Forbes analysis of 2011 statistics. Andrew Schiller, Neighborhood Scout’s founder, said Detroit’s dominant presence on the list didn’t come as a surprise to the company when compiling the data. 

“When you have such a high violent crime rate as the City of Detroit does, and a receding population, there tends to be more than just one or two [neighborhoods] that are the focus of violent crime,” said Schiller. “It wasn’t a total surprise.”

Detroit isn’t the only city to make multiple appearances on the list however. Four of Chicago’s neighborhoods also appeared in the Top 25, although coming in much lower than Detroit’s neighborhoods at number 4, 13, 16 and 25.