The following table is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics. [1]
The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end. The number of murders 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 as more than one city.
Murder is the only statistic that all agencies are required to report. Consequently, some agencies do not report all the crimes. If components are missing the total is adjusted to "0."
Data are voluntarily submitted by each jurisdiction and some jurisdictions do not appear in the table because they either did not submit data or they did not meet deadlines.
According to the FBI website has this disclaimer on population estimates:
Rates are based on cases per 100,000 for all of calendar 2011.
State | City | Population | Violent Crime | Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | Forcible rape | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Property crime | Burglary | Larceny-theft | Motor vehicle theft |
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Texas | Abilene | 119,886 | 393.7 | 2.5 | 31.7 | 105.9 | 253.6 | 3,664.3 | 865 | 2,656.7 | 142.6 |
Ohio | Akron | 198,390 | 886.6 | 12.1 | 84.2 | 290.8 | 499.5 | 5,057.7 | 1,728.4 | 2,965.9 | 363.4 |
Virginia | Alexandria | 145,892 | 166.6 | - | 6.2 | 94.6 | 65.8 | 2,049.5 | 192.6 | 1,633.4 | 223.5 |
Pennsylvania | Allentown | 119,334 | 547.2 | 12.6 | 45.3 | 313.4 | 176 | 3,857.2 | 1,045.8 | 2,503.1 | 308.4 |
Texas | Amarillo | 196,576 | 650.1 | 5.1 | 56 | 141.4 | 447.7 | 4,527.5 | 1,061.7 | 3,145.9 | 320 |
New York | Amherst Town | 117,591 | 74.8 | - | 6 | 23.8 | 45.1 | 1,922.8 | 182 | 1,709.3 | 31.5 |
Michigan | Ann Arbor | 115,008 | 197.4 | 0.9 | 30.4 | 43.5 | 122.6 | 2,370.3 | 620.8 | 1,650.3 | 99.1 |
California | Antioch | 105,009 | 1,017.1 | 9.5 | 27.6 | 354.3 | 625.7 | 4,530.1 | 1,658 | 1,828.4 | 1,043.7 |
Colorado | Arvada | 109,029 | 144.9 | - | 20.2 | 26.6 | 98.1 | 2,389.3 | 357.7 | 1,847.2 | 184.4 |
Georgia | Athens-Clarke County | 117,457 | 387.4 | 4.3 | 40.9 | 134.5 | 207.7 | 3,917.2 | 978.2 | 2,732.9 | 206 |
Illinois | Aurora | 199,765 | 281.8 | - | 32.5 | 62.6 | 186.7 | 1,784.6 | 472.6 | 1,249 | 63.1 |
Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 231,500 | 1,082.9 | 28.5 | 27.6 | 446.2 | 580.6 | 5,209.1 | 1,652.7 | 3,348.2 | 208.2 |
Texas | Beaumont | 120,323 | 1,032.2 | 10.8 | 63.2 | 339.1 | 619.2 | 4,840.3 | 1,519.2 | 3,089.2 | 231.9 |
Washington | Bellevue | 126,022 | 127.8 | 1.6 | 20.6 | 53.2 | 52.4 | 2,779.7 | 543.6 | 2,102 | 134.1 |
California | Berkeley | 114,961 | 423.6 | 4.3 | 33.9 | 291.4 | 93.9 | 4,954.7 | 844.6 | 3,552.5 | 557.6 |
Montana | Billings | 106,371 | 347.8 | 2.8 | 35.7 | 63.9 | 245.4 | 4,523.8 | 745.5 | 3,391.9 | 386.4 |
Alabama | Birmingham | 213,266 | 1,517.8 | 31.4 | 71.3 | 460.9 | 954.2 | 6,934.1 | 2,205.7 | 4,239.8 | 488.6 |
Idaho | Boise | 211,569 | 268 | 0.5 | 35.4 | 30.3 | 201.8 | 2,524.9 | 431.5 | 2,019.2 | 74.2 |
Colorado | Boulder | 100,257 | 248.4 | - | 31.9 | 47.9 | 168.6 | 2,929.5 | 470.8 | 2,331 | 127.7 |
Connecticut | Bridgeport | 146,030 | 1,205.2 | 15.1 | 265.7 | 415 | 509.5 | 3,528.7 | 943 | 1,991.4 | 594.4 |
Oklahoma | Broken Arrow | 100,688 | 153.9 | 1 | 32.8 | 38.7 | 81.4 | 2,172.1 | 371.4 | 1,686.4 | 114.2 |
Texas | Brownsville | 181,102 | 261.2 | 1.7 | 21 | 69 | 169.5 | 4,603.5 | 632.2 | 3,857.5 | 113.7 |
California | Burbank | 105,057 | 231.3 | 1.9 | 22.8 | 105.7 | 100.9 | 2,373 | 364.6 | 1,819 | 189.4 |
Massachusetts | Cambridge | 106,981 | 402.9 | 0.9 | 18.7 | 126.2 | 257.1 | 2,889.3 | 469.2 | 2,320 | 100 |
Florida | Cape Coral | 159,625 | 143.5 | 2.5 | 10 | 25.7 | 105.2 | 2,205.8 | 538.8 | 1,595.6 | 71.4 |
California | Carlsbad | 107,879 | 245.6 | 1.9 | 24.1 | 51 | 168.7 | 1,955 | 460.7 | 1,356.1 | 138.1 |
Texas | Carrollton | 124,477 | 144.6 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 60.3 | 77.1 | 2,742.7 | 619.4 | 1,894.3 | 229 |
