United States cities by crime rate

Homicide rates in the largest United States cities

Major U.S. Cities: 2004 Homicide rates (Pop. > 400,000)
Rank	City	Rate	Rank	City	Rate	Rank	City	Rate
1	New Orleans, Louisiana	56.0	16	Los Angeles, California	13.4	31	Fort Worth, Texas	8.7
2	Baltimore, Maryland	43.5	17	Houston, Texas	13.3	32	Albuquerque, New Mexico	8.6
3	Detroit, Michigan	42.1	18	Jacksonville, Florida	13.1	33	San Antonio, Texas	7.6
4	Washington, D.C.	35.8	19	Dallas, Texas	12.3	34	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	7.4
5	Atlanta, Georgia	26.0	20	Columbus, Ohio	12.1	35	New York City	7.0
6	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	22.2	21	Fresno, California	11.6	36	Portland, Oregon	5.3
7	Oakland, California	20.6	22	San Francisco, California	11.6	37	Mesa, Arizona	4.9
8	Kansas City, Missouri	19.9	23	Sacramento, California	11.1	38	Omaha, Nebraska	4.9
9	Cleveland, Ohio	16.9	24	Las Vegas, Nevada	10.6	39	San Diego, California	4.8
10	Memphis, Tennessee	16.1	25	Louisville, Kentucky	10.6	40	Seattle, Washington	4.2
11	Chicago, Illinois	15.5	26	Tucson, Arizona	10.5	41	Austin, Texas	3.6
12	Denver, Colorado	15.4	27	Boston, Massachusetts	10.5	42	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3.4
13	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	14.7	28	Nashville, Tennessee	10.4	43	Honolulu, Hawaii	2.9
14	Phoenix, Arizona	14.1	29	Long Beach, California	9.9	44	San Jose, California	2.6
15	Indianapolis, Indiana	13.6	30	Charlotte, North Carolina	8.9	45	El Paso, Texas	1.9
Crime rates per 100,000 population Source: FBI 2004 UCR data

Total crime rate

The following are lists of the one-hundred safest and most dangerous U.S. cities with population 10,000 and above for which reported crime data for each specific category is available. The data is current as of 2004. (Note: Data for cities in Illinois are not available.)

