Most Dangerous Cities in the US 2022/2023

Crime rate is the key deciding factors of where families settle down, While perceptions of rising crime at the national level are common, fewer Americans believe crime is up in their own communities. Crime is the intentional act, According to pew, It is estimated by In 2019, only 40.9% of violent crimes and 32.5% of household property crimes were reported to authorities. Most violent and property crimes in the U.S. are not reported to police, and most of the crimes that are reported are not solved. Employment rate also a key factor for the crime rate in any place.

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program classifies murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as violent crimes. Property crime in the U.S. is much more common than violent crime. In 2019, the FBI reported a total of 2,109.9 property crimes per 100,000 people, compared with 379.4 violent crimes per 100,000 people. The new system was introduced in 1988, known as the National Incident-Based Reporting System, will provide information on a much larger number of crimes, as well as details such as the time of day, location and types of weapons involved. It will also capture demographic data, such as the sex, age, race and ethnicity of victims, known offenders and arrestees. Between 2009 and 2020, 1,363 people in the United States were killed and 947 more were wounded in 240 mass shootings. Some of the American cities like Detroit, Baltimore, New Orleans, Birmingham and St. Louis listed in Most Dangerous Cities in the World.

According crime statistics, The below list is the most dangerous cities in the US in 2023 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2022(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault). The latest dangerous list by 2023, The top 10 most dangerous cities in the US are Memphis, Detroit, Little Rock, Pueblo, Tacoma, Kansas City, Rockford, St. Louis, Cleveland and Springfield.

Rank	City	State	Population (2022 Estimates)	Violent Crimes (2022)	Property Crimes (2022)	Violent Crimes (2023) per 1000 persons
1	Memphis	Tennessee	632,040	13,091	37,074	20.71
2	Detroit	Michigan	635,276	12,724	25,005	20.03
3	Little Rock	Arkansas	203,503	3,694	10,760	18.15
4	Pueblo	Colorado	113,287	1,813	7,118	16.00
5	Tacoma	Washington	221,112	3,488	18,500	15.77
6	Kansas City	Missouri	512,582	7,365	23,485	14.37
7	Rockford	Illinois	147,919	2,095	3,836	14.16
8	St. Louis	Missouri	295,932	4,205	20,654	14.21
9	Cleveland	Ohio	371,219	5,393	13,867	14.53
10	Springfield	Missouri	171,321	2,292	7,936	13.38
11	Albuquerque	New Mexico	570,266	7,442	24,826	13.05
12	Lansing	Michigan	112,764	1,422	3,101	12.61
13	Peoria	Illinois	112,469	1,307	3,469	11.62
14	Baltimore	Maryland	583,588	7,041	16,542	12.07
15	Stockton	California	324,962	3,721	8,789	11.45
16	Minneapolis	Minnesota	429,292	5,130	21,897	11.95
17	Dayton	Ohio	138,434	1,600	5,842	11.56
18	Chattanooga	Tennessee	183,687	2,084	9,511	11.35
