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The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system.
27 cze 2024 · There were 24,849 homicides in the US in 2022 — an average of about 7.5 deaths per 100,000 people [1]. Homicide rates are highest in counties home to large cities, where there are an average of 10.5 per 100,000.
While homicide encompasses illegal crimes of murder and manslaughter, as well as legally justified killings, such as killing someone in self-defense, data may differ depending upon the source.
The number of homicides in the 32 study cities providing homicide data was 10% lower—representing 515 fewer homicides—in 2023 than in 2022. Looking at other violent offenses, there were 3% fewer reported aggravated assaults in 2023 than in 2022 and 7% fewer gun assaults in 11 reporting cities.
By the end of 2020, homicide in the United States had climbed 30%, an historic single-year increase. The upward trend continued in 2021, as murders rose another 7% across the entire city sample, but then reversed as homicide dropped 6% from 2021 to 2022.
25 cze 2024 · In 2023, Memphis, Tennessee, had the highest violent crime rate among the cities listed, with 2,572 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. Detroit, Michigan, and Little Rock, Arkansas, followed with rates of 2,005 and 1,815, respectively. Carmel, Indiana, had the lowest rate at 59.
We found that American cities have considerable differences in homicide levels, with rates as high as 53.8 homicides per 100,000 residents (New Orleans) and as low as 5.1 homicides per 100,000 residents (New York City).