Lowest crime rate

Rank	Rank	City	State	Crime rate	Population	Total crime	Violent crime	Property crime		1	2,875	Bay Village	Ohio	12.58	15,894	2	0	2		2	2,874	Westlake	Ohio	83.85	32,201	27	0	27		3	2,873	Fairview Park	Ohio	115.42	17,328	20	0	20		4	2,872	Lyndhurst	Ohio	199.02	15,074	30	5	25		5	2,871	Southport Town	New York	217.69	11,025	24	4	20		6	2,870	Bedford	Massachusetts	221.20	12,658	28	0	28		7	2,869	Maynard	Massachusetts	248.68	10,455	26	6	20		8	2,868	Plattekill Town	New York	271.87	10,299	28	0	28		9	2,867	Ridgefield	Connecticut	305.62	24,213	74	0	74		10	2,866	Albertville	Alabama	305.81	17,658	54	54			11	2,865	Brecknock Township	Pennsylvania	317.38	11,343	36	1	35		12	2,864	Helena	Alabama	384.68	11,438	44	1	43		13	2,863	East Cleveland	Ohio	397.21	26,686	106	98	8		14	2,862	Franklin	Massachusetts	413.55	29,984	124	9	115		15	2,861	North Royalton	Ohio	417.82	30,635	128	12	116		16	2,860	Westford	Massachusetts	418.47	21,268	89	1	88		17	2,859	Norfolk	Massachusetts	428.20	10,509	45	3	42		18	2,858	Windsor	Colorado	435.23	12,637	55	2	53		19	2,857	Clinton	Massachusetts	443.80	13,745	61	7	54		20	2,856	Medway	Massachusetts	449.65	12,899	58	2	56		21	2,855	Sparta Township	New Jersey	455.73	18,871	86	10	76		22	2,854	Brook Park	Ohio	481.71	20,967	101	3	98		23	2,853	Upper St. Clair Township	Pennsylvania	487.49	19,898	97	2	95		24	2,852	Whitehall	Pennsylvania	490.51	14,271	70	7	63		25	2,851	Upper Providence Township (Delaware County)	Pennsylvania	508.17	11,020	56	5	51		26	2,850	Sharon	Massachusetts	518.49	17,551	91	16	75		27	2,849	Hopewell Township	New Jersey	521.33	16,688	87	8	79		28	2,848	Hyde Park Town	New York	522.42	21,056	110	9	101		29	2,847	New Canaan	Connecticut	538.66	19,864	107	8	99		30	2,846	Ashland	Massachusetts	545.28	15,405	84	15	69		31	2,845	Warren	Michigan	572.14	138,077	790	790			32	2,844	South Park Township	Pennsylvania	578.40	14,177	82	11	71		33	2,843	Grosse Ile Township	Michigan	592.36	10,973	65	1	64		34	2,842	Laguna Woods	California	611.25	16,687	102	8	94		35	2,841	New Milford	New Jersey	612.94	16,478	101	5	96		36	2,840	Holden	Massachusetts	612.97	16,151	99	15	84		37	2,839	Holliston	Massachusetts	614.24	14,001	86	11	75		38	2,838	Franklin Park	Pennsylvania	623.16	11,554	72	2	70		39	2,837	Hillsborough	California	638.00	10,815	69	7	62		40	2,836	Stony Point Town	New York	640.59	14,674	94	13	81		41	2,835	Bernards Township	New Jersey	667.84	25,605	171	6	165		42	2,834	Warwick Township (Lancaster County)	Pennsylvania	670.65	16,551	111	5	106		43	2,833	Sudbury	Massachusetts	671.53	17,274	116	7	109		44	2,832	Salem	Ohio	672.94	12,334	83	6	77		45	2,831	Warwick Township (Bucks County)	Pennsylvania	681.63	13,497	92	1	91		46	2,830	Glocester	Rhode Island	686.32	10,345	71	5	66		47	2,829	Newport News	Virginia	686.33	182,565	1,253	1,253			48	2,828	Lexington	Massachusetts	697.30	30,690	214	14	200		49	2,827	Richmond Heights	Ohio	703.39	10,947	77	3	74		50	2,826	Franconia Township	Pennsylvania	705.75	12,044	85	10	75		51	2,825	Medfield	