19	Aurora	Colorado	397,092	4,402	16,581	11.09
20	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	573,020	6,595	15,446	11.51
21	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	255,384	2,759	9,015	10.80
22	South Fulton	Georgia	109,433	1,147	2,861	10.48
23	Houston	Texas	2,305,709	25,697	102,908	11.14
24	Lubbock	Texas	265,593	2,795	10,908	10.52
25	Indianapolis	Indiana	888,610	9,109	29,932	10.25
26	Denver	Colorado	719,479	7,511	45,134	10.44
27	Beaumont	Texas	113,954	1,148	4,256	10.07
28	Metropolitan Nashville Police Department	Tennessee	679,342	6,855	24,776	10.09
29	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,586,989	15,668	65,820	9.87
30	Billings	Montana	118,486	1,076	5,057	9.08
31	Grand Rapids	Michigan	198,796	1,930	5,903	9.71
32	Salt Lake City	Utah	202,693	1,963	12,847	9.68
33	Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,003	3,751	17,352	9.04
34	North Charleston	South Carolina	118,450	1,121	5,653	9.46
35	Toledo	Ohio	270,427	2,351	6,727	8.69
36	Springfield	Massachusetts	171,321	1,334	3,664	7.79
37	Mobile	Alabama	186,269	2,067	6,842	11.10
38	Knoxville	Tennessee	194,145	1,625	7,563	8.37
39	Fresno	California	548,455	4,401	18,376	8.02
40	Cincinnati	Ohio	311,696	2,503	11,105	8.03
41	Buffalo	New York	276,220	2,017	8,779	7.30
42	San Antonio	Texas	1,469,372	12,580	73,657	8.56
43	Akron	Ohio	190,410	1,535	6,369	8.06
44	Lakewood	Colorado	157,798	1,244	8,334	7.88
45	Amarillo	Texas	200,405	1,535	7,074	7.66
46	Seattle	Washington	751,004	6,027	40,269	8.03
47	Springfield	Illinois	171,321	867	4,777	5.06
48	Modesto	California	220,443	1,657	5,234	7.52
49	Corpus Christi	Texas	321,614	2,491	9,782	7.75
50	Rochester	New York	211,246	1,535	7,461	7.27
51	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	956,282	7,119	32,081	7.44
52	Washington	District of Columbia	644,743	4,981	23,354	7.73
53	Dallas	Texas	1,295,222	9,976	48,230	7.70
54	Anaheim	California	348,919	2,541	9,030	7.28
55	Fayetteville	North Carolina	210,315	1,506	5,524	7.16
56	Evansville	Indiana	117,426	820	4,318	6.98
57	Davenport	Iowa	101,643	701	3,501	6.90
58	Spokane	Washington	230,187	1,519	12,935	6.60
59	St. Paul	Minnesota	309,792	2,108	12,766	6.80
60	Norfolk	Virginia	236,732	1,636	11,250	6.91
61	Durham	North Carolina	292,697	1,941	9,436	6.63
62	Las Cruces	New Mexico	113,795	699	6,051	6.14
63	Santa Maria	California	110,398	703	3,026	6.37
64	Portland	Oregon	646,396	4,382	36,725	6.78
65	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	688,325	4,408	21,126	6.40
66	Colorado Springs	Colorado	490,293	3,100	16,320	6.32
67	Waco	Texas	141,637	904	4,720	6.38
68	Fargo	North Dakota	125,877	779	5,250	6.19
69	Columbia	South Carolina	137,960	808	3,927	5.86
70	Tempe	Arizona	185,716	1,085	7,993	5.84
71	Pasadena	Texas	149,464	870	4,049	5.82
72	Concord	California	124,793	748	3,294	5.99
73	Greeley	Colorado	110,145	634	3,430	5.76
74	Arlington	Texas	397,810	2,251	9,736	5.66
75	Killeen	Texas	158,449	875	2,768	5.52

As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in US List Updated in April, 2023.

