List of United States cities by crime rate

The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics from 2019 for the top 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system.^[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. 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 has more than one municipality.

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.

Note about population[]

Often, one obtains very different results depending on whether crime rates are measured for the city jurisdiction or the metropolitan area.^[2]

Information is 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.

The FBI website has this disclaimer on population estimates:

For the 2009 population estimates used in this table, the FBI computed individual rates of growth from one year to the next for every city/town and county using 2000 decennial population counts and 2001 through 2009 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Each agency’s rates of growth were averaged; that average was then applied and added to its 2008 Census population estimate to derive the agency’s 2009 population estimate.^[3]

Crime rates[]

Yearly Crime Rates per 100,000 people

State	City	Population	Violent crime					Property crime				Arson2
			Total	Murder and Nonnegligent manslaughter	Rape1	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Total	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft
Alabama	Mobile3	248,431	740.25	20.13	58.16	177.11	485.85	5,453.83	1,216.84	3,730.21	506.78	22.94
Alaska	Anchorage	296,188	1,203.29	9.12	132.01	262.67	799.49	5,415.82	748.17	3,619.66	1,047.98	20.93
Arizona	Chandler	249,355	259.47	2.01	52.13	56.95	148.38	2,329.61	314.41	1,866.01	149.18
Arizona	Gilbert	242,090	85.51	2.07	16.11	21.07	46.26	1,385.85	192.49	1,137.59	55.76	12.39
Arizona	Glendale	249,273	488.22	4.81	38.91	192.96	251.53	4,530.37	637.45	3,426.36	466.56	19.26
Arizona	Mesa	492,268	415.83	4.67	51.19	92.23	267.74	2,171.99	381.50	1,610.91	179.58	4.67
Arizona	Phoenix	1,644,177	760.93	9.55	69.46	200.28	481.64	3,670.71	778.57	2,426.69	465.46	11.56
Arizona	Scottsdale	251,840	157.24	1.99	40.90	39.71	74.65	2,172.01	348.63	1,725.70	97.68	9.13
Arizona	Tucson	532,323	801.77	8.64	93.55	268.82	430.75	5,251.70	831.07	3,968.46	452.17	29.31
California	Anaheim	353,400	354.56	2.83	32.54	135.82	183.36	2,630.45	382.29	1,809.00	439.16	12.73
California	Bakersfield	381,154	479.33	10.76	24.14	197.56	246.88	4,068.43	962.08	2,377.78	728.58	70.58
California	Chula Vista	271,109	298.04	0.74	22.87	112.13	162.30	1,432.27	236.07	915.50	280.70	8.48
California	Fremont	236,368	182.34	0.85	28.77	79.11	73.61	2,150.46	284.73	1,499.78	365.95	11.00
California	Fresno	526,371	565.00	10.64	33.06	182.00	339.30	3,841.40	693.24	2,618.31	529.85	41.23
California	Irvine	276,115	61.21	0.72	16.66	19.92	23.90	1,316.48	227.08	1,019.14	70.26	3.62
California	Long Beach	471,397	657.83	4.67	43.06	262.41	347.69	2,672.48	586.55	1,507.01	578.92	26.94
California	Los Angeles	4,007,147	761.31	7.01	61.27	269.87	423.17	2,535.92	415.96	1,640.99	478.97	35.29
California	Oakland	424,915	1,299.32	16.24	94.14	629.77	559.17	5,982.84	617.06	4,072.58	1,293.20	46.13