North Carolina | Cary | 141,016 | 81.6 | - | 7.8 | 20.6 | 53.2 | 1,353.7 | 262.4 | 1,046.7 | 44.7 |
Iowa | Cedar Rapids | 128,401 | 277.3 | 2.3 | 33.5 | 75.5 | 165.9 | 3,678.3 | 752.3 | 2,728.2 | 197.8 |
Colorado | Centennial | 104,022 | 150.9 | 1 | 38.5 | 31.7 | 79.8 | 1,383.4 | 266.3 | 1,043 | 74 |
Arizona | Chandler | 242,721 | 258.7 | 1.6 | 26.4 | 61.4 | 169.3 | 2,707.2 | 472.6 | 2,129.2 | 105.5 |
South Carolina | Charleston | 123,856 | 239 | 9.7 | 15.3 | 84 | 130 | 2,723.3 | 302 | 2,231.6 | 189.7 |
Virginia | Chesapeake | 227,531 | 368.7 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 88.8 | 258.9 | 2,765.3 | 454.4 | 2,188.3 | 122.6 |
California | Chula Vista | 249,830 | 232.6 | 3.2 | 13.2 | 90.9 | 125.3 | 2,033.8 | 370.7 | 1,262.1 | 401.1 |
Tennessee | Clarksville | 137,356 | 637 | 7.3 | 33.5 | 72.1 | 524.2 | 2,723.6 | 710.6 | 1,891.4 | 121.6 |
Florida | Clearwater | 109,255 | 665.4 | 2.7 | 54 | 188.5 | 420.1 | 3,902.8 | 841.2 | 2,900.6 | 161.1 |
Missouri | Columbia | 110,646 | 430.2 | 2.7 | 37.1 | 146.4 | 244 | 3,814.9 | 708.6 | 2,977.1 | 129.2 |
Georgia | Columbus | 196,178 | 506.7 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 215.6 | 266.6 | 5,742.7 | 1,380.9 | 3,930.6 | 431.2 |
California | Concord | 125,205 | 321.1 | - | 15.2 | 122.2 | 183.7 | 3,340.1 | 662.1 | 2,151.7 | 526.3 |
Florida | Coral Springs | 125,021 | 183.2 | 0.8 | 8 | 62.4 | 112 | 2,255.6 | 457.5 | 1,678.1 | 120 |
California | Corona | 157,342 | 133.5 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 64.8 | 57.2 | 2,633.1 | 547.2 | 1,758 | 327.9 |
California | Costa Mesa | 112,635 | 225.5 | 3.6 | 28.4 | 73.7 | 119.9 | 3,621.4 | 593.1 | 2,707.9 | 320.5 |
California | Daly City | 103,311 | 209.1 | - | 8.7 | 73.6 | 126.8 | 1,745.2 | 382.3 | 1,114.1 | 248.8 |
Iowa | Davenport | 101,193 | 596.9 | 4 | 39.5 | 149.2 | 404.2 | 4,039.8 | 879.5 | 2,877.7 | 282.6 |
Ohio | Dayton | 142,139 | 973.7 | 16.9 | 78.8 | 445.3 | 432.7 | 5,899.2 | 2,140.9 | 3,270.7 | 487.6 |
Texas | Denton | 118,942 | 310.2 | 0.8 | 72.3 | 68.9 | 168.1 | 2,742.5 | 531.4 | 2,079.2 | 132 |
Iowa | Des Moines | 207,400 | 527.5 | 3.4 | 48.2 | 120.5 | 355.4 | 4,922.9 | 1,212.2 | 3,333.7 | 377 |
California | Downey | 113,628 | 335.3 | 5.3 | 17.6 | 167.2 | 145.2 | 3,112.8 | 589.6 | 1,679.2 | 844 |
North Carolina | Durham | 235,563 | 725.9 | 8.9 | 26.7 | 261.1 | 429.2 | 4,363.6 | 1,394.1 | 2,670.6 | 298.9 |
New Jersey | Edison Township | 101,007 | 120.8 | - | 8.9 | 58.4 | 53.5 | 1,466.2 | 337.6 | 1,018.7 | 109.9 |
California | El Cajon | 101,864 | 358.3 | 2 | 23.6 | 144.3 | 188.5 | 2,369.8 | 484 | 1,499.1 | 386.8 |
California | El Monte | 115,356 | 342.4 | 3.5 | 12.1 | 176 | 150.8 | 1,933.1 | 495 | 937.1 | 501.1 |
Illinois | Elgin | 109,155 | 235.4 | 1.8 | 61.4 | 69.6 | 102.6 | 1,815.8 | 327.1 | 1,416.3 | 72.4 |
New Jersey | Elizabeth | 126,281 | 797.4 | 11.1 | 29.3 | 423.7 | 333.4 | 3,445.5 | 781.6 | 1,739.8 | 924.1 |
California | Elk Grove | 156,344 | 327.5 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 60.8 | 253.3 | 2,105.6 | 431.1 | 1,538.9 | 135.6 |
Pennsylvania | Erie | 101,972 | 449.1 | 7.8 | 62.8 | 168.7 | 209.9 | 3,442.1 | 1,073.8 | 2,266.3 | 102 |
California | Escondido | 147,386 | 426.1 | 3.4 | 25.8 | 139.8 | 257.1 | 2,637.3 | 518.4 | 1,604.6 | 514.3 |
Oregon | Eugene | 158,043 | 272.1 | - | 45.6 | 124 | 102.5 | 5,064.4 | 958.6 | 3,830.6 | 275.2 |
Indiana | Evansville | 118,194 | 473.8 | 6.8 | 47.4 | 168.4 | 251.3 | 5,146.6 | 957.7 | 3,833.5 | 355.3 |
Washington | Everett | 105,318 | 456.7 | 0.9 | 43.7 | 172.8 | 239.3 | 6,092 | 1,106.2 | 4,064.8 | 921 |
California | Fairfield | 107,110 | 423.9 | 7.5 | 28 | 129.8 | 258.6 | 3,096.8 | 631.1 | 2,001.7 | 464 |
North Dakota | Fargo | 109,813 | 358.8 | 1.8 | 62.8 | 41.9 | 252.2 | 2,581.7 | 410.7 | 2,029.8 | 141.1 |