City Rank (Violent Crimes)	City	State	Population	Violent Crimes	Property Crimes	Violent Crimes	Property Crimes	Property Crimes	Total Crimes	Total Crimes
			2021	2021	2021	Per 1000	Per 1000	City Rank	City Rank	Per day
1	Memphis	Tennessee	649,444	3,449	7,934	5.31	12.22	9	4	31.19
2	Detroit	Michigan	673,708	3,186	4,748	4.73	7.05	64	26	21.74
3	South Bend	Indiana	101,936	429	795	4.21	7.8	50	24	3.35
4	Little Rock	Arkansas	198,260	821	2,340	4.14	11.8	11	6	8.66
5	Cleveland	Ohio	379,313	1,422	3,377	3.75	8.9	29	18	13.15
6	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	593,337	2,085	4,672	3.51	7.87	46	29	18.51
7	Lansing	Michigan	117,865	375	639	3.18	5.42	93	61	2.78
8	Chattanooga	Tennessee	186,222	581	2,734	3.12	14.68	3	3	9.08
9	Kansas City	Missouri	500,965	1,557	4,896	3.11	9.77	24	16	17.68
10	Houston	Texas	2,339,252	6,868	23,006	2.94	9.83	23	17	81.85
11	Rockford	Illinois	144,027	412	796	2.86	5.53	90	63	3.31
12	Springfield	Missouri	168,988	480	2,920	2.84	17.28	2	1	9.32
13	Wichita	Kansas	392,643	1,088	4,515	2.77	11.5	13	11	15.35
14	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	249,998	647	2,416	2.59	9.66	26	21	8.39
15	Beaumont	Texas	115,290	286	780	2.48	6.77	67	50	2.92
16	Tulsa	Oklahoma	404,255	997	4,986	2.47	12.33	8	10	16.39
17	Nashville	Tennessee	690,553	1,702	5,577	2.46	8.08	42	34	19.94
18	Aurora	Colorado	393,897	944	4,139	2.4	10.51	18	15	13.93
19	Pueblo	Colorado	113,371	257	1,441	2.27	12.71	7	9	4.65
20	Dayton	Ohio	139,671	307	1,147	2.2	8.21	39	36	3.98
21	Minneapolis	Minnesota	438,463	952	3,833	2.17	8.74	31	33	13.11
22	Lubbock	Texas	265,990	578	2,352	2.17	8.84	30	32	8.03
23	Billings	Montana	110,274	237	1,257	2.15	11.4	14	13	4.09
24	Atlanta	Georgia	521,274	1,110	4,998	2.13	9.59	27	28	16.73
25	Corpus Christi	Texas	329,538	686	2,635	2.08	8	43	37	9.1
26	Tacoma	Washington	222,235	459	3,135	2.07	14.11	4	5	9.85
27	Grand Rapids	Michigan	201,280	410	1,157	2.04	5.75	87	73	4.29
28	Dallas	Texas	1,349,185	2,729	10,588	2.02	7.85	48	39	36.48
29	Salt Lake City	Utah	205,929	415	3,685	2.02	17.89	1	2	11.23
30	Denver	Colorado	740,209	1,455	10,276	1.97	13.88	5	7	32.14
31	Buffalo	New York	253,809	488	1,791	1.92	7.06	63	55	6.24
32	Fayetteville	North Carolina	212,047	404	1,343	1.91	6.33	74	65	4.79
33	Toledo	Ohio	269,941	506	1,657	1.87	6.14	77	70	5.93
34	Springfield	Illinois	113,331	212	844	1.87	7.45	56	48	2.89
35	Knoxville	Tennessee	191,463	351	1,800	1.83	9.4	28	30	5.89
36	Columbia	South Carolina	132,255	241	1,384	1.82	10.46	19	20	4.45
37	Evansville	Indiana	118,240	213	903	1.8	7.64	54	45	3.06
38	Norfolk	Virginia	242,488	431	1,551	1.78	6.4	71	66	5.43
39	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	956,282	1,678	6,867	1.75	7.18	62	58	23.41
40	St. Paul	Minnesota	309,957	543	3,133	1.75	10.11	22	25	10.07
41	Greensboro	North Carolina	300,865	513	2,435	1.71	8.09	41	41	8.08
42	Lakewood	Colorado	158,977	268	2,207	1.69	13.88	6	8	6.78
43	Cincinnati	Ohio	305,308	510	2,381	1.67	7.8	51	44	7.92
44	Independence	Missouri	116,761	189	1,185	1.62	10.15	21	27	3.76