Massachusetts	722.43	12,458	90	8	82		52	2,824	Ringwood	New Jersey	724.64	12,696	92	5	87		53	2,823	Floral Park Village	New York	724.95	16,001	116	13	103		54	2,822	North Reading	Massachusetts	735.14	14,011	103	12	91		55	2,821	Reading	Massachusetts	742.58	23,701	176	7	169		56	2,820	West Mifflin	Pennsylvania	743.68	22,187	165	22	143		57	2,819	Easton	Massachusetts	743.90	22,718	169	8	161		58	2,818	Lower Salford Township	Pennsylvania	745.67	13,679	102	8	94		59	2,817	Lincoln Park	New Jersey	750.37	10,928	82	2	80		60	2,816	Ridgefield	New Jersey	755.23	10,990	83	10	73		61	2,815	Weston	Connecticut	757.50	10,297	78	4	74		62	2,814	Buckingham Township	Pennsylvania	770.43	17,263	133	7	126		63	2,813	Shawangunk Town	New York	773.76	12,407	96	19	77		64	2,812	Brecksville	Ohio	774.05	13,565	105	6	99		65	2,811	Needham	Massachusetts	780.21	29,223	228	7	221		66	2,810	Chatham Township	New Jersey	781.33	10,111	79	2	77		67	2,809	Branchburg Township	New Jersey	789.30	14,950	118	5	113		68	2,808	Wayland	Massachusetts	792.39	13,251	105	3	102		69	2,807	Broadview Heights	Ohio	794.43	16,364	130	14	116		70	2,806	Wyckoff Township	New Jersey	796.18	16,956	135	11	124		71	2,805	Belmont	Massachusetts	806.12	24,066	194	31	163		72	2,804	Pennridge Regional	Pennsylvania	811.07	14,672	119	13	106		73	2,803	Clay Town	New York	817.41	54,318	444	7	437		74	2,802	Madison	Connecticut	819.54	18,669	153	1	152		75	2,801	Northampton Township	Pennsylvania	820.76	40,572	333	16	317		76	2,800	East Hampton	Connecticut	826.03	13,922	115	8	107		77	2,799	Milton	Massachusetts	829.72	26,033	216	26	190		78	2,798	Scituate	Massachusetts	831.13	18,168	151	4	147		79	2,797	Manalapan Township	New Jersey	835.55	35,665	298	21	277		80	2,796	Montgomery Township	New Jersey	842.29	18,877	159	9	150		81	2,795	Ocean Pines	Maryland	842.65	10,918	92	7	85		82	2,794	Monroe Township (Middlesex County)	New Jersey	843.09	30,483	257	16	241		83	2,793	Weston	Florida	851.89	62,684	534	80	454		84	2,792	Raritan Township	New Jersey	856.68	21,128	181	11	170		85	2,791	Hanover	New Hampshire	863.53	11,233	97	1	96		86	2,790	East Bridgewater	Massachusetts	865.83	13,513	117	6	111		87	2,789	Fairview	New Jersey	870.67	13,438	117	20	97		88	2,788	Palisades Park	New Jersey	871.46	17,901	156	20	136		89	2,787	New Britain Township	Pennsylvania	873.12	10,766	94	4	90		90	2,786	Pepperell	Massachusetts	875.04	11,428	100	16	84		91	2,785	Bedford	New Hampshire	888.27	20,039	178	7	171		92	2,784	Morris Township	New Jersey	890.07	21,459	191	16	175		93	2,783	Washington Township (Morris County)	New Jersey	894.38	18,225	163	7	156		94	2,782	Alabaster	Alabama	901.59	24,956	225	23	202		95	2,781	Mansfield	Massachusetts	901.65	22,847	206	53	153		96	2,780	Warren Township	New Jersey	908.50	15,300	139	3	136		97	2,779	Winthrop	Massachusetts	920.50	18,251	168		168		98	2,778	Colts Neck Township	New Jersey	926.58	12,735	118	15	103		99	2,777	Mahwah Township	New Jersey	930.50	24,503	228	25	203		100	2,776	Northborough	Massachusetts	932.81	14,258	133	12	121

