United States cities by crime rate

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United States Crime Rates By City

[edit] Crime rates for cities with populations greater than 250,000 in 2006

The following table (initially sorted on the basis of reported murders in 2006) is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics that initially became available in September 2007. The data is available on the FBI 2006 statistic site and is downloadable in Excel format. The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end. The number of murders also includes nonnegligent manslaughter. This list is based on the reporting agency. In most cases the city and the reporting agency are identical. However, in some cases such as Charlotte, Honolulu and Las Vegas, the reporting agency encompasses more than one city.

It is also important to note that crime "rates" are affected by the size of the central municipality - they will generally appear much lower in larger, newer cities (particularly in the Western United States) that have been able to annex larger amounts of suburban and rural areas at the fringe. In older regions of the United States, particularly in the Northeast, many cities had their boundaries set in the 1700s, and have since grown much larger than that. In such places, the area considered the central "municipality" may only consist of the central CBD/core with older housing stock and a higher population density (particularly with daytime CBD workers who are not counted as residents) and therefore appear to have a higher crime "rate" even though in reality, they often have much less crime per capita than core CBDs/cities that have annexed larger amounts of surrounding land as part of their municipality.

Murder is the only statistic that all agencies are required to report. Consequently some agencies particularly in Illinois do not report all the crimes. If components are missing the total is adjusted to "0."

Rates are based on cases per 100,000 for all of calendar 2006.

