Crime Statistics
American Cities With the Highest Murder Rates
2016 saw an increase in the murder rate in many U.S. cities. While official federal data for last year isn’t available yet, data from precincts around the country indicate that more murders were committed in most of the country’s big cities, according to research by FiveThirtyEight. Here’s a breakdown of how many that were accordingly.
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This chart shows U.S. cities by highest number of murders per 100,000 inhabitants 2016
Metropolitan areas with the highest violent crime rate in the United States in 2024 (per 100,000 population)
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate in the United States in 2024, by state (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in leading U.S. metropolitan areas with populations greater than 250,000 in 2022* (per 100,000 residents)
Ranking of U.S. cities with highest number of police killings per million people in 2015
Deaths by homicide per 100,000 resident population in the U.S. from 1950 to 2019
Crime rate in the United States in 2023, by state (per 100,000 population)
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