45	Durham	North Carolina	291,962	460	2,294	1.58	7.86	47	46	7.55
46	Portland	Oregon	664,350	1,034	8,090	1.56	12.18	10	12	25
47	Pasadena	Texas	149,428	232	955	1.55	6.39	72	71	3.25
48	Spokane	Washington	223,344	342	2,421	1.53	10.84	17	19	7.57
49	San Antonio	Texas	1,592,693	2,371	13,289	1.49	8.34	36	40	42.9
50	Killeen	Texas	156,741	234	586	1.49	3.74	135	119	2.25
51	Seattle	Washington	787,749	1,164	9,146	1.48	11.61	12	14	28.25
52	Davenport	Iowa	102,014	151	781	1.48	7.66	53	52	2.55
53	Waco	Texas	143,089	210	842	1.47	5.88	86	78	2.88
54	Columbus	Ohio	916,001	1,270	6,740	1.39	7.36	59	59	21.95
55	Arlington	Texas	402,323	554	2,440	1.38	6.06	81	77	8.2
56	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	670,872	913	5,799	1.36	8.64	32	38	18.39
57	Colorado Springs	Colorado	488,747	649	4,022	1.33	8.23	38	42	12.8
58	Reno	Nevada	262,919	350	1,795	1.33	6.83	66	67	5.88
59	Wichita Falls	Texas	105,468	137	784	1.3	7.43	58	60	2.52
60	Odessa	Texas	128,328	165	709	1.29	5.52	91	88	2.39
61	Yuma	Arizona	100,710	128	493	1.27	4.9	107	96	1.7
62	Columbia	Missouri	126,418	159	669	1.26	5.29	99	90	2.27
63	Bridgeport	Connecticut	143,394	174	553	1.21	3.86	134	122	1.99
64	Fort Worth	Texas	947,862	1,135	5,787	1.2	6.11	78	79	18.96
65	Clarksville	Tennessee	164,336	197	752	1.2	4.58	114	105	2.6
66	Elizabeth	New Jersey	134,131	161	576	1.2	4.29	125	113	2.02
67	Wilmington	North Carolina	126,759	151	750	1.19	5.92	84	85	2.47
68	El Cajon	California	102,665	122	464	1.19	4.52	116	108	1.61
69	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	191,508	222	1,493	1.16	7.8	52	56	4.7
70	Vancouver	Washington	188,160	218	2,068	1.16	10.99	16	23	6.26
71	Gresham	Oregon	110,448	128	679	1.16	6.15	76	80	2.21
72	Fargo	North Dakota	127,313	146	1,036	1.15	8.14	40	49	3.24
73	Salem	Oregon	178,106	203	1,407	1.14	7.9	45	54	4.41
74	Mesquite	Texas	137,796	157	1,078	1.14	7.82	49	57	3.38
75	Austin	Texas	1,016,721	1,137	8,449	1.12	8.31	37	47	26.26
76	Boston	Massachusetts	704,758	788	2,414	1.12	3.43	145	134	8.77
77	Warren	Michigan	132,758	146	455	1.1	3.43	146	136	1.65
78	High Point	North Carolina	114,492	124	747	1.08	6.52	69	76	2.39
79	Las Vegas	Nevada	1,685,021	1,772	10,281	1.05	6.1	79	83	33.02
80	Athens-Clarke County	Georgia	127,410	132	772	1.04	6.06	82	86	2.48
81	Tyler	Texas	109,408	114	731	1.04	6.68	68	74	2.32
82	San Angelo	Texas	102,448	105	636	1.02	6.21	75	82	2.03
83	Westminster	Colorado	115,942	116	1,301	1	11.22	15	22	3.88
84	Manchester	New Hampshire	112,844	112	450	0.99	3.99	130	123	1.54
85	Sparks	Nevada	108,612	107	640	0.99	5.89	85	87	2.05
86	Chesapeake	Virginia	249,188	243	762	0.98	3.06	153	142	2.75
87	North Las Vegas	Nevada	264,877	248	1,055	0.94	3.98	131	124	3.57
88	Brownsville	Texas	184,287	174	803	0.94	4.36	123	117	2.68
89	Eugene	Oregon	175,007	162	1,507	0.93	8.61	33	43	4.57
90	Charleston	South Carolina	141,768	132	758	0.93	5.35	95	94	2.44
91	Abilene	Texas	125,088	116	562	0.93	4.49	118	114	1.86
92	Greeley	Colorado	110,660	103	703	0.93	6.35	73	81	2.21
93	Mesa	Arizona	513,713	475	2,480	0.92	4.83	109	106	8.1
