With 64.54 murders per 100,000 residents, St. Louis had the highest murder rate for any major American city in 2019.
And though the latest annual FBI data shows that violent crime has decreased from 2020 to 2021, murders have gone up over the same time frame. Source: NeighborhoodScout, using data from the FBI, and the U.S. Census Bureau. Data notes: The source only considered cities with a population of...
Memphis, Tennessee, has the highest violent crime rate in the country, with about 2,409 incidents per 100,000 residents per year. The estimated cost of crime in Memphis is $9,056 per capita, reflecting the city’s struggles with aggravated assaults, murders and other violent offenses. Factor...
In 2019, FBI data show there were an estimated366.7 violent crimes per 100,000 residentsin the United States. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program classifies murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as violent crimes. These were the 50 American cities with t...
Portland, Oregon, where hundreds of police officers have resigned since 2020, also ranked among the dirty dozen, posting its highest homicide rate since 1987 with 72. Failed crime-fighting policies are to blame. In the heat of the Black Lives Matter protests last year, Democratic Mayor Ted Whe...
Last year, the city reported 199 murders and was named by Statista as the most dangerous city in the U.S by murder rate per 100,000 people. This is not to say that you should never move to either of these cities or visit and vacation. Just know where to go and where not to go....
Rebecca Edwards Rebecca is the lead safety reporter and in-house expert for SafeWise.com. She has been a journalist and blogger for over 25 years, with a focus on home and community safety for the past decade. Rebecca spends dozens of hours every month poring over crime and safety reports...
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Texarkana is a city in eastern Texas, with a twin city across the border in Arkansas. With a crime rate of 41 per one thousand residents, Texarkana has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities...
When you dig into the report by city, Jacksonville FL, a city with a Republican mayor, had 128 more murders in 2020 than San Francisco, a city led by a Democrat. Despite having comparable populations, few would say that San Francisco is a safer city than Jacksonville. ...