North Carolina | Fayetteville | 205,966 | 575.8 | 10.7 | 34 | 271.9 | 259.3 | 6,390.9 | 1,995 | 4,028.8 | 367.1 |
Michigan | Flint | 101,632 | 2,729.5 | 62 | 106.3 | 662.2 | 1,899 | 5,554.4 | 2,931.2 | 2,171.6 | 451.6 |
California | Fontana | 200,874 | 423.2 | 2.5 | 15.4 | 144.9 | 260.4 | 2,237.2 | 547.1 | 1,189.3 | 500.8 |
Colorado | Fort Collins | 148,792 | 262.8 | 1.3 | 29.6 | 26.9 | 205 | 2,768.3 | 401.9 | 2,271 | 95.4 |
Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 170,827 | 903.3 | 9.4 | 28.1 | 488.8 | 377 | 5,830.5 | 1,727.5 | 3,757.6 | 345.4 |
California | Fremont | 218,927 | 139.8 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 60.3 | 72.2 | 1,945.4 | 537.2 | 1,142.8 | 265.4 |
Texas | Frisco | 123,205 | 79.5 | - | 6.5 | 19.5 | 53.6 | 2,051.1 | 357.1 | 1,650.1 | 43.8 |
California | Fullerton | 138,455 | 326.5 | - | 22.4 | 98.9 | 205.1 | 2,843.5 | 535.9 | 2,074.3 | 233.3 |
Florida | Gainesville | 127,036 | 669.9 | 4.7 | 58.3 | 134.6 | 472.3 | 4,094.1 | 794.3 | 3,111.7 | 188.1 |
California | Garden Grove | 175,079 | 250.7 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 77.1 | 163.9 | 2,294.4 | 434.7 | 1,516.5 | 343.3 |
Texas | Garland | 234,984 | 229.8 | 3 | 20 | 100.4 | 106.4 | 3,691.7 | 943.9 | 2,496.3 | 251.5 |
Arizona | Gilbert | 214,264 | 95.7 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 27.5 | 56.9 | 1,580.3 | 338.8 | 1,164.9 | 76.5 |
Arizona | Glendale | 232,997 | 491.4 | 5.2 | 23.2 | 177.3 | 285.8 | 6,409.5 | 1,221.9 | 4,662.3 | 525.3 |
California | Glendale | 194,902 | 119.5 | - | 3.1 | 55.4 | 61.1 | 1,561.3 | 264.7 | 1,138 | 158.5 |
Texas | Grand Prairie | 181,782 | 274.5 | 0.6 | 27.5 | 88 | 158.4 | 2,885.9 | 714 | 1,824.2 | 347.7 |
Michigan | Grand Rapids | 189,953 | 771.2 | 8.4 | 24.2 | 243.2 | 495.4 | 3,484 | 1,009.2 | 2,333.7 | 141.1 |
Wisconsin | Green Bay | 106,080 | 484.5 | 0.9 | 41.5 | 82 | 360.1 | 2,807.3 | 621.2 | 2,083.3 | 102.8 |
Oregon | Gresham | 108,202 | 450.1 | 3.7 | 30.5 | 191.3 | 224.6 | 4,489.8 | 818.8 | 2,985.2 | 685.8 |
Virginia | Hampton | 137,905 | 227.7 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 105.9 | 103.7 | 3,377 | 549.7 | 2,637.3 | 190 |
Connecticut | Hartford | 125,203 | 1,321.9 | 18.4 | 21.6 | 511.2 | 770.7 | 4,248.3 | 838.6 | 2,769.1 | 640.6 |
California | Hayward | 147,424 | 415.8 | 4.1 | 31.2 | 232 | 148.6 | 3,250.5 | 752.3 | 1,510.6 | 987.6 |
Florida | Hialeah | 233,107 | 347.5 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 111.5 | 217.1 | 3,086.1 | 449.6 | 2,320.4 | 316.2 |
North Carolina | High Point | 106,801 | 520.6 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 173.2 | 324.9 | 4,135.7 | 1,112.3 | 2,755.6 | 267.8 |
Florida | Hollywood | 145,313 | 442.5 | 3.4 | 26.2 | 191.3 | 221.6 | 5,307.9 | 1,347.4 | 3,506.2 | 454.2 |
California | Huntington Beach | 194,677 | 160.8 | 1.5 | 15.9 | 42.6 | 100.7 | 2,809.8 | 409.4 | 2,235.5 | 164.9 |
Alabama | Huntsville | 183,691 | 923.3 | 7.6 | 39.2 | 248.2 | 628.2 | 5,041.6 | 1,178.6 | 3,476.5 | 386.5 |
Missouri | Independence | 117,433 | 457.3 | 4.3 | 36.6 | 108.1 | 308.3 | 6,090.3 | 1,067 | 4,356.5 | 666.8 |
California | Inglewood | 111,488 | 699.6 | 12.6 | 24.2 | 334.6 | 328.3 | 2,397.6 | 579.4 | 1,245.9 | 572.3 |
California | Irvine | 217,528 | 50.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 13.3 | 32.6 | 1,518.9 | 262 | 1,194.8 | 62.1 |
Texas | Irving | 224,007 | 226.3 | 1.3 | 12.1 | 60.3 | 152.7 | 2,815.5 | 570.1 | 1,993.7 | 251.8 |
Mississippi | Jackson | 175,939 | 948.1 | 35.8 | 76.7 | 454.1 | 381.4 | 6,575 | 2,344 | 3,585.3 | 645.7 |
Illinois | Joliet | 148,471 | 340.8 | 7.4 | 20.2 | 70 | 243.1 | 2,583 | 642.5 | 1,834 | 106.4 |
Kansas | Kansas City | 147,201 | 595.8 | 10.2 | 57.7 | 188.2 | 339.7 | 5,120.9 | 1,203.8 | 3,096.4 | 820.6 |
