The 25 Most Violent Cities in the United States

THE CITIES WHERE YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES BASED ON OFFENSES KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE 50 MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AS REPORTED TO THE FBI AS PART OF THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM.O METHODOLOGY: The Violent Crime Index compares the 50 most populous cities in the United States by violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents in each city. The data covers offenses known to law enforcement as reported to the FBI as part of the Uniform Crime Murder and non-negligent manslaughter - 3 points Rape - 2 points Reporting program. The offenses included are murder and non-negligent mansl on frequency and adjusted on a weighted scale based on crime severity as follows:- Robbery - 1 point Aggravated assault - 1 point ter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Each offense is graded based THE 25 MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES Murder and non-negligent manslaughter incidents per 100,000 residents Aggravated assault incidents per 100,000 residents Rape incidents Robbery incidents per 100,000 residents per 100,000 residents Total violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents Grade Population Rank (2018, Wikipedia) Violent Crime Index Population (2018, FBI) 1 Detroit, MI D- 671,275 #23 38.88 147.18 343.97 1,477.79 2,007.82 1,918.78 2 Memphis, TN FD- 652,226 #25 28.52 75.28 467.63 1,371.76 1,943.19 1,682.93 3 Kansas City, MO FF 493,115 #37 27.78 81.73 331.97 1,148.82 1,590.30 F D- 1,446.95 4 Baltimore, MD 605,436 #30 51.04 59.63 836.75 885.97 1,833.39 1,355.39 5 Cleveland, OH 384,666 #52 22.36 119.84 460.66 846.71 1,449.57 D- F 1,172.71 6 Milwaukee, WI 595,619 #31 16.62 82.1 382.63 931.64 1,412.98 D+ F D- 1,170.66 7 Albuquerque, NM 560,235 #32 12.32 85.5 353.25 913.72 1,364.78 F 1,127.87 8 Wichita, KS 391,726 #51 927.69 9.7 96.5 146.02 1,179.91 F B- 1,114.51 9 New Orleans, LA F F 10 Indianapolis, IN 396,374 #49 37.09 171.81 307.54 646.86 1,163.30 OF D- 1,101.59 877,584 #16 18.46 77.14 351.08 826.13 1,272.81 1,066.40 11 Tulsa, OK 403,147 #47 104.68 14.88 205.88 739.68 1,065.12 OF C+ 973.63 12 Nashville,' TN 686,492 #24 13.26 69.92 308.23 721.64 1,113.05 F D- D 917.79 13 Oakland, CA 430,230 #45 1,273.74 16.27 104.13 609.91 543.43 D- D+ F 833.18 14 Chicago, IL D- D D- 2,719,151 #3 20.71 66.12 356.14 563.12 1,006.09 D- 804.37 15 Washington, DC D- D D 702,455 #20 22.78 63.35 307.07 548.22 941.41 D- 792.55 16 Oklahoma City, OK 652,936 #27 7.96 83.01 165.71 610.63 867.31 D- D- 773.87 17 Houston, TX C+ D+D- 2,344,966 #4 D- 11.77 53.78 373.61 586.96 1,026.11 D- 763.39 18 Philadelphia, PA D- 1,586,916 #6 22.12 69 331.59 485.97 908.68 D- D+ 735.94 D- 19 Atlanta, GA 496,106 #38 17.74 49.39 221.53 480.14 768.79 D+ 668.34 20 Denver, CO 720,745 #19 D+ 9.02 99.48 168.02 453.56 730.08 B- C- 642.45 21 Phoenix, AZ 1,653,080 #5 D+ 7.99 65.7 188.26 470.64 732.57 BID C+ D+ 616.57 22 Minneapolis, MN B+ F 428,261 #46 C- 7.24 100.87 276.47 408.16 792.74 D+ 601.16 23 Tucson, AZ 537,392 #33 C- 8.75 93.79 227.77 406.22 736.52 594.04 24 San Antonio, TX 1,539,328 #7 C- 6.95 87.44 114.79 417.52 626.7 B+F B+ 573.90 25 Dallas, TX 1,362,465 #9 C- C+ D D 11.38 60.77 292.63 400.16 764.94 572.74 HOW THE 50 MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES STACK UP IN THE VIOLENT CRIME INDEXO В- В-В- В- В- в в в в в ВА #* Population