U.S. News & World Report has dubbed Oakland the second most dangerous place in the country .

Oakland came in second to Memphis, Tennessee, in U.S. News & World Report's rankings. No other California city made the top 25.

U.S. News & World Report said it put together the rankings by examining each city's murder and property crime rates, per 100,000 people, as determined by FBI crime reports.

In a statement, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee's office said the city is seeing a 28% decrease in violent crime, adding that overall crime is down by 31%. The statement went on to say, "We are also strengthening the department of violence prevention and our ceasefire program, which is a data-backed, proven model that targets gun violence with focused deterrence through both enforcement and prevention. W

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