Washington | Kent | 122,102 | 444.7 | 1.6 | 55.7 | 158.9 | 228.5 | 4,478.2 | 1,014.7 | 2,755.9 | 707.6 |
Texas | Killeen | 131,965 | 644.9 | 9.1 | 62.1 | 178.8 | 394.8 | 3,778.3 | 1,135.1 | 2,497.6 | 145.5 |
Tennessee | Knoxville | 182,254 | 973.4 | 9.9 | 65.3 | 289.7 | 608.5 | 6,676.9 | 1,581.3 | 4,594.1 | 501.5 |
Louisiana | Lafayette | 122,852 | 634.1 | 9 | 9 | 164.4 | 451.8 | 5,547.3 | 1,082.6 | 4,268.6 | 196.2 |
Colorado | Lakewood | 146,404 | 461.7 | 1.4 | 64.2 | 101.1 | 295.1 | 4,579.8 | 626.3 | 3,538.2 | 415.3 |
California | Lancaster | 159,155 | 539.7 | 5 | 33.9 | 196.7 | 304.1 | 2,197.9 | 655.3 | 1,288.7 | 253.8 |
Michigan | Lansing | 114,688 | 939.9 | 11.3 | 80.2 | 177 | 671.4 | 3,290.7 | 1,139.6 | 1,920.9 | 230.2 |
Texas | Laredo | 245,558 | 421.9 | 3.3 | 33 | 74.5 | 311.1 | 4,351.3 | 699.6 | 3,496.5 | 155.2 |
Arkansas | Little Rock | 196,055 | 1,315.4 | 23 | 69.9 | 411.6 | 811 | 8,061 | 2,164.7 | 5,337.8 | 558.5 |
Massachusetts | Lowell | 108,539 | 539 | - | 34.1 | 160.3 | 344.6 | 2,879.1 | 782.2 | 1,825.2 | 271.8 |
Texas | Lubbock | 237,241 | 827 | 4.6 | 43.8 | 137 | 641.5 | 5,173.2 | 1,306.3 | 3,552.9 | 314 |
Wisconsin | Madison | 237,508 | 377.7 | 1.3 | 48 | 101.5 | 226.9 | 3,264.3 | 674.1 | 2,483.3 | 106.9 |
New Hampshire | Manchester | 110,040 | 567.1 | 0.9 | 65.4 | 186.3 | 314.4 | 3,496.9 | 771.5 | 2,588.1 | 137.2 |
Texas | McAllen | 135,745 | 122.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 41.3 | 78.1 | 4,025.9 | 370.5 | 3,499.9 | 155.4 |
Texas | McKinney | 138,105 | 165.8 | - | 39.1 | 42 | 84.7 | 2,017.3 | 356.3 | 1,585.7 | 75.3 |
Texas | Mesquite | 144,811 | 305.2 | 1.4 | 9.7 | 126.4 | 167.8 | 4,340.1 | 1,082.8 | 2,782.9 | 474.4 |
Florida | Miami Gardens | 111,177 | 837.4 | 22.5 | 14.4 | 331.9 | 468.6 | 4,303 | 1,160.3 | 2,771.3 | 371.5 |
Texas | Midland | 115,637 | 344.2 | 3.5 | 18.2 | 45 | 277.6 | 2,601.2 | 483.4 | 2,000.2 | 117.6 |
Florida | Miramar | 125,998 | 426.2 | 1.6 | 24.6 | 129.4 | 270.6 | 2,368.3 | 684.1 | 1,508.8 | 175.4 |
California | Modesto | 204,631 | 777 | 9.8 | 28.8 | 219.9 | 518.5 | 5,510.4 | 1,256.4 | 3,374.9 | 879.1 |
Alabama | Montgomery | 209,018 | 395.7 | 21.1 | 19.6 | 219.6 | 135.4 | 5,768.9 | 1,631 | 3,611.2 | 526.7 |
California | Moreno Valley | 199,673 | 353.6 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 165.8 | 172.8 | 3,190.7 | 1,010.7 | 1,730.8 | 449.2 |
Tennessee | Murfreesboro | 112,247 | 624.5 | 2.7 | 49 | 119.4 | 453.5 | 3,568.9 | 822.3 | 2,582.7 | 163.9 |
California | Murrieta | 106,839 | 65.5 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 19.7 | 37.4 | 1,605.2 | 381.9 | 1,101.7 | 121.7 |
Illinois | Naperville | 142,840 | 83.3 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 16.8 | 59.5 | 1,431 | 178.5 | 1,223.7 | 28.7 |
Connecticut | New Haven | 129,934 | 1,439.2 | 13.1 | 42.3 | 649.6 | 734.2 | 5,014.9 | 1,116.7 | 3,348.6 | 549.5 |
Virginia | Newport News | 181,591 | 415.2 | 11 | 27.5 | 149.2 | 227.4 | 3,151 | 566.7 | 2,440.1 | 144.3 |
Virginia | Norfolk | 245,303 | 543 | 13.9 | 30.6 | 200.2 | 298.4 | 4,643.6 | 921.7 | 3,425.6 | 296.4 |
Oklahoma | Norman | 113,969 | 151.8 | 0.9 | 45.6 | 47.4 | 57.9 | 2,676.2 | 551.9 | 1,976 | 148.3 |
South Carolina | North Charleston | 100,675 | 732.1 | 12.9 | 60.6 | 210.6 | 448 | 5,718.4 | 848.3 | 4,333.7 | 536.4 |
Nevada | North Las Vegas | 221,884 | 763.9 | 6.3 | 32.9 | 175.3 | 549.4 | 2,494.1 | 701.7 | 1,362 | 430.4 |
California | Norwalk | 107,295 | 403.6 | 10.3 | 12.1 | 159.4 | 221.8 | 2,431.6 | 502.4 | 1,432.5 | 496.8 |
California | Oceanside | 171,141 | 425.4 | 4.7 | 28 | 102.3 | 290.4 | 2,506.1 | 491.4 | 1,754.7 | 260 |
Texas | Odessa | 103,635 | 1,064.3 | 4.8 | 41.5 | 136.1 | 881.9 | 3,586.6 | 743 | 2,475 | 368.6 |
Kansas | Olathe | 128,560 | 148.6 | - | 29.6 | 18.7 | 100.3 | 1,929.1 | 245 | 1,546.4 | 137.7 |
California | Ontario | 167,933 | 318 | 1.8 | 21.4 | 158.4 | 136.4 | 3,010.7 | 630 | 1,797.7 | 583 |