Highest crime rate

Rank	Rank	City	State	Crime rate	Population	Total crime	Violent crime	Property crime		2,776	100	Jackson	Mississippi	9,446.85	181,479	17,144	1,648	15,496		2,777	99	Lebanon	Oregon	9,467.59	13,298	1,259	29	1,230		2,778	98	Greenville	Texas	9,471.57	24,885	2,357	309	2,048		2,779	97	Texarkana	Texas	9,515.55	35,752	3,402	409	2,993		2,780	96	Desert Hot Springs	California	9,530.07	17,492	1,667	252	1,415		2,781	95	Oxford	Alabama	9,541.28	15,260	1,456	125	1,331		2,782	94	West Monroe	Louisiana	9,542.36	13,089	1,249	100	1,149		2,783	93	Birmingham	Alabama	9,543.42	240,176	22,921	3,347	19,574		2,784	92	Springfield	Massachusetts	9,564.09	152,048	14,542	2,914	11,628		2,785	91	Vicksburg	Mississippi	9,565.61	26,313	2,517	261	2,256		2,786	90	Hendersonville	North Carolina	9,586.00	10,797	1,035	96	939		2,787	89	North Little Rock	Arkansas	9,586.93	60,353	5,786	516	5,270		2,788	88	Jennings	Missouri	9,601.40	15,404	1,479	173	1,306		2,789	87	Chattanooga	Tennessee	9,617.10	156,596	15,060	1,973	13,087		2,790	86	Athens	Tennessee	9,626.30	13,567	1,306	190	1,116		2,791	85	Whitehall	Ohio	9,626.49	18,875	1,817	157	1,660		2,792	84	Albany	Oregon	9,663.27	42,646	4,121	77	4,044		2,793	83	Cordele	Georgia	9,668.06	11,719	1,133	76	1,057		2,794	82	Commerce City	Colorado	9,672.61	24,161	2,337	177	2,160		2,795	81	Kilgore	Texas	9,686.83	11,655	1,129	59	1,070		2,796	80	Winter Haven	Florida	9,715.31	26,906	2,614	217	2,397		2,797	79	Fort Smith	Arkansas	9,729.35	81,989	7,977	804	7,173		2,798	78	Tempe	Arizona	9,746.05	163,143	15,900	1,013	14,887		2,799	77	Rocky Mount	North Carolina	9,759.54	56,601	5,524	459	5,065		2,800	76	Salt Lake City	Utah	9,802.63	184,022	18,039	1,294	16,745		2,801	75	Orangeburg	South Carolina	9,845.74	12,706	1,251	129	1,122		2,802	74	Kingman	Arizona	9,851.74	22,595	2,226	105	2,121		2,803	73	Pittsburg	Kansas	9,864.16	19,140	1,888	156	1,732		2,804	72	North Charleston	South Carolina	9,929.30	81,476	8,090	1,336	6,754		2,805	71	New Castle	Indiana	9,938.77	19,107	1,899	18	1,881		2,806	70	Laurel	Mississippi	9,974.64	18,136	1,809	119	1,690		2,807	69	Shelby	North Carolina	9,983.34	19,803	1,977	250	1,727		2,808	68	Macon	Georgia	9,993.32	97,255	9,719	647	9,072		2,809	67	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	10,013.21	521,681	52,237	4,642	47,595		2,810	66	Casa Grande	Arizona	10,037.14	29,351	2,946	281	2,665		2,811	65	Memphis	Tennessee	10,059.06	653,858	65,772	10,297	55,475		2,812	64	Tucson	Arizona	10,105.94	514,618	52,007	4,709	47,298		2,813	63	South Salt Lake	Utah	10,182.60	22,234	2,264	191	2,073		2,814	62	Orlando	Florida	10,313.89	197,268	20,346	3,322	17,024		2,815	61	Smithfield	North Carolina	10,351.69	12,056	1,248	131	1,117		2,816	60	Oroville	California	10,438.52	13,249	1,383	145	1,238		2,817	59	Cocoa	Florida	10,441.24	16,703	1,744	442	1,302		2,818	58	Sanford	North Carolina	10,508.01	23,582	2,478	197	2,281		2,819	57	Bartow	Florida	10,566.78	15,738	1,663	123	1,540		2,820	56	Springfield	Ohio	10,606.72	64,214	6,811	558	6,253		2,821	55	Kinston	North Carolina	10,617.09	23,481	2,493	260	2,233		2,822	54	Tampa	Florida	10,651.65	320,908	34,182	5,733	28,449		2,823	53	Palatka	Florida	10,670.73	10,496	1,120	170	950		2,824	52	Prichard	Alabama	10,689.29	28,290	3,024	481	2,543		2,825	51	Aberdeen	