Rank (2018, Incidents (total) Population (2018, FBI) Incidents per 100,000 residents Wikipedia) TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF MURDER AND TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF RAPE PER 100,000 RESIDENTS IN 2018 NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER PER 100,000 RESIDENTS IN 2018 10 5 8 6 10 4 4 #* #* 1 Baltimore, MD 2 Detroit, MI 3 New Orleans, LA 4 Memphis, TN 5 Kansas City, MO 6 Washington, DC 7 Cleveland, OH 8 Philadelphia, PA 9 Chicago, IL 10 Indianapolis, IN 1 New Orleans, LA 2 Detroit, MI 3 Cleveland, OH 4 Tulsa, OK 5 Oakland, CA 6 Colorado Springs, CO 7 Minneapolis, MN 8 Denver, CO 9 Las Vegas , NV® 10 Wichita, KS 605,436 671,275 #30 309 51.04 396,374 #49 681 171.81 #23 261 38.88 671,275 #23 988 147.18 396,374 652,226 493,115 702,455 384,666 1,586,916 2,719,151 877,584 #49 147 37.09 384,666 #52 461 119.84 #25 186 28.52 403,147 #47 422 104.68 #37 137 27.78 430,230 # 45 448 104.13 #20 160 22.78 471,124 # 42 483 102.52 #52 86 22.36 428,261 |#46 432 100.87 #6 351 22.12 720,745 #19 717 99.48 #3 563 20.71 1,644,390 #28 1,610 97.91 #16 162 18.46 391,726 #51 378 96.50 TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF ROBBERY PER 100,000 INCIDENCE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT RESIDENTS IN 2018 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS IN 2018 9 6 10 #* 1 Baltimore, MD 2 Oakland, CA B Memphis, TN 4 Cleveland, OH 5 Milwaukee, WI 6 Houston, TX 7 Chicago, IL 8 San Francisco, CA 9 Albuquerque, NM 10 Indianapolis, IN 1 Detroit, MI 2 Memphis, TN 3 Kansas City, MO 4 Milwaukee, WI 5 Wichita, KS 6 Albuquerque, NM 7 Baltimore, MD 8 Cleveland, OH 9 Indianapolis, IN 10 Tulsa, OK 605,436 #30 #23 5,066 836.75 2,624 609.91 3,050 467.63 1,772 460.66 2,279 382.63 8,761 373.61 9,684 356.14 3,165 355.91 1,979 353.25 3,081 351.08 671,275 9,920 1,477.79 #25 430,230 652,226 # 45 652,226 493,115 8,947 1,371.76 #25 #37 5,665 1,148.82 384,666 595,619 2,344,966 #4 2,719,151 889,282 560,235 877,584 #52 595,619 #31 5,549 931.64 #31 391,726 #51 3,634 927.69 560,235 #32 5,119 913.72 605,436 384,666 #16 #3 #30 5,364 885.97 #13 #52 3,257 846.71 #32 877,584 7,250 826.13 #16 403,147 # 47 2,982 739.68 FOOTNOTES: There is no data available for Louisville, Kentucky (the 29th most populous city in the United States), or Raleigh, North Carolina (the 41st most populous city), and some data is missing for Charlotte, North Carolina (the 17th most populous city), so these cities have been excluded. Wichita, Kansas, Cleveland, Ohio, and Bakersfield, California, the 51 st, 52nd, and 53rd most populous cites in the United States, have been added to the list to bring the total to 50 cities. OLas Vegas includes population covered by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department specifically. Nashville includes population covered by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department specifically. SOURCES: PW Parker | Waichman LLP https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-8/table-8.xls/view https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-8/table-8-data-declaration A NATIONAL LAW FIRM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population www.statut es - of-limitations.com 1,918.78 1,682.93 ¬ 1,446.95 - Detroit, MI Memp 1,355.39 SIUGesuey City, MO 1,172.71 T 1,170.66 m 1,127.87 T 1,114.51 H 1,101.59 m 1,066.4 973.63 altimore, Miland, oH Albuaukee, WI. 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