California	Riverside	328,023	508.81	3.66	50.61	165.84	288.70	3,058.32	510.03	2,020.89	527.40	22.25
California	Sacramento	499,997	675.60	7.80	19.80	220.00	428.00	2,936.62	577.60	1,815.41	543.60	41.80
California	San Bernardino	217,259	1,291.09	15.65	72.72	403.67	799.05	3,867.73	983.16	1,836.52	1,048.06	30.84
California	San Diego	1,424,116	366.61	2.46	39.25	99.01	225.89	1,842.97	268.03	1,214.37	360.57	11.09
California	San Francisco	881,255	715.00	6.35	41.65	365.39	301.62	6,168.02	560.00	5,059.49	548.54	34.38
California	San Jose	1,037,529	403.65	3.08	55.03	132.62	212.91	2,440.70	378.40	1,284.69	777.62	16.67
California	Santa Ana	335,699	488.53	6.26	56.00	180.22	246.05	2,090.27	276.74	1,223.72	589.81	17.87
California	Santa Clara	216,350	162.70	1.85	18.49	56.39	85.97	1,424.08	311.53	923.04	189.51	6.01
California	Stockton4	309,566	1,414.56	17.77	49.75	390.22	956.82	3,627.34	691.29	2,274.15	661.89	67.19
Colorado	Aurora	368,018	608.39	8.15	86.68	184.50	329.06	3,003.66	454.05	1,954.80	594.81	18.48
Colorado	Colorado Springs	472,958	524.15	6.13	103.39	101.91	312.71	3,216.78	530.28	2,235.08	451.41	24.32
Colorado	Denver	706,616	675.61	8.35	98.92	174.35	393.99	3,667.06	612.92	2,267.29	786.85	18.26
Washington	Washington	693,972	948.74	16.72	63.84	338.77	529.42	4,156.22	260.53	3,528.96	366.73
Florida	Hialeah	238,260	198.52	2.52	13.85	64.64	117.52	2,213.55	248.89	1,677.16	287.50	10.07
Florida	Jacksonville	894,638	631.32	12.18	60.14	153.81	405.19	3,526.68	631.09	2,568.64	326.95	10.73
Florida	Miami	463,009	720.94	11.23	22.68	211.23	475.80	4,014.18	526.99	3,090.87	396.32	15.77
Florida	Orlando	283,982	744.06	8.10	64.44	213.04	458.48	5,454.57	840.90	4,125.26	488.41	7.75
Florida	St. Petersburg	263,712	698.49	7.58	51.57	189.22	450.11	4,312.66	671.95	3,269.85	370.86	18.20
Florida	Tampa	384,360	464.41	10.15	31.48	105.63	317.15	1,743.68	321.31	1,274.85	147.52	10.15
Georgia	Atlanta	481,343	935.72	16.41	58.59	293.55	567.16	4,776.43	704.28	3,387.19	684.96	15.37
Georgia	Savannah	242,941	462.66	14.41	41.16	156.83	250.27	3,431.29	549.52	2,494.84	386.93	7.41
Hawaii	Honolulu	990,384	246.37	3.23	28.78	91.68	122.68	2,774.38	336.33	2,073.94	364.10	33.02
Idaho	Boise	225,677	279.16	0.89	63.81	22.60	191.87	2,444.64	326.13	1,965.20	153.32	18.17
Illinois	Chicago	2,706,171	1,098.86	24.13	65.11	439.26	570.36	3,263.80	477.13	2,358.83	427.84	18.99
Indiana	Fort Wayne	266,259	357.55	13.90	51.08	112.30	180.28	3,179.61	491.25	2,488.55	199.81	35.30
Indiana	Indianapolis	870,788	1,333.96	17.91	76.71	400.21	839.13	4,411.87	1,027.23	2,821.47	563.17	29.40
Iowa	Des Moines	217,277	670.11	12.89	33.60	167.53	456.10	4,413.26	1,099.06	2,734.30	579.90	19.33
Kansas	Wichita	391,084	1,022.29	8.95	97.68	153.16	762.50	5,535.64	838.95	4,063.07	633.62	25.57
Kentucky	Lexington	322,332	350.88	9.00	62.05	169.70	110.13	3,782.13	647.47	2,739.72	394.93	12.72
Kentucky	Louisville Metro6	684,362	647.03	15.93	25.57	193.76	411.77	4,122.23	821.64	2,735.98	564.61	0.73
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	227,403	1,026.81	38.26	43.97	381.70	562.88	5,594.03	1,418.63	3,739.62	435.79	73.00
Louisiana	New Orleans	397,447	1,121.41	39.50	144.67	329.10	608.13	4,243.84	560.83	3,046.19	636.81	10.32
