Dallas is the 9th-most sinful city in America study shows

DALLAS – Dallas is the 9th-most sinful city in America for 2024, according to a study by WalletHub. More than 180 U.S. cities were compared using 37 indicators of vices and illicit behavior. The data ranges from violent crimes per capita to excessive drinking and the number of entertainment establishments per capita.
Dallas wasn’t the only Texas city to make the list. Houston is the second-most sinful city in America, according to the study. There are 14 other Texas cities that made the list.
Of the 182 cities studied, 16 of them were in Texas. Here are how those cities ranked:
2. Houston, TX 9. Dallas, TX 23. San Antonio, TX 26. Austin, TX 70. Fort Worth, TX 90. Corpus Christi, TX 100. Garland, TX 103. El Paso, TX 104. Arlington, TX 106. Grand Prairie, TX 114. Irving, TX 116. Lubbock, TX 147. Plano, TX 150. Amarillo, TX 169. Brownsville, TX 171. Laredo, TX 
Unsurprisingly, Las Vegas tops the list of the most sinful cities in 2024. The study shows Las Vegas to have the most casinos per capita, the most entertainment options per capita, the third-most fraud and identity theft complaints per capita, and a very high Google search for plastic surgery procedures. 
The strip on Las Vegas Boulevard is seen on May 30, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Robert Mora/Getty Images)
Houston is the second-most sinful place in the U.S. for 2024, with the fifth-highest number of adult entertainment establishments per capita and some of the highest Google search interest for terms relating to pornography, strip clubs and affairs. Houston also has the 22nd-highest violent crime rate in the country and the 30th-highest number of aggravated assaults per capita. It also had the seventh-highest number of mass shootings between Jan. 2022 and July 2024. Houston also has the 19th-most drunk driving fatalities per capita, the 8th-highest share of residents with gambling problems, and some of the highest Google search interest for plastic surgery. 
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Los Angeles is the third-most sinful city in the U.S., because it has the third-highest share of students bullied in school and the seventh-most hate crimes per capita. It also had the 11th-most mass shootings between January 2022 and July 2024. It also ranks third because only 24 percent of residents volunteer, which is the fifth-lowest percentage in the country. The study shows that Los Angeles residents search Google more than most in other cities for topics relating to lust and vanity, like pornography, affairs and plastic surgery. 
Los Angeles skyline (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Notes: *No. 1 = Most SinfulWith the exception of “WalletHub Vice Index,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that city, where a rank of 1 represents the worst conditions for that metric category.
WalletHub determined the most sinful cities in America by comparing 182 cities. This includes the 150 most-populated cities and at least two of the most populated cities in each state. They used seven key dimensions:
They used 37 metrics with corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale. Each city’s weighted average was calculated across all metrics to determine its overall score. 
Sources: Data used to create this ranking were collected as of October 21, 2024 from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Advameg, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Trade Commission, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, County Health Rankings, TransUnion, Yelp, National Council on Problem Gambling, Corporation for National and Community Service, Esri’s Updated Demographics (2023 estimates), The Southern Poverty Law Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Wm. Robert Johnston, Gun Violence Archive, Google Ads and Tinder.
Information in this article is from WalletHub.