California | Orange | 139,692 | 96.6 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 38.7 | 49.4 | 2,028 | 357.9 | 1,463.2 | 206.9 |
Florida | Orlando | 246,513 | 1,017.4 | 9.7 | 41.8 | 244.6 | 721.3 | 6,613.8 | 1,532.6 | 4,552.3 | 529 |
Kansas | Overland Park | 177,085 | 160.9 | 1.1 | 22.6 | 23.7 | 113.5 | 2,303.4 | 292 | 1,828.5 | 183 |
California | Oxnard | 201,797 | 298.8 | 4.5 | 4 | 150.6 | 139.7 | 2,017.4 | 420.2 | 1,326.6 | 270.6 |
Florida | Palm Bay | 104,635 | 528.5 | 2.9 | 18.2 | 74.5 | 432.9 | 2,348.2 | 687.2 | 1,530.1 | 130.9 |
California | Palmdale | 155,294 | 522.9 | 3.9 | 23.8 | 144.2 | 350.9 | 2,184.9 | 666.5 | 1,331.7 | 186.7 |
California | Pasadena | 139,382 | 310.7 | 3.6 | 15.1 | 123.4 | 168.6 | 2,424.3 | 639.3 | 1,605.7 | 179.4 |
Texas | Pasadena | 154,562 | 402.4 | 5.2 | 33.6 | 95.1 | 268.5 | 3,629.6 | 646.3 | 2,644.2 | 339 |
New Jersey | Paterson | 147,148 | 1,054.7 | 14.3 | 15 | 580.4 | 445.1 | 3,153.3 | 1,100.3 | 1,436.6 | 616.4 |
Florida | Pembroke Pines | 159,744 | 149 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 52 | 87 | 2,653 | 529.6 | 1,987.6 | 135.8 |
Arizona | Peoria | 158,347 | 186.9 | 5.7 | 15.2 | 48.6 | 117.5 | 2,951.1 | 586.7 | 2,196.4 | 168 |
Illinois | Peoria | 115,288 | 797.1 | 8.7 | 21.7 | 281 | 485.7 | 4,356 | 1,231.7 | 2,923.1 | 201.2 |
California | Pomona | 151,511 | 673.9 | 11.2 | 41.6 | 248.8 | 372.3 | 3,336.4 | 594.7 | 2,009.1 | 732.6 |
Florida | Pompano Beach | 103,003 | 1,029.1 | 4.9 | 35.9 | 406.8 | 581.5 | 5,399.8 | 1,245.6 | 3,763 | 391.3 |
Florida | Port St. Lucie | 168,416 | 234.5 | 2.4 | 27.9 | 32.7 | 171.6 | 1,799.7 | 484.5 | 1,261.2 | 54 |
Rhode Island | Providence | 177,882 | 636.9 | 9.6 | 47.2 | 203.5 | 376.7 | 4,484.4 | 1,084.4 | 2,745.6 | 654.4 |
Utah | Provo | 116,879 | 127.5 | - | 30.8 | 16.3 | 80.4 | 2,109 | 257.5 | 1,754.8 | 96.7 |
Colorado | Pueblo | 109,065 | 730.8 | 7.3 | 19.3 | 182.5 | 521.7 | 6,445.7 | 1,737.5 | 4,256.2 | 452 |
California | Rancho Cucamonga | 169,276 | 189.6 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 66.2 | 111.7 | 2,576.9 | 862.5 | 1,433.8 | 280.6 |
Nevada | Reno | 230,486 | 517.2 | 3 | 14.3 | 141.9 | 357.9 | 3,220.6 | 708.5 | 2,129.8 | 382.2 |
California | Rialto | 101,595 | 501 | 3.9 | 16.7 | 197.8 | 282.5 | 3,514.9 | 883.9 | 1,769.8 | 861.3 |
Texas | Richardson | 103,266 | 165.6 | 1.9 | 26.1 | 77.5 | 60 | 2,909 | 675.9 | 2,106.2 | 126.9 |
California | Richmond | 106,357 | 1,092.5 | 16.9 | 33.8 | 367.6 | 674.1 | 4,718.1 | 1,445.1 | 1,518.5 | 1,754.5 |
Virginia | Richmond | 207,799 | 648.7 | 20.2 | 18.3 | 304.6 | 305.6 | 4,380.7 | 976.9 | 2,953.8 | 450 |
Minnesota | Rochester | 108,582 | 1.8 | 50.7 | 95.8 | 2,505.9 | 455.9 | 1,968.1 | 82 | ||
New York | Rochester | 211,993 | 976 | 17 | 52.8 | 385.4 | 520.8 | 5,322.3 | 1,404.8 | 3,624.2 | 293.4 |
Illinois | Rockford | 152,293 | 1,367.8 | 5.9 | 81.4 | 327.7 | 952.8 | 4,995.6 | 1,460.3 | 3,285.1 | 250.2 |
California | Roseville | 122,896 | 238.4 | 1.6 | 12.2 | 68.4 | 156.2 | 2,675.4 | 422.3 | 2,063.5 | 189.6 |
Texas | Round Rock | 106,232 | 132.7 | - | 30.1 | 42.4 | 60.2 | 2,481.4 | 316.3 | 2,091.6 | 73.4 |
Oregon | Salem | 157,353 | 358.4 | 4.4 | 25.4 | 87.7 | 240.9 | 4,277.6 | 662.8 | 3,150.9 | 463.9 |
California | Salinas | 154,413 | 665.1 | 13.6 | 26.6 | 316 | 308.9 | 3,177.2 | 788.8 | 1,687.7 | 700.7 |
Utah | Salt Lake City | 192,465 | 675.4 | 4.2 | 63.4 | 164.2 | 443.7 | 7,459.5 | 947.7 | 5,625.4 | 886.4 |
California | San Bernardino | 214,987 | 940.5 | 21.9 | 26 | 373.5 | 519.1 | 4,888.7 | 1,306.6 | 2,321.5 | 1,260.5 |
California | Santa Clara | 119,360 | 185.2 | - | 8.4 | 51.1 | 125.7 | 2,769.8 | 489.3 | 1,904.3 | 376.2 |
California | Santa Clarita | 179,248 | 190.8 | 0.6 | 16.7 | 53.6 | 119.9 | 1,529.7 | 343.7 | 1,016.5 | 169.6 |