Maryland	Baltimore	613,217	2,027.01	55.77	62.29	958.71	950.23	4,928.11	1,311.28	2,773.57	843.26	42.56
Massachusetts	Boston	682,903	669.20	8.35	42.47	205.59	412.80	2,089.02	308.83	1,603.74	176.45
Michigan	Detroit	670,792	2,056.67	39.80	103.91	393.42	1,519.55	4,540.60	1,231.08	2,093.79	1,215.73	129.55
Minnesota	Minneapolis	418,971	1,101.27	10.02	122.68	434.16	534.40	4,641.37	897.91	3,173.49	569.97	25.54
Minnesota	St. Paul	306,696	650.81	7.17	70.75	227.26	345.62	3,565.42	741.45	2,144.47	679.50	46.63
Missouri	Kansas City	484,948	1,724.31	30.93	91.76	383.13	1,218.48	4,543.79	960.52	2,670.39	912.88	41.45
Missouri	St. Louis	310,284	2,082.29	66.07	93.14	626.52	1,296.55	6,041.24	1,011.33	4,155.55	874.36	64.78
Nebraska	Omaha	449,388	647.32	6.90	91.24	139.08	410.11	3,880.17	464.63	2,636.70	778.84
Nevada	Henderson	299,285	185.11	3.34	28.74	80.19	72.84	1,833.04	363.87	1,254.99	214.18	7.02
Nevada	Las Vegas	627,244	618.90	12.60	79.64	211.15	315.50	2,943.38	805.17	1,635.16	503.06	5.59
Nevada	North Las Vegas	242,537	1,014.69	9.07	47.83	232.95	724.84	2,386.03	804.00	1,037.37	544.66	4.54
Nevada	Reno	248,531	673.56	7.64	57.14	153.70	455.07	3,085.73	541.98	1,967.56	576.19	7.24
New Jersey	Jersey City	267,906	509.51	7.84	45.91	199.32	256.43	1,806.98	417.68	1,206.02	183.27	14.18
New Jersey	Newark	283,673	896.45	27.14	40.89	377.19	451.22	2,395.01	423.73	1,128.06	843.22	25.38
New Mexico	Albuquerque	561,375	1,369.14	12.47	84.26	521.93	750.48	7,365.84	1,246.23	4,750.84	1,368.78
New York	Buffalo	256,169	1,019.25	15.61	55.43	334.54	613.66	3,836.14	919.71	2,591.26	325.18	74.95
New York	New York	8,616,333	538.90	3.39	27.56	162.42	345.52	1,448.59	128.87	1,253.15	66.56
North Carolina8	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	914,609		9.40		220.53	433.52	3,815.18	701.50	2,827.00	286.68	21.21
North Carolina8	Durham	269,088		8.55		316.63	467.13	3,826.26	867.37	2,675.70	283.18	11.52
North Carolina8	Greensboro	290,051		15.86		228.93	480.61	3,562.13	710.91	2,559.55	291.67	39.65
Ohio	Cincinnati	299,116	947.12	23.40	97.62	399.84	426.26	5,049.88	1,152.73	3,400.69	496.46
Ohio	Cleveland	385,351	1,556.76	27.77	128.97	699.88	700.14	4,916.04	1,518.87	2,516.15	881.01	65.65
Ohio	Columbus	872,205	513.41	16.28	105.37	225.06	166.70	3,944.94	815.29	2,650.87	478.79	43.45
Ohio	Toledo4,5,7	277,116		12.63		281.47	661.82	4,003.74	1,119.75	2,615.15	268.84
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	648,260	787.34	12.49	73.12	172.77	528.95	3,752.51	941.75	2,378.83	431.93	12.65
Oklahoma	Tulsa	404,868	1,040.83	17.29	104.48	238.10	680.96	5,455.61	1,376.75	3,224.26	854.60	35.57
Oregon	Portland	649,408	515.70	3.70	67.45	160.92	283.64	5,677.02	729.13	3,824.56	1,123.33	47.27
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,575,595	947.58	20.06	75.02	382.46	470.04	3,063.48	418.25	2,297.23	348.00	26.21
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	305,932	656.36	17.98	29.42	262.15	346.81	3,114.42	526.26	2,365.89	222.27	44.45
Tennessee	Memphis	652,765	2,003.32	27.73	90.38	529.59	1,355.62	6,297.83	1,460.25	4,224.49	613.08	55.92
Tennessee	Nashville	674,942	1,138.17	16.30	72.90	303.14	745.84	3,817.96	631.31	2,806.61	380.03	10.37