94	Raleigh	North Carolina	481,823	441	2,249	0.92	4.67	111	111	7.37
95	Oceanside	California	175,335	161	824	0.92	4.7	110	110	2.7
96	West Valley	Utah	134,329	120	1,016	0.89	7.56	55	62	3.11
97	San Diego	California	1,434,673	1,234	6,266	0.86	4.37	121	120	20.55
98	Lincoln	Nebraska	293,808	254	1,660	0.86	5.65	89	92	5.24
99	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	155,652	132	841	0.85	5.4	94	95	2.67
100	Norman	Oklahoma	127,304	107	873	0.84	6.86	65	75	2.68
101	Richmond	Virginia	234,928	194	1,241	0.83	5.28	100	97	3.93
102	Chula Vista	California	275,978	221	882	0.8	3.2	150	143	3.02
103	Providence	Rhode Island	185,868	149	969	0.8	5.21	101	100	3.06
104	Edinburg	Texas	104,604	83	556	0.79	5.32	96	98	1.75
105	Kent	Washington	131,899	103	1,361	0.78	10.32	20	31	4.01
106	Everett	Washington	113,469	88	1,102	0.78	9.71	25	35	3.26
107	Irving	Texas	241,692	182	1,368	0.75	5.66	88	93	4.25
108	Escondido	California	150,507	113	703	0.75	4.67	112	115	2.24
109	Midland	Texas	151,243	113	388	0.75	2.57	165	160	1.37
110	Boulder	Colorado	108,698	82	796	0.75	7.32	60	68	2.41
111	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	134,763	100	818	0.74	6.07	80	89	2.52
112	Hampton	Virginia	135,107	98	687	0.73	5.08	105	103	2.15
113	Hillsboro	Oregon	113,053	82	519	0.73	4.59	113	116	1.65
114	Clinton Township	Michigan	100,094	73	290	0.73	2.9	159	152	0.99
115	Thornton	Colorado	151,324	107	1,265	0.71	8.36	35	53	3.76
116	Lexington	Kentucky	328,965	229	2,111	0.7	6.42	70	84	6.41
117	Peoria	Arizona	194,566	134	697	0.69	3.58	140	138	2.28
118	Lowell	Massachusetts	112,230	76	299	0.68	2.66	163	158	1.03
119	Green Bay	Wisconsin	103,826	71	324	0.68	3.12	151	149	1.08
120	Fort Collins	Colorado	170,744	112	664	0.66	3.89	133	135	2.13
121	Madison	Wisconsin	266,199	173	1,384	0.65	5.2	102	102	4.27
122	Arvada	Colorado	123,548	80	1,063	0.65	8.6	34	51	3.13
123	Denton	Texas	150,975	97	681	0.64	4.51	117	121	2.13
124	Cambridge	Massachusetts	121,699	77	514	0.63	4.22	127	126	1.62
125	Honolulu	Hawaii	985,138	606	7,341	0.62	7.45	57	69	21.77
126	Laredo	Texas	266,489	165	725	0.62	2.72	162	159	2.44
127	Boise	Idaho	231,902	144	754	0.62	3.25	149	148	2.46
128	Garland	Texas	237,510	145	1,304	0.61	5.49	92	99	3.97
129	Olathe	Kansas	143,307	86	428	0.6	2.99	156	153	1.41
130	Waterbury	Connecticut	106,480	64	774	0.6	7.27	61	72	2.3
131	El Paso	Texas	684,737	406	2,308	0.59	3.37	147	145	7.44
132	West Jordan	Utah	117,862	70	627	0.59	5.32	97	101	1.91
133	Lewisville	Texas	113,998	67	460	0.59	4.04	129	131	1.44
134	Rochester	Minnesota	121,225	70	599	0.58	4.94	106	112	1.83
135	Ann Arbor	Michigan	119,805	68	315	0.57	2.63	164	163	1.05
136	Fort Wayne	Indiana	274,295	154	1,402	0.56	5.11	104	109	4.26
137	Overland Park	Kansas	199,881	110	1,033	0.55	5.17	103	107	3.13
138	Scottsdale	Arizona	245,886	133	1,474	0.54	5.99	83	91	4.4
139	New Braunfels	Texas	100,427	51	299	0.51	2.98	157	156	0.96
140	Grand Prairie	Texas	196,334	99	861	0.5	4.39	119	125	2.63
141	Henderson	Nevada	337,375	166	1,238	0.49	3.67	137	139	3.85