California | Santa Maria | 101,207 | 681.8 | - | 20.7 | 143.3 | 517.8 | 2,401 | 703.5 | 1,302.3 | 395.2 |
California | Santa Rosa | 170,862 | 372.2 | 1.2 | 39.2 | 73.7 | 258.1 | 2,234.6 | 424.3 | 1,625.3 | 184.9 |
Georgia | Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan | 231,285 | 379.6 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 212.3 | 146.6 | 3,599.5 | 900.6 | 2,413.9 | 284.9 |
Arizona | Scottsdale | 223,432 | 147.2 | 1.3 | 18.8 | 51.5 | 75.6 | 2,706.4 | 561.7 | 2,036.9 | 107.9 |
Louisiana | Shreveport | 202,164 | 766.7 | 8.4 | 45.5 | 214.2 | 498.6 | 4,878.2 | 1,199.5 | 3,449.2 | 229.5 |
California | Simi Valley | 126,686 | 111.3 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 28.4 | 75 | 1,512.4 | 314.2 | 1,100.4 | 97.9 |
South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 158,354 | 398.5 | 1.3 | 87.8 | 44.2 | 265.2 | 3,183.4 | 567.7 | 2,426.8 | 188.8 |
Indiana | South Bend | 101,398 | 613.4 | 17.8 | 54.2 | 311.6 | 229.8 | 4,760.4 | 1,720 | 2,759.4 | 281.1 |
Washington | Spokane | 212,163 | 645.3 | 6.1 | 38.2 | 253.1 | 347.8 | 8,730.1 | 1,803.8 | 5,938.8 | 987.4 |
Illinois | Springfield | 117,131 | 971.6 | 8.5 | 64.9 | 222 | 676.2 | 5,929.3 | 1,425.8 | 4,296.9 | 206.6 |
Massachusetts | Springfield | 154,518 | 1,039.4 | 7.1 | 25.2 | 350.8 | 656.2 | 4,545.7 | 1,499.5 | 2,554.4 | 491.9 |
Missouri | Springfield | 160,962 | 991.5 | 9.9 | 87.6 | 219.3 | 674.7 | 9,010.8 | 1,376.1 | 6,981.8 | 652.9 |
Florida | St. Petersburg | 248,340 | 901.6 | 6 | 37.9 | 235.6 | 622.1 | 5,013.7 | 1,181 | 3,479.9 | 352.7 |
Connecticut | Stamford | 124,201 | 282.6 | 4 | 20.1 | 116.7 | 141.7 | 1,555.5 | 233.5 | 1,185.2 | 136.9 |
Michigan | Sterling Heights | 129,974 | 178.5 | 3.1 | 12.3 | 23.1 | 140 | 1,983.5 | 274.7 | 1,584.2 | 124.6 |
California | Sunnyvale | 143,606 | 118.4 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 49.4 | 57.1 | 1,779.2 | 364.9 | 1,181 | 233.3 |
Arizona | Surprise | 120,793 | 134.1 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 51.3 | 73.7 | 2,059.7 | 429.7 | 1,532.4 | 97.7 |
New York | Syracuse | 145,934 | 940.2 | 9.6 | 51.4 | 311.1 | 568.1 | 4,095 | 1,299.2 | 2,534 | 261.8 |
Washington | Tacoma | 202,646 | 797 | 5.9 | 45.9 | 239.8 | 505.3 | 6,349 | 1,463.1 | 3,945.3 | 940.6 |
Florida | Tallahassee | 185,461 | 853 | 6.5 | 62 | 283.1 | 501.5 | 4,646.3 | 1,418.1 | 2,945.6 | 282.5 |
California | Temecula | 103,414 | 93.8 | - | 9.7 | 51.3 | 32.9 | 2,359.4 | 568.6 | 1,585.9 | 205 |
Arizona | Tempe | 166,061 | 528.7 | 6.6 | 26.5 | 152.4 | 343.2 | 4,711.5 | 752.7 | 3,664.3 | 294.5 |
Colorado | Thornton | 123,115 | 269.7 | 0.8 | 47.1 | 33.3 | 188.4 | 2,645.5 | 386.6 | 1,974.6 | 284.3 |
California | Thousand Oaks | 129,171 | 121.5 | - | 17.8 | 35.6 | 68.1 | 1,422.9 | 215.2 | 1,138 | 69.7 |
Kansas | Topeka | 128,843 | 599.2 | 11.6 | 30.3 | 183.9 | 373.3 | 5,309.6 | 991.1 | 3,855.1 | 463.4 |
California | Torrance | 147,851 | 128.5 | 2.7 | 11.5 | 62.2 | 52.1 | 1,819.4 | 357.8 | 1,233 | 228.6 |
Texas | Tyler | 100,040 | 535.8 | 3 | 45 | 92 | 395.8 | 4,504.2 | 1,024.6 | 3,348.7 | 130.9 |
California | Vallejo | 117,912 | 744.6 | 11.9 | 37.3 | 322.3 | 373.2 | 4,956.2 | 2,279.7 | 1,425.6 | 1,250.9 |
Washington | Vancouver | 166,375 | 355.8 | 3 | 43.3 | 103.4 | 206.2 | 3,893.6 | 627.5 | 2,610.4 | 655.7 |
California | Ventura | 108,511 | 285.7 | 0.9 | 22.1 | 129 | 133.6 | 3,580.3 | 717 | 2,603.4 | 259.9 |
California | Victorville | 118,687 | 569.6 | 5.1 | 33.7 | 187 | 343.8 | 3,762 | 1,547.8 | 1,669.1 | 545.1 |
California | Visalia | 127,604 | 426.3 | 3.9 | 34.5 | 105 | 282.9 | 4,334.5 | 961.6 | 2,960.7 | 412.2 |
Texas | Waco | 128,595 | 493.8 | 4.7 | 49 | 141.5 | 298.6 | 4,544.5 | 1,205.3 | 3,218.6 | 120.5 |
Michigan | Warren | 134,340 | 532.2 | - | 67.7 | 110.2 | 354.3 | 2,819 | 743.6 | 1,525.2 | 550.1 |