Washington	10,694.73	16,438	1,758	51	1,707		2,826	50	Douglasville	Georgia	10,736.13	22,075	2,370	162	2,208		2,827	49	Kelso	Washington	10,740.68	11,908	1,279	83	1,196		2,828	48	Cambridge	Ohio	10,774.44	11,518	1,241	58	1,183		2,829	47	Paris	Texas	10,792.64	26,620	2,873	343	2,530		2,830	46	Atlanta	Georgia	10,839.29	431,043	46,722	8,491	38,231		2,831	45	Homestead	Florida	10,901.47	34,344	3,744	620	3,124		2,832	44	Greenville	Mississippi	10,910.71	40,419	4,410	370	4,040		2,833	43	Alice	Texas	11,050.98	19,401	2,144	334	1,810		2,834	42	Fort Pierce	Florida	11,058.84	38,684	4,278	830	3,448		2,835	41	Brunswick	Georgia	11,121.64	15,825	1,760	133	1,627		2,836	40	Murray	Utah	11,135.78	35,588	3,963	140	3,823		2,837	39	Daytona Beach	Florida	11,179.85	65,788	7,355	1,214	6,141		2,838	38	West Palm Beach	Florida	11,213.27	88,101	9,879	1,161	8,718		2,839	37	Longview	Washington	11,275.78	35,829	4,040	200	3,840		2,840	36	Council Bluffs	Iowa	11,286.70	58,786	6,635	497	6,138		2,841	35	Chillicothe	Ohio	11,365.17	22,173	2,520	65	2,455		2,842	34	Conyers	Georgia	11,403.73	11,961	1,364	136	1,228		2,843	33	Capitola	California	11,449.32	10,053	1,151	74	1,077		2,844	32	Harper Woods	Michigan	11,520.28	14,175	1,633	61	1,572		2,845	31	Little Rock	Arkansas	11,591.59	185,117	21,458	2,858	18,600		2,846	30	Opa Locka	Florida	11,609.14	15,238	1,769	633	1,136		2,847	29	Miami Beach	Florida	11,631.86	91,215	10,610	1,172	9,438		2,848	28	Spartanburg	South Carolina	11,655.85	39,448	4,598	821	3,777		2,849	27	West Columbia	South Carolina	11,726.46	13,073	1,533	330	1,203		2,850	26	Humble	Texas	11,745.59	15,078	1,771	123	1,648		2,851	25	Alexandria	Louisiana	11,872.77	45,996	5,461	970	4,491		2,852	24	Moultrie	Georgia	11,936.10	14,586	1,741	140	1,601		2,853	23	North Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	11,990.11	12,135	1,455	68	1,387		2,854	22	Muskegon Heights	Michigan	12,193.07	11,892	1,450	256	1,194		2,855	21	Springdale	Ohio	12,292.39	10,356	1,273	33	1,240		2,856	20	College Park	Georgia	12,623.03	19,813	2,501	335	2,166		2,857	19	Conway	South Carolina	12,655.52	12,137	1,536	148	1,388		2,858	18	Riviera Beach	Florida	12,852.67	31,013	3,986	636	3,350		2,859	17	Edinburg	Texas	12,884.44	53,584	6,904	265	6,639		2,860	16	Belle Glade	Florida	12,975.52	15,483	2,009	461	1,548		2,861	15	Hot Springs	Arkansas	13,080.46	36,566	4,783	392	4,391		2,862	14	Lake City	Florida	13,151.29	10,364	1,363	154	1,209		2,863	13	Douglas	Georgia	13,250.12	10,815	1,433	90	1,343		2,864	12	Atlantic City	New Jersey	13,501.00	40,397	5,454	600	4,854		2,865	11	Selma	Alabama	13,558.39	20,054	2,719	418	2,301		2,866	10	Portsmouth	Ohio	13,559.74	20,465	2,775	208	2,567		2,867	9	St. Louis	Missouri	13,705.86	340,256	46,635	6,325	40,310		2,868	8	Gallup	New Mexico	13,918.59	20,390	2,838	380	2,458		2,869	7	Florence	South Carolina	13,945.43	30,311	4,227	478	3,749		2,870	6	Henderson	North Carolina	14,071.42	16,466	2,317	212	2,105		2,871	5	Fairfield	Alabama	14,546.51	12,106	1,761	118	1,643		2,872	4	Anniston	Alabama	15,359.48	23,868	3,666	502	3,164		2,873	3	Lumberton	North Carolina	15,802.84	21,262	3,360	249	3,111		2,874	2	Tukwila	Washington	18,108.92	17,334	3,139	200	2,939		2,875	1	Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	21,979.49	24,764	5,443	608	4,835