Texas	Arlington4	397,377	516.89	4.78	63.92	144.95	303.24	3,197.72	453.22	2,402.25	342.24	7.30
Texas	Austin	971,949	414.84	2.57	85.81	101.55	224.91	3,189.57	450.64	2,525.03	213.90	7.82
Texas	Corpus Christi	329,256	702.49	6.38	70.46	142.75	482.91	3,565.31	677.89	2,665.40	222.02	17.31
Texas	Dallas	1,338,551	774.64	12.48	62.08	327.00	373.09	3,185.09	737.66	1,856.26	591.16	26.22
Texas	El Paso	688,667	378.85	2.76	53.87	58.08	264.13	1,818.88	188.33	1,514.37	116.17	5.52
Texas	Fort Worth	873,069	560.21	8.02	65.17	147.30	339.72	3,215.32	585.98	2,319.40	309.94	17.30
Texas	Garland	236,243	316.62	3.39	54.60	135.03	123.60	3,032.47	513.88	2,175.73	342.87	6.35
Texas	Houston	2,338,235	1,095.23	11.50	58.42	417.96	607.34	4,128.41	731.66	2,900.82	495.93	28.44
Texas	Irving	242,062	226.80	3.30	22.31	94.19	107.00	2,539.43	400.31	1,845.39	293.73	9.50
Texas	Laredo	260,669	321.86	3.84	43.73	59.08	215.22	2,483.61	335.29	2,083.10	65.22	27.24
Texas	Plano	290,413	149.79	5.17	27.89	40.98	75.75	1,733.74	250.68	1,366.33	116.73	8.61
Texas	San Antonio	1,520,712	707.50	8.15	83.51	151.11	464.72	4,844.84	770.82	3,622.65	451.37	13.61
Virginia	Chesapeake	240,119	418.96	4.58	36.23	82.46	295.69	2,272.21	276.11	1,891.98	104.12	8.33
Virginia	Norfolk	245,190	555.90	14.68	55.06	151.31	334.84	3,748.93	471.47	2,984.62	292.83	3.26
Virginia	Virginia Beach	454,353	137.56	3.08	22.45	59.87	52.16	1,934.62	165.95	1,667.65	101.02	11.22
Washington	Seattle	721,365	632.69	3.74	36.87	210.02	382.05	5,258.64	1,081.98	3,673.45	503.21	20.66
Washington	Spokane	217,066	626.54	2.76	109.64	105.50	408.63	7,231.44	1,023.19	5,408.03	800.22	23.03
Wisconsin	Madison	255,850	374.44	4.30	37.13	82.86	250.15	2,662.11	362.32	2,130.94	168.85	3.91
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	595,168	1,597.36	19.83	72.92	490.45	1,014.17	3,792.04	927.13	1,940.29	924.61	52.59

Notes:

¹ The figures are shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
² The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
³ The population for the city of Mobile, Alabama, includes 55,819 inhabitants from the jurisdiction of the Mobile County Sheriff's Department.
⁴ Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.
⁵ The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
⁶ Arson offenses are also reported by the Louisville Fire Department. Those figures are not included in this table.
⁷ Arson offenses are reported by the Toledo Fire Department; therefore, those figures are not included in this report.
⁸ This agency/state submits rape data classified according to the legacy UCR definition; therefore the rape offense and violent crime total, which rape is a part of, is not included in this table. See the data declaration for further explanation.

Criticism of ranking crime data[]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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".^[6]

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."^[6]

See also[]

• Crime in the United States
• Demographics of the United States
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• List of cities by murder rate
• Homicide in world cities

References[]

External links[]

• Murder rate by U.S. state, highest to lowest