Connecticut | Waterbury | 110,486 | 296.9 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 167.4 | 118.6 | 4,265.7 | 599.2 | 3,202.2 | 464.3 |
California | West Covina | 107,861 | 260.5 | 1.9 | 10.2 | 100.1 | 148.3 | 2,989 | 506.2 | 1,979.4 | 503.4 |
Utah | West Jordan | 107,103 | 185.8 | 1.9 | 22.4 | 30.8 | 130.7 | 2,769.3 | 442.6 | 2,113.9 | 212.9 |
Florida | West Palm Beach | 102,422 | 801.6 | 16.6 | 30.3 | 326.1 | 428.6 | 5,276.2 | 1,258.5 | 3,711.1 | 306.6 |
Utah | West Valley | 133,725 | 447.9 | 0.7 | 67.3 | 89.7 | 290.1 | 4,164.5 | 702.9 | 2,970.3 | 491.3 |
Colorado | Westminster | 109,461 | 259.5 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 46.6 | 184.5 | 2,585.4 | 360.9 | 1,960.5 | 264 |
Texas | Wichita Falls | 105,488 | 450.3 | 4.7 | 34.1 | 142.2 | 269.2 | 4,759.8 | 1,193.5 | 3,348.2 | 218 |
North Carolina | Wilmington | 109,370 | 565.1 | 7.3 | 21 | 238.6 | 298.1 | 5,403.7 | 1,548.9 | 3,513.8 | 341 |
North Carolina | Winston-Salem | 234,687 | 663 | 2.6 | 31.5 | 182.4 | 446.6 | 5,838 | 1,929.8 | 3,617.6 | 290.6 |
New Jersey | Woodbridge Township | 100,612 | 121.3 | - | 3 | 54.7 | 63.6 | 1,955 | 335.9 | 1,504.8 | 114.3 |
Massachusetts | Worcester | 183,247 | 959.4 | 4.4 | 18 | 228.7 | 708.3 | 3,510 | 1,113.3 | 2,143 | 253.8 |
New York | Yonkers | 198,464 | 570.9 | 2 | 14.1 | 212.6 | 342.1 | 1,292.4 | 269.6 | 906.5 | 116.4 |
The FBI web site recommends against using its data for ranking because these rankings lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting cities and counties, along with their residents. [3] The FBI web site also recommends against using its data to judge how effective law enforcement agencies are, since there are many factors that influence crime rates other than law enforcement. [4]
In November 2007, the executive board of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) went further than the FBI itself, and approved a resolution opposing not only the use of the ratings to judge police departments, but also opposing any development of city crime rankings from FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCRs) at all. The resolution opposed these rankings on the grounds that they "fail to account for the many conditions affecting crime rates" and "divert attention from the individual and community characteristics that elevate crime in all cities", though it did not provide sources or further elaborate on these claims. The resolution states the rankings "represent an irresponsible misuse of the data and do groundless harm to many communities" and "work against a key goal of our society, which is a better understanding of crime-related issues by both scientists and the public". [5]
The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a similar statement, which also committed the Conference to working with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice "to educate reporters, elected officials, and citizens on what the (UCR) data means and doesn't mean." [5]
Crime rates per capita might also be biased by population size depending on the crime type. [6] This misrepresentation occurs because rates per capita assume that crime increases at the same pace as the number of people in an area. [7] When this linear assumption does not hold, rates per capita still have population effects. In these nonlinear cases, per capita rates can inflate or deflate the representation of crime in cities, introducing an artifactual bias into rankings. Therefore, it is necessary to test for linearity before comparing crime rates of cities of different sizes. [6]
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program compiles official data on crime in the United States, published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). UCR is "a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of nearly 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention".