Violent crime rate

Lowest violent crime rate

Rank	Rank	City	State	Violent crime rate	Population	Violent crime		1	2,855	Southfield	Michigan	0.00	32,201	0		2	2,854	Merrimack	New Hampshire	0.00	26,710	0		3	2,853	Ridgefield	Connecticut	0.00	24,213	0		4	2,852	Fairview Park	Ohio	0.00	17,328	0		5	2,851	Bay Village	Ohio	0.00	15,894	0		6	2,850	Aurora	Ohio	0.00	14,263	0		7	2,849	Tenafly	New Jersey	0.00	14,029	0		8	2,848	Bedford	Massachusetts	0.00	12,658	0		9	2,847	Plattekill Town	New York	0.00	10,299	0		10	2,846	Westford	Massachusetts	4.70	21,268	1		11	2,845	Madison	Connecticut	5.36	18,669	1		12	2,844	Fox Valley	Wisconsin	5.84	17,115	1		13	2,843	Rye	New York	6.61	15,118	1		14	2,842	Palos Verdes Estates	California	7.20	13,894	1		15	2,841	Warwick Township (Bucks County)	Pennsylvania	7.41	13,497	1		16	2,840	Helena	Alabama	8.74	11,438	1		17	2,839	Brecknock Township	Pennsylvania	8.82	11,343	1		18	2,838	Hanover	New Hampshire	8.90	11,233	1		19	2,837	Spencer	Iowa	8.91	11,224	1		20	2,836	Cedarburg	Wisconsin	8.93	11,194	1		21	2,835	Franklin Lakes	New Jersey	9.00	11,117	1		22	2,834	Grosse Ile Township	Michigan	9.11	10,973	1		23	2,833	Rochester	Michigan	9.26	10,802	1		24	2,832	Falmouth	Maine	9.43	10,599	1		25	2,831	Upper St. Clair Township	Pennsylvania	10.05	19,898	2		26	2,830	Monroe	Connecticut	10.16	19,680	2		27	2,829	Warwick Town	New York	10.36	19,296	2		28	2,828	Simsbury	Connecticut	12.72	23,576	3		29	2,827	Clay Town	New York	12.89	54,318	7		30	2,826	Brook Park	Ohio	14.31	20,967	3		31	2,825	Medway	Massachusetts	15.51	12,899	2		32	2,824	Windsor	Colorado	15.83	12,637	2		33	2,823	Marshall	Missouri	16.45	12,157	2		34	2,822	Genoa Township	Ohio	16.71	11,971	2		35	2,821	Franklin Park	Pennsylvania	17.31	11,554	2		36	2,820	West Caldwell Township	New Jersey	17.72	11,289	2		37	2,819	Wrentham	Massachusetts	18.25	10,961	2		38	2,818	Lincoln Park	New Jersey	18.30	10,928	2		39	2,817	Hazlet Township	New Jersey	18.58	21,523	4		40	2,816	Old Saybrook	Connecticut	18.95	10,554	2		41	2,815	Warren Township	New Jersey	19.61	15,300	3		42	2,814	East Cocalico Township	Pennsylvania	19.64	10,183	2		43	2,813	Lehigh Township (Northampton County)	Pennsylvania	19.78	10,113	2		44	2,812	Chatham Township	New Jersey	19.78	10,111	2		45	2,811	Fort Lee	New Jersey	21.52	37,170	8		46	2,810	Hudson	Ohio	21.75	22,988	5		47	2,809	Scituate	Massachusetts	22.02	18,168	4		48	2,808	Wayland	Massachusetts	22.64	13,251	3		49	2,807	Bernards Township	New Jersey	23.43	25,605	6		50	2,806	Needham	Massachusetts	23.95	29,223	7		51	2,805	Princeton Township	New Jersey	23.98	16,683	4		52	2,804	Acton	Massachusetts	23.98	20,850	5		53	2,803	Readington Township	New Jersey	24.54	16,302	4		54	2,802	New Providence	New Jersey	24.77	12,112	3		55	2,801	Orono	Minnesota	25.22	11,897	3		56	2,800	Wolcott	Connecticut	25.34	15,786	4		57	2,799	Poquoson	Virginia	25.35	11,835	3		58	2,798	West Bloomfield Township	Michigan	25.96	65,494	17		59	2,797	Cleveland Heights	Ohio	26.11	49,797	13		60	2,796	Ferguson Township	Pennsylvania	26.17	15,282	4		61	2,795	Murrysville	Pennsylvania	26.19	19,089	5		62	2,794	Grafton	Wisconsin	26.73	11,222	3		63	2,793	Jenks	Oklahoma	27.25	11,011	3		64	2,792	Mason	Ohio	27.25	25,689	7		65	2,791	Richmond Heights	Ohio	27.40	10,947	3		66	2,790	Glastonbury	Connecticut	27.45	32,790	9		67	2,789	Rutherford	New Jersey	27.55	18,148	5		68	2,788	Scarsdale Village	New York	27.79	17,989	5		69	2,787	Kent Town	New York	27.87	14,351	4		70	2,786	Smithfield	Rhode Island	28.22	21,265	6		71	2,785	Andover	Massachusetts	28.26	31,846	9		72	2,784	Norfolk	Massachusetts	28.55	10,509	3		73	2,783	Central Point	Oregon	28.64	13,967	4		74	2,782	Brewster	Massachusetts	28.92	10,372	3		75	2,781	Carmel	Indiana	29.18	41,121	12		76	2,780	Berkeley Heights Township	New Jersey	29.24	13,678	4		77	2,779	Sherwood	Oregon	29.30	13,652	4		78	2,778	Reading	Massachusetts	29.53	23,701	7		79	2,777	North Haven	Connecticut	29.64	23,615	7		80	2,776	Franklin	Massachusetts	30.02	29,984	9		81	2,775	Warwick Township (Lancaster County)	Pennsylvania	30.21	16,551	5		82	2,774	New Milford	New Jersey	30.34	16,478	5		83	2,773	Brownsburg	Indiana	30.54	16,370	5		84	2,772	Newtown	Connecticut	30.73	26,037	8		85	2,771	Lebanon	New Hampshire	30.97	12,915	4		86	2,770	Bainbridge Island	Washington	32.52	21,522	7		87	2,769	Dover	Ohio	32.57	12,280	4		88	2,768	Menomonee Falls	Wisconsin	32.84	33,499	11		89	2,767	Lyndhurst	Ohio	33.17	15,074	5		90	2,766	Branchburg Township	New Jersey	33.44	14,950	5		91	2,765	Dublin	Ohio	33.49	32,848	11		92	2,764	Cicero Town	New York	33.66	26,734	9		93	2,763	Montgomery Township	Pennsylvania	34.30	23,321	8		94	2,762	Wabash	Indiana	34.52	11,587	4		95	2,761	McCandless	Pennsylvania	34.67	28,843	10		96	2,760	Bedford	New Hampshire	34.93	20,039	7		97	2,759	Pequannock Township	New Jersey	35.16	14,221	5		98	2,758	Easton	Massachusetts	35.21	22,718	8		99	2,757	Suffield	Connecticut	35.43	14,114	5		100	2,756	Webster Town and Village	New York	35.55	39,385	14

Highest violent crime rate

Rank	Rank	City	State	Violent crime rate	Population	Violent crime		2,756	100	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	1,254.03	226,391	2,839		2,757	99	Chattanooga	Tennessee	1,259.93	156,596	1,973		2,758	98	Beaufort	South Carolina	1,261.80	12,601	159		2,759	97	Shelby	North Carolina	1,262.43	19,803	250		2,760	96	Hallandale	Florida	1,263.18	35,941	454		2,761	95	Los Angeles	California	1,271.84	3,838,838	48,824		2,762	94	Lynwood	California	1,273.98	72,136	919		2,763	93	Battle Creek	Michigan	1,284.20	53,808	691		2,764	92	Buffalo	New York	1,284.24	288,187	3,701		2,765	91	Miami Beach	Florida	1,284.88	91,215	1,172		2,766	90	Buena Vista Township	Michigan	1,286.68	10,259	132		2,767	89	Las Vegas	New Mexico	1,287.14	14,373	185		2,768	88	Henderson	North Carolina	1,287.50	16,466	212		2,769	87	Paris	Texas	1,288.50	26,620	343		2,770	86	West Sacramento	California	1,291.74	36,927	477		2,771	85	Butler	Pennsylvania	1,303.94	14,878	194		2,772	84	West Palm Beach	Florida	1,317.81	88,101	1,161		2,773	83	Leesburg	Florida	1,323.08	16,779	222		2,774	82	Cleveland	Ohio	1,323.53	468,446	6,200		2,775	81	North Miami	Florida	1,346.25	61,133	823		2,776	80	Magnolia	Arkansas	1,348.08	10,756	145		2,777	79	Ocala	Florida	1,349.65	47,790	645		2,778	78	Hamtramck	Michigan	1,362.90	22,819	311		2,779	77	Stockton	California	1,364.87	265,593	3,625		2,780	76	Dallas	Texas	1,370.80	1,230,302	16,865		2,781	75	Southfield	Michigan	1,372.81	78,088	1,072		2,782	74	Pontiac	Michigan	1,374.92	66,331	912		2,783	73	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,378.43	1,495,903	20,620		2,784	72	Oakland	California	1,379.11	407,003	5,613		2,785	71	Kansas City	Missouri	1,379.26	445,965	6,151		2,786	70	Lake Worth	Florida	1,380.22	36,226	500		2,787	69	Brownsville	Tennessee	1,381.04	10,789	149		2,788	68	Birmingham	Alabama	1,393.56	240,176	3,347		2,789	67	Athens	Tennessee	1,400.46	13,567	190		2,790	66	Chambersburg	Pennsylvania	1,403.57	17,883	251		2,791	65	Palmetto	Florida	1,409.96	13,050	184		2,792	64	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	1,411.87	48,659	687		2,793	63	Texas City	Texas	1,413.12	43,733	618		2,794	62	Desert Hot Springs	California	1,440.66	17,492	252		2,795	61	Hartford	Connecticut	1,445.20	125,381	1,812		2,796	60	San Bernardino	California	1,479.03	193,641	2,864		2,797	59	Wilmington	Delaware	1,482.07	73,411	1,088		2,798	58	Rock Hill	South Carolina	1,483.58	55,137	818		2,799	57	Atlantic City	New Jersey	1,485.26	40,397	600		2,800	56	Lake City	Florida	1,485.91	10,364	154		2,801	55	Lawrenceburg	Tennessee	1,497.61	10,884	163		2,802	54	Nashville	Tennessee	1,501.38	554,888	8,331		2,803	53	Little Rock	Arkansas	1,543.89	185,117	2,858		2,804	52	Opelika	Alabama	1,563.09	23,671	370		2,805	51	Washington	District of Columbia	1,568.91	563,384	8,839		2,806	50	Memphis	Tennessee	1,574.81	653,858	10,297		2,807	49	Florence	South Carolina	1,576.99	30,311	478		2,808	48	St. Petersburg	Florida	1,601.77	253,095	4,054		2,809	47	Compton	California	1,604.15	96,562	1,549		2,810	46	Palatka	Florida	1,619.66	10,496	170		2,811	45	North Charleston	South Carolina	1,639.75	81,476	1,336		2,812	44	Chelsea	Massachusetts	1,648.35	34,944	576		2,813	43	East Chicago	Indiana	1,651.05	31,919	527		2,814	42	Henderson	Texas	1,669.17	11,323	189		2,815	41	Orlando	Florida	1,684.00	197,268	3,322		2,816	40	Bridgeton	New Jersey	1,690.08	22,780	385		2,817	39	College Park	Georgia	1,690.81	19,813	335		2,818	38	Prichard	Alabama	1,700.25	28,290	481		2,819	37	Alice	Texas	1,721.56	19,401	334		2,820	36	Baltimore	Maryland	1,735.00	644,554	11,183		2,821	35	Trenton	New Jersey	1,762.45	86,130	1,518		2,822	34	Greenwood	South Carolina	1,772.56	22,397	397		2,823	33	Tampa	Florida	1,786.49	320,908	5,733		2,824	32	Homestead	Florida	1,805.26	34,344	620		2,825	31	Sumter	South Carolina	1,815.67	39,765	722		2,826	30	Daytona Beach	Florida	1,845.32	65,788	1,214		2,827	29	St. Louis	Missouri	1,858.89	340,256	6,325		2,828	28	Gallup	New Mexico	1,863.66	20,390	380		2,829	27	Miami	Florida	1,875.27	381,651	7,157		2,830	26	Salisbury	Maryland	1,885.50	24,874	469		2,831	25	Fort Myers	Florida	1,896.84	50,874	965		2,832	24	Springfield	Massachusetts	1,916.50	152,048	2,914		2,833	23	Atlanta	Georgia	1,969.87	431,043	8,491		2,834	22	East Orange	New Jersey	1,987.43	70,141	1,394		2,835	21	Forrest City	Arkansas	2,009.33	14,582	293		2,836	20	Detroit	Michigan	2,018.18	927,766	18,724		2,837	19	Riviera Beach	Florida	2,050.75	31,013	636		2,838	18	Spartanburg	South Carolina	2,081.22	39,448	821		2,839	17	Selma	Alabama	2,084.37	20,054	418		2,840	16	Anniston	Alabama	2,103.23	23,868	502		2,841	15	Alexandria	Louisiana	2,108.88	45,996	970		2,842	14	Fort Pierce	Florida	2,145.59	38,684	830		2,843	13	Muskegon Heights	Michigan	2,152.71	11,892	256		2,844	12	Longwood	Florida	2,215.69	13,946	309		2,845	11	Asbury Park	New Jersey	2,232.22	16,889	377		2,846	10	Camden	New Jersey	2,402.29	80,132	1,925		2,847	9	Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	2,455.18	24,764	608		2,848	8	Irvington	New Jersey	2,459.95	60,855	1,497		2,849	7	West Columbia	South Carolina	2,524.29	13,073	330		2,850	6	Cocoa	Florida	2,646.23	16,703	442		2,851	5	Saginaw	Michigan	2,720.95	60,273	1,640		2,852	4	Darby	Pennsylvania	2,771.52	10,211	283		2,853	3	Benton Harbor	Michigan	2,896.07	11,084	321		2,854	2	Belle Glade	Florida	2,977.46	15,483	461		2,855	1	Opa Locka	Florida	4,154.09	15,238	633

Source & methodology

The source of the data is the 2003 FBI UCR. To calculate crime rates, the number 100,000 was divided by the population of the city. The quotient was then multiplied by the number of crimes.

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