State City Population Burglary Rate Larceny-theft Rate Motor vehicle theft Rate Arson Rate Property crime Rate Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Rate Forcible rape Rate Robbery Rate Aggravated assault Rate Violent crime Rate Murder Rate Murder Rank
Michigan Detroit 884,462 2050 2406 2591 97 7048 47 67 818 1485 2418 47.3 1
Maryland Baltimore 637,556 1193 2894 982 67 5069 43 21 663 968 1696 43.3 2
Louisiana New Orleans 431,153 947 1212 664 0 2824 37 20 176 288 523 37.6 3
New Jersey Newark 280,877 705 1558 1814 59 4078 37 30 458 483 1010 37.4 4
Missouri St. Louis 346,879 2453 6802 2492 124 11747 37 97 907 1439 2480 37.2 5
California Oakland 398,834 1271 2187 2644 76 6103 36 76 886 906 1905 36.4 6
District of Columbia Washington 581,530 657 2602 1213 5 4473 29 31 619 765 1445 29.1 7
Ohio Cincinnati 309,104 1536 3458 658 69 5653 22 74 598 267 963 28.8 8
Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,464,576 788 2691 795 0 4275 27 65 749 720 1562 27.7 9
New York Buffalo 280,494 1585 3160 757 56 5503 26 62 608 713 1410 26.4 10
Missouri Kansas City 448,218 1650 4057 1230 89 6938 24 71 456 891 1443 25.0 11
Georgia Atlanta 485,804 1523 3901 1209 36 6634 22 35 609 886 1553 22.6 12
Tennessee Memphis 680,828 2416 4955 986 36 8358 21 62 780 1125 1989 21.6 13
Florida Miami 392,934 1130 3045 987 27 5163 19 25 537 926 1509 19.6 14
Texas Houston 2,073,729 1295 3524 1017 54 5837 18 41 548 561 1169 18.2 15
Wisconsin Milwaukee 581,005 972 4189 1418 55 6580 17 19 620 666 1324 17.7 16
Indiana Indianapolis 800,969 1308 3225 996 38 5530 15 61 362 418 857 17.5 17
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 324,604 1143 2975 574 21 4693 17 31 530 490 1069 17.3 18
Ohio Cleveland 452,759 2131 2658 1443 110 6232 16 98 947 485 1546 16.6 19
Illinois Chicago 2,857,796 845 2930 763 24 4539 16 0 555 610 0 16.4 20
Arizona Phoenix 1,517,443 1064 3282 1587 34 5934 15 36 287 398 737 15.4 21
Minnesota Minneapolis 375,302 1552 3493 965 61 6011 15 0 806 755 0 15.2 22
Texas Dallas 1,248,223 1734 4006 1115 84 6857 14 53 553 584 1206 15.0 23
Tennessee Nashville 560,813 1135 4142 538 22 5817 14 57 432 1023 1527 14.3 24
Ohio Columbus 731,547 2025 4221 874 76 7121 14 80 498 220 813 14.2 25
Florida Jacksonville 795,822 1208 3665 542 21 5416 13 27 289 506 837 13.8 26
Oklahoma Tulsa 385,834 1636 3764 822 70 6223 13 74 258 901 1248 13.7 27
Alabama Mobile 250,152 1463 4340 531 44 6335 13 33 273 145 466 13.6 28
Massachusetts Boston 562,393 732 3004 724 0 4462 13 48 479 797 1339 13.3 29
California Stockton 289,510 1324 4214 1271 19 6811 12 35 524 908 1481 12.8 30
California Los Angeles 3,879,455 524 1539 654 60 2718 12 27 369 377 786 12.4 31
California Sacramento 460,552 1340 2771 1557 63 5669 12 42 475 676 1206 12.4 32
North Carolina Charlotte - Mecklenburg 699,398 1941 4025 1022 49 6989 11 49 458 557 1076 11.9 33
Nevada Las Vegas 1,315,625 1133 2038 1495 29 4667 11 54 409 507 982 11.6 34
Ohio Toledo 301,652 2184 4182 807 114 7175 11 53 394 634 1093 11.6 35
California San Francisco 746,085 866 3202 889 30 4958 11 20 517 326 875 11.5 36
California Fresno 465,269 938 3029 1062 55 5030 11 28 275 442 757 11.2 37
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 536,016 1735 3762 899 37 6397 10 61 219 511 802 10.3 38
Arizona Tucson 535,232 956 0 1378 56 0 9 54 312 478 855 9.5 39
Texas San Antonio 1,292,116 1132 4440 511 37 6084 9 39 179 388 617 9.2 40
Colorado Denver 568,465 1150 2353 1116 34 4620 8 60 225 466 760 9.0 41
California Long Beach 478,283 605 1379 686 21 2671 8 28 301 377 715 8.6 42
Florida St. Petersburg 253,280 1368 4020 1090 29 6478 8 44 407 1021 1481 8.3 43
Kentucky Louisville Metro 626,018 1211 2852 590 47 4654 7 27 277 299 612 8.0 44
California Bakersfield 298,198 1250 3227 859 64 5337 8 14 184 321 528 8.0 45
Nebraska Omaha 416,770 761 3640 826 0 5227 7 44 203 344 601 7.9 46
Texas Fort Worth 641,752 1402 3759 521 36 5683 7 38 220 388 655 7.6 47
California Santa Ana 343,433 312 1443 757 25 2512 7 21 229 323 581 7.6 48
Florida Tampa 331,487 1342 3394 931 13 5668 7 40 365 745 1158 7.5 49
New York New York 8,165,001 271 1412 195 0 1879 7 13 287 329 637 7.3 50
Kansas Wichita 357,372 1063 3857 552 43 5473 7 67 145 708 928 7.3 51
Texas Corpus Christi 291,507 1030 5235 299 43 6565 7 57 160 485 710 7.2 52
New Mexico Albuquerque 500,955 1066 3340 926 10 5332 5 48 196 513 764 6.8 53
Alaska Anchorage 277,692 624 3076 520 38 4220 6 89 167 670 933 6.1 54
Minnesota St. Paul 276,989 1209 2388 771 65 4369 6 0 306 506 0 6.1 55
Arizona Mesa 459,705 714 3125 794 8 4634 5 44 110 275 435 5.7 56
Colorado Aurora 302,855 751 2523 621 35 3897 5 66 182 311 565 5.6 57
North Carolina Raleigh 348,345 854 2487 288 20 3631 5 27 224 380 638 5.5 58
California San Diego 1,266,847 611 1904 1052 14 3568 5 27 170 300 504 5.4 59
Washington Seattle 583,772 1285 4090 1395 40 6771 5 22 285 398 711 5.1 60
Virginia Virginia Beach 442,784 462 2306 134 37 2903 4 25 153 100 283 4.3 61
Colorado Colorado Springs 376,807 888 3434 474 30 4797 3 66 162 336 569 4.0 62
Texas Arlington 373,086 1083 3727 460 11 5271 3 51 238 437 731 3.8 63
California Riverside 292,698 810 2552 828 44 4191 3 28 278 377 688 3.8 64
Oregon Portland 542,174 1011 4063 825 75 5901 3 54 239 417 714 3.7 65
Kentucky Lexington 270,179 808 2794 260 13 3862 3 47 186 396 633 3.3 66
California San Jose 920,548 480 1377 775 47 2633 3 23 111 248 386 3.2 67
California Anaheim 334,792 563 1576 494 19 2633 2 31 174 245 455 3.0 68
Texas Austin 709,813 935 3954 318 11 5208 2 39 170 245 458 2.8 69
Texas El Paso 615,553 359 2411 571 15 3342 2 47 81 260 392 2.1 70
Hawaii Honolulu 912,693 600 2907 688 64 4197 1 25 104 169 300 1.9 71
Texas Plano 257,183 542 2582 226 26 3350 1 16 59 211 288 1.6 72

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