A violent crime, violent felony, crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful force upon a victim. This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, assault, rape and assassination, as well as crimes in which violence is used as a method of coercion or show of force, such as robbery, extortion and terrorism. Violent crimes may, or may not, be committed with weapons. Depending on the jurisdiction, violent crimes may be regarded with varying severities from homicide to harassment. There have been many theories regarding heat being the cause of an increase in violent crime. Theorists claim that violent crime is persistent during the summer due to the heat, further causing people to become aggressive and commit more violent crime.
Crime in Canada is generally considered low overall. Under the Canadian constitution, the power to establish criminal law and rules of investigation is vested in the federal Parliament. The provinces share responsibility for law enforcement, and while the power to prosecute criminal offences is assigned to the federal government, responsibility for prosecutions is delegated to the provinces for most types of criminal offences. Laws and sentencing guidelines are uniform throughout the country, but provinces vary in their level of enforcement.
In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. Crime rates vary significantly between racial groups; a 2005 study by the American Journal of Public Health observed that the odds of perpetrating violence were 85% higher for blacks compared with whites, with Latino-perpetrated violence 10% lower. However, academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, such as poverty, exposure to poor neighborhoods, poor access to public and early education, and exposure to harmful chemicals and pollution. Racial housing segregation has also been linked to racial disparities in crime rates, as blacks have historically and to the present been prevented from moving into prosperous low-crime areas through actions of the government and private actors. Various explanations within criminology have been proposed for racial disparities in crime rates, including conflict theory, strain theory, general strain theory, social disorganization theory, macrostructural opportunity theory, social control theory, and subcultural theory.
Morgan Quitno Press is a research and publishing company founded in 1989 and based in Lawrence, Kansas. The company compiled annual reference books of US state and city statistics. Its primary volumes included State Rankings, Health Care State Rankings, Education State Rankings, Crime State Rankings, City Crime Rankings, and State Trends. In 2007, Morgan Quitno Press was acquired by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. CQ Press later was acquired by Sage Publications which incorporated the Morgan Quitno statistics into its Sage Stats database.
Crime in St. Louis includes an overview of crime both in the city of St. Louis and in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Crime in the city increased from the 1960s through the early 1990s as measured by the index crime rate, followed by a decline in crime rates through 2014. Despite decreasing crime, rates of violent crime and property crime in both the city and the metropolitan area remain higher than the national metropolitan area average. In addition, the city of St. Louis consistently has been ranked among the most dangerous cities in the United States. As of April 2017, St. Louis has the highest murder rate in America. At the end of 2017, St. Louis metropolitan had 205 murders, 159 of which were within the city limits. In 2018, the new Chief of Police, John Hayden said two-thirds (67%) of all the murders and one-half of all the assaults are concentrated in a triangular area in the north part of the city.
Crime has been recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time. Crime rates have varied over time, with a sharp rise after 1900 and reaching a broad bulging peak between the 1970s and early 1990s. After 1992, crime rates have generally trended downwards each year, with the exceptions of a slight increase in property crimes in 2001 and increases in violent crimes in 2005-2006, 2014-2016 and 2020-2021. While official federal crime data beginning in 2021 has a wide margin of error due to the incomplete system adoption of the National Incident-Based Reporting System by government agencies, federal data for 2020-2021 and limited data from select U.S. cities collected by the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice showed significantly elevated rates of homicide and motor vehicle theft in 2020-2022. Although overall crime rates have fallen far below the peak of crime seen in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the homicide rate in the U.S. has remained high relative to other "high income"/developed nations, with eight major U.S. cities ranked among the 50 cities with the highest homicide rate in the world in 2022. The aggregate cost of crime in the United States is significant, with an estimated value of $4.9 trillion reported in 2021. Since 2022, crime has stabilized and has declined overall; though remains higher than pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.
The following table is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics.
The following table is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics.
As of 2018, Detroit had the fourth highest murder rate among major cities in the United States after St. Louis and Baltimore and the 42nd highest murder rate in the world. The rate of robberies in Detroit declined by 67% between 1985 and 2014 while the rate of aggravated assaults increased. As a whole, the city's crime rate has decreased considerably from its 1980s peak.
America's Safest and Most Dangerous Cities is a publication issued annually by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., that ranks American cities on the basis of safety and crime. According to the publisher, the rankings are based upon statistics submitted by cities to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which are then published by the FBI online, as part of the Bureau's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Recently, the ranking has been criticized by several organizations, including The American Society of Criminology (ASC), Criminal Justice Journalists, and The United States Conference of Mayors as well as the FBI.
Crime in Atlanta, Georgia is above the national median and has been a major problem for the city since the middle 20th century.
This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Maryland.
This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Michigan.
This article is a list of U.S. states with firearm death rates per 100,000 population.
Houston's murder rate in 2005 ranked 46th of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000 in 2005. In 2010, the city's murder rate was ranked sixth among U.S. cities with a population of over 750,000 according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Houston had over 400 homicides in 2020 and 473 by the end of December in 2021 a predicted increase of 30% year on year.