142	Centennial	Colorado	111,199	55	589	0.49	5.3	98	104	1.76
143	Alexandria	Virginia	160,457	76	558	0.47	3.48	142	146	1.74
144	Chandler	Arizona	281,162	128	1,154	0.46	4.1	128	133	3.51
145	Carrollton	Texas	141,694	64	434	0.45	3.06	154	155	1.36
146	Carlsbad	California	116,633	52	510	0.45	4.37	122	128	1.54
147	Round Rock	Texas	141,927	60	515	0.42	3.63	138	141	1.58
148	Meridian	Idaho	126,744	51	244	0.4	1.93	170	170	0.81
149	Sterling Heights	Michigan	131,911	52	269	0.39	2.04	169	169	0.88
150	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	112,990	44	496	0.39	4.39	120	129	1.48
151	Sandy Springs	Georgia	111,533	43	440	0.39	3.95	132	137	1.32
152	Plano	Texas	294,496	108	1,053	0.37	3.58	141	147	3.18
153	College Station	Texas	122,051	45	528	0.37	4.33	124	130	1.57
154	Richardson	Texas	122,872	44	600	0.36	4.88	108	118	1.76
155	Orem	Utah	100,060	36	426	0.36	4.26	126	132	1.27
156	Stamford	Connecticut	132,292	46	393	0.35	2.97	158	161	1.2
157	Bend	Oregon	104,833	37	390	0.35	3.72	136	140	1.17
158	Surprise	Arizona	145,832	49	529	0.34	3.63	139	144	1.58
159	Newark	New Jersey	295,039	94	154	0.32	0.52	174	174	0.68
160	McAllen	Texas	144,973	46	657	0.32	4.53	115	127	1.93
161	Bellevue	Washington	150,208	46	1,196	0.31	7.96	44	64	3.4
162	Lee's Summit	Missouri	102,519	31	356	0.3	3.47	143	150	1.06
163	McKinney	Texas	217,841	62	487	0.28	2.24	168	168	1.5
164	Pearland	Texas	126,983	34	437	0.27	3.44	144	151	1.29
165	Provo	Utah	116,642	32	383	0.27	3.28	148	154	1.14
166	Virginia Beach	Virginia	451,938	119	1,377	0.26	3.05	155	162	4.1
167	Gilbert	Arizona	272,941	71	767	0.26	2.81	161	164	2.3
168	League City	Texas	111,279	29	347	0.26	3.12	152	157	1.03
169	Frisco	Texas	222,416	51	430	0.23	1.93	171	171	1.32
170	Concord	North Carolina	100,631	19	254	0.19	2.52	167	166	0.75
171	Jersey City	New Jersey	275,213	43	426	0.16	1.55	172	172	1.28
172	Cary	North Carolina	177,735	25	454	0.14	2.55	166	167	1.31
173	Sugar Land	Texas	118,888	15	345	0.13	2.9	160	165	0.99
174	Joliet	Illinois	146,589	16	32	0.11	0.22	175	175	0.13
175	Carmel	Indiana	103,540	9	151	0.09	1.46	173	173	0.44

Crime by State	Average all Crime per 1000 persons
Arkansas	22.76
Nevada	21.43
Tennessee	21.04
South Carolina	18.24
Florida	17
Louisiana	16.97
Michigan	16.55
Texas	16.13
Oklahoma	15.67
Missouri	14.32
Georgia	14.19
Virginia	11.89
Illinois	11.61
California	11.43
Iowa	11.18
Massachusetts	10.42
Maryland	9.43
Minnesota	8.88

All Crime indicates Violent Crime, Property Crime, Society Crime

In December 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced ten new National Public Safety Partnership org which will work with the Department of Justice, local agencies and community organizations to reduce violence in areas with high crime rates. In 2019, Public Safety Partnership added ten new sites, Amarillo(Texas), Anchorage(Alaska), Anniston(Alabama), Baltimore(Maryland), Baton Rouge(Louisiana) Cleveland(Ohio) Davenport(Iowa), Harris County(Texas), Oxford( Alabama) and Wichita(Kansas). The ten new identified cities in 2021 are: