Most Dangerous Cities in the US 2025

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. The most dangerous cities in the US in 2025 are Memphis, Detroit, Little Rock, Pueblo, Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, Peoria, St. Louis and Beaumont. By 2025, Memphis with 7,700 violent crimes, Detroit with 5,503 crimes and Little Rock with 1,656 violent crimes are the top three dangerous cities in the United States. Crime is the intentional act, It is estimated only 40.9% of violent crimes and 32.5% of household property crimes were reported to authorities and others unreported. 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. Memphis, Detroit and Little Rock had the highest violent crime rate of any city, Employment rate also a key factor for the crime rate in most of the top crime cities.

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 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. Although data shows that violent crime rates dropped in cities across the United States last year, 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 top 227 most dangerous cities in the US from in 2024 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes of Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault. The top 10 most dangerous cities in America are Memphis, Detroit, Little Rock, Pueblo, Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, Peoria, St. Louis and Beaumont. The top dangerous cities in 2022 like Rockford moved from 7th to 16th, and Springfield from 10th to 23th position.

Violent Crime Rank in 2024	City	State	Population (2023)	Violent Crimes in 2024	Total Property Crimes in 2024	Violent Crimes Per 1000 Persons	Property Crimes Per 1000 Persons	Property Crime Rank
1	Memphis	Tennessee	616,061	7,700	21,562	12.50	35.00	1
2	Detroit	Michigan	615,501	5,503	12,600	8.94	20.47	22
3	Little Rock	Arkansas	202,986	1,656	5,058	8.16	24.92	7
4	Pueblo	Colorado	111,240	827	2,662	7.43	23.93	9
5	Baltimore	Maryland	565,192	4,091	10,654	7.24	18.85	29
6	Cleveland	Ohio	358,146	2,505	6,831	6.99	19.07	28
7	Kansas City	Missouri	509,855	3,457	10,041	6.78	19.69	26
8	Peoria	Illinois	110,118	745	2,282	6.77	20.72	21
9	St. Louis	Missouri	280,108	1,877	7,543	6.70	26.93	3
10	Beaumont	Texas	110,671	700	1,856	6.33	16.77	43
11	Dayton	Ohio	135,181	822	2,710	6.08	20.05	25
12	Evansville	Indiana	114,950	666	1,978	5.79	17.21	39
13	Stockton	California	322,220	1,801	4,236	5.59	13.15	82
14	Minneapolis	Minnesota	422,341	2,337	9,737	5.53	23.05	11
15	Houston	Texas	2,304,406	12,163	49,035	5.28	21.28	19
16	Rockford	Illinois	145,873	758	1,713	5.20	11.74	100
17	Albuquerque	New Mexico	559,094	2,851	11,985	5.10	21.44	18
18	Metropolitan Nashville	Tennessee	690,495	3,514	14,883	5.09	21.55	17
19	Toledo	Ohio	264,341	1,337	3,318	5.06	12.55	89
20	Tacoma	Washington	222,828	1,119	6,233	5.02	27.97	2
21	Denver	Colorado	712,222	3,482	15,820	4.89	22.21	13
22	Washington	District of Columbia	678,972	3,236	11,192	4.77	16.48	46
23	Springfield	Missouri	170,521	807	2,951	4.73	17.31	38
24	Paterson	New Jersey	155,991	725	1,752	4.65	11.23	107
25	Chattanooga	Tennessee	185,370	858	3,766	4.63	20.32	23
26	Springfield	Illinois	112,781	516	2,593	4.58	22.99	12
27	Tulsa	Oklahoma	411,002	1,875	7,171	4.56	17.45	37
28	Greensboro	North Carolina	303,237	1,374	5,175	4.53	17.07	40
29	Aurora	Colorado	396,976	1,781	5,960	4.49	15.01	57
30	Corpus Christi	Texas	315,340	1,369	4,595	4.34	14.57	60
31	Lubbock	Texas	266,960	1,157	3,350	4.33	12.55	90
32	North Charleston	South Carolina	120,162	518	2,426	4.31	20.19	24
33	Grand Rapids	Michigan	196,019	840	2,191	4.29	11.18	110
34	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,550,843	6,616	33,737	4.27	21.75	15
35	Phoenix	Arizona	1,660,686	6,611	19,664	3.98	11.84	98
36	Salt Lake City	Utah	206,692	805	5,049	3.89	24.43	8
37	Bakersfield	California	413,409	1,601	4,813	3.87	11.64	103
38	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	979,304	3,680	18,359	3.76	18.75	30
39	Costa Mesa2	California	108,401	407	1,382	3.75	12.75	87
40	Seattle	Washington	753,786	2,821	16,616	3.74	22.04	14
41	Albany	New York	101,930	380	1,031	3.73	10.11	122
42	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	252,132	934	3,329	3.70	13.20	81
43	Vallejo	California	122,419	450	2,565	3.68	20.95	20
44	Akron	Ohio	187,705	686	2,589	3.65	13.79	67
45	Las Cruces	New Mexico	114,999	420	2,881	3.65	25.05	6
46	Mobile	Alabama	237,469	849	1,770	3.58	7.45	167
47	Knoxville	Tennessee	198,132	706	2,762	3.56	13.94	65
48	Pomona	California	143,578	500	1,910	3.48	13.30	78
49	Billings	Montana	121,365	418	1,621	3.44	13.36	76
50	Anaheim	California	343,147	1,165	3,627	3.40	10.57	114
51	Portland	Oregon	626,146	2,117	16,023	3.38	25.59	5
52	Inglewood	California	101,790	340	1,717	3.34	16.87	41
53	Colorado Springs	Colorado	489,254	1,633	8,080	3.34	16.51	45
54	Des Moines	Iowa	209,658	697	3,042	3.32	14.51	61
55	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	700,764	2,310	9,997	3.30	14.27	62
56	Modesto	California	217,778	707	2,442	3.25	11.21	108
57	Spokane	Washington	230,648	738	4,979	3.20	21.59	16
58	Durham	North Carolina	295,788	944	5,359	3.19	18.12	33
59	Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,262	663	3,381	3.17	16.16	47
60	St. Paul	Minnesota	300,368	948	4,127	3.16	13.74	68
61	Buffalo	New York	275,922	867	4,421	3.14	16.02	48
62	Dallas	Texas	1,304,989	4,037	23,077	3.09	17.68	35
63	Chico	California	100,896	306	840	3.03	8.33	149
64	Long Beach	California	444,415	1,332	7,405	3.00	16.66	44
65	Columbia	South Carolina	141,497	420	1,929	2.97	13.63	71
66	San Antonio	Texas	1,490,047	4,396	35,325	2.95	23.71	10
67	Berkeley	California	116,595	340	3,086	2.92	26.47	4
68	Lynn	Massachusetts	101,144	294	580	2.91	5.73	202
69	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	113,956	328	1,573	2.88	13.80	66
70	Warren	Michigan	136,121	391	943	2.87	6.93	179
71	Fresno	California	547,134	1,554	8,348	2.84	15.26	55
72	New York	New York	8,184,044	23,227	79,210	2.84	9.68	128
73	Boston	Massachusetts	642,823	1,815	5,544	2.82	8.62	145
74	Newark	New Jersey	303,827	852	2,661	2.80	8.76	142
75	Santa Maria	California	110,317	308	844	2.79	7.65	165
76	Oxnard	California	199,508	550	1,575	2.76	7.89	162
77	Mesquite	Texas	147,926	402	2,275	2.72	15.38	53
78	Jersey City	New Jersey	285,117	773	2,832	2.71	9.93	124
79	Pasadena	Texas	145,850	389	1,701	2.67	11.66	102
80	Antioch	California	115,271	307	1,766	2.66	15.32	54
81	Rochester	New York	208,452	544	2,839	2.61	13.62	72
82	Fairfield	California	119,071	309	960	2.60	8.06	154
83	Hayward	California	153,914	399	2,939	2.59	19.10	27
84	Riverside	California	323,473	836	4,132	2.58	12.77	86
85	Reno	Nevada	277,792	714	3,167	2.57	11.40	106
86	Pasadena	California	132,210	339	1,811	2.56	13.70	70
87	Tempe	Arizona	188,144	482	2,743	2.56	14.58	59
88	Wilmington	North Carolina	122,675	313	2,220	2.55	18.10	34
89	Fargo	North Dakota	134,268	339	2,477	2.52	18.45	32
90	Miami Gardens2	Florida	110,010	271	1,738	2.46	15.80	51
91	High Point	North Carolina	115,490	281	1,535	2.43	13.29	79
92	Glendale	Arizona	253,768	614	3,319	2.42	13.08	83
93	Arlington	Texas	394,799	950	4,616	2.41	11.69	101
94	Killeen	Texas	161,968	386	1,019	2.38	6.29	189
95	West Valley	Utah	135,023	317	1,139	2.35	8.44	148
96	Salinas	California	159,896	372	1,302	2.33	8.14	152
97	Mesa	Arizona	515,848	1,175	3,783	2.28	7.33	172
98	Austin	Texas	978,816	2,228	15,522	2.28	15.86	50
99	Fort Worth	Texas	973,722	2,168	12,180	2.23	12.51	91
100	Raleigh	North Carolina	482,842	1,073	6,272	2.22	12.99	85
101	Tampa	Florida	403,407	896	2,978	2.22	7.38	170
102	Columbia	Missouri	129,602	286	1,399	2.21	10.79	112
103	Miami	Florida	452,929	993	6,372	2.19	14.07	64
104	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	166,916	362	1,698	2.17	10.17	121
105	Clarksville	Tennessee	181,916	394	1,578	2.17	8.67	143
106	Oceanside	California	171,348	367	1,369	2.14	7.99	157
107	Abilene	Texas	128,387	274	1,133	2.13	8.82	139
108	Escondido	California	149,837	319	1,106	2.13	7.38	171
109	Salem	Oregon	178,276	377	2,362	2.11	13.25	80
110	Waco	Texas	145,741	306	1,621	2.10	11.12	111
111	El Cajon	California	103,569	216	837	2.09	8.08	153
112	Gresham	Oregon	110,225	228	1,366	2.07	12.39	92
113	Tyler	Texas	110,824	229	1,113	2.07	10.04	123
114	Elizabeth	New Jersey	133,578	275	1,790	2.06	13.40	75
115	Norfolk	Virginia	230,849	474	4,076	2.05	17.66	36
116	Las Vegas Metropolitan	Nevada	1,670,226	3,412	22,267	2.04	13.33	77
117	Suffolk	Virginia	100,598	202	810	2.01	8.05	155
118	Ventura	California	109,035	218	1,061	2.00	9.73	127
119	Sparks	Nevada	109,403	216	1,306	1.97	11.94	97
120	San Diego	California	1,378,349	2,689	12,307	1.95	8.93	138
121	Visalia	California	145,031	280	1,430	1.93	9.86	126
122	Fullerton	California	139,131	268	1,297	1.93	9.32	132
123	Fayetteville	Arkansas	101,624	194	1,218	1.91	11.99	96
124	Concord	California	121,331	228	1,538	1.88	12.68	88
125	Laredo	Texas	256,542	479	1,839	1.87	7.17	176
126	Palm Bay	Florida	134,040	246	781	1.84	5.83	198
127	Omaha2	Nebraska	481,471	862	7,461	1.79	15.50	52
128	Chula Vista	California	280,748	500	1,612	1.78	5.74	201
129	Joliet	Illinois	149,940	264	864	1.76	5.76	200
130	Charleston	South Carolina	155,159	270	1,533	1.74	9.88	125
131	Burbank	California	102,345	176	1,515	1.72	14.80	58
132	Bridgeport	Connecticut	148,483	255	831	1.72	5.60	204
133	New Bedford	Massachusetts	100,876	172	672	1.71	6.66	183
134	Santa Rosa	California	176,855	300	1,111	1.70	6.28	190
135	Midland	Texas	135,253	228	875	1.69	6.47	186
136	Waterbury	Connecticut	115,380	194	1,568	1.68	13.59	73
137	Richmond	Virginia	230,789	384	4,282	1.66	18.55	31
138	Odessa	Texas	111,922	185	968	1.65	8.65	144
139	Chesapeake	Virginia	254,051	413	2,167	1.63	8.53	147
140	Manchester	New Hampshire	114,963	181	894	1.57	7.78	164
141	Vacaville	California	101,975	158	808	1.55	7.92	160
142	Lincoln	Nebraska	293,155	451	3,620	1.54	12.35	93
143	Edinburg	Texas	106,137	162	915	1.53	8.62	146
144	Rio Rancho	New Mexico	109,992	167	835	1.52	7.59	166
145	Hillsboro	Oregon	107,459	163	1,204	1.52	11.20	109
146	Yonkers	New York	206,702	310	876	1.50	4.24	215
147	Fort Wayne	Indiana	269,728	404	2,846	1.50	10.55	115
148	Eugene	Oregon	178,191	266	2,514	1.49	14.11	63
149	Ann Arbor	Michigan	118,072	172	1,036	1.46	8.77	141
150	Henderson	Nevada	337,794	483	3,030	1.43	8.97	137
151	Westminster	Colorado	113,660	158	1,803	1.39	15.86	49
152	Fontana	California	214,429	298	1,286	1.39	6.00	194
153	Boulder	Colorado	104,232	143	1,250	1.37	11.99	95
154	Torrance	California	138,472	188	1,807	1.36	13.05	84
155	Providence	Rhode Island	189,590	257	1,515	1.36	7.99	156
156	Irving	Texas	255,203	343	2,691	1.34	10.54	116
157	Everett	Washington	111,566	149	1,690	1.34	15.15	56
158	Conroe	Texas	106,904	141	978	1.32	9.15	134
159	Norman	Oklahoma	130,366	169	1,330	1.30	10.20	119
160	Thornton	Colorado	143,838	185	1,938	1.29	13.47	74
161	Allentown	Pennsylvania	124,782	160	974	1.28	7.81	163
162	Dearborn	Michigan	106,747	136	938	1.27	8.79	140
163	Lexington	Kentucky	319,994	403	3,429	1.26	10.72	113
164	Boise	Idaho	236,949	292	1,249	1.23	5.27	207
165	Menifee	California	112,660	138	434	1.22	3.85	221
166	Roseville	California	158,084	193	1,086	1.22	6.87	180
167	Corona	California	160,590	196	1,310	1.22	8.16	151
168	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	135,777	165	1,648	1.22	12.14	94
169	Peoria	Arizona	200,886	244	1,261	1.21	6.28	192
170	Hampton	Virginia	138,533	168	1,898	1.21	13.70	69
171	West Jordan	Utah	116,485	139	686	1.19	5.89	196
172	Fort Collins	Colorado	168,886	196	1,633	1.16	9.67	129
173	Glendale	California	185,923	214	1,904	1.15	10.24	118
174	Arvada	Colorado	120,200	135	1,375	1.12	11.44	104
175	Grand Prairie	Texas	205,487	230	1,678	1.12	8.17	150
176	Orange	California	134,582	148	897	1.10	6.67	182
177	West Covina	California	103,014	113	930	1.10	9.03	136
178	Garland	Texas	240,051	262	2,460	1.09	10.25	117
179	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	119,959	121	737	1.01	6.14	193
180	Carlsbad	California	113,796	113	899	0.99	7.90	161
181	Elk Grove	California	177,976	175	1,017	0.98	5.71	203
182	Fremont	California	220,775	217	2,519	0.98	11.41	105
183	Overland Park	Kansas	197,728	192	1,579	0.97	7.99	158
184	Santa Clara	California	126,452	118	1,487	0.93	11.76	99
185	Lewisville	Texas	133,694	124	992	0.93	7.42	169
186	Olathe	Kansas	147,680	133	676	0.90	4.58	211
187	Buckeye	Arizona	112,048	100	442	0.89	3.94	219
188	Stamford	Connecticut	136,512	114	857	0.84	6.28	191
189	Murrieta	California	115,037	96	493	0.83	4.29	214
190	McAllen	Texas	145,684	120	1,330	0.82	9.13	135
191	Lee's Summit	Missouri	104,402	85	1,063	0.81	10.18	120
192	Lakewood Township	New Jersey	142,510	112	415	0.79	2.91	225
193	Plano	Texas	291,140	225	2,089	0.77	7.18	175
194	College Station	Texas	126,136	97	559	0.77	4.43	212
195	Coral Springs	Florida	132,977	101	797	0.76	5.99	195
196	Round Rock	Texas	129,898	98	1,227	0.75	9.45	130
197	Rochester	Minnesota	122,035	92	793	0.75	6.50	185
198	Sterling Heights	Michigan	131,801	98	556	0.74	4.22	216
199	Meridian	Idaho	135,239	100	370	0.74	2.74	227
200	Bend	Oregon	105,099	76	673	0.72	6.40	187
201	Concord	North Carolina	111,915	80	614	0.71	5.49	205
202	St. George	Utah	105,930	75	316	0.71	2.98	224
203	Goodyear	Arizona	109,929	77	817	0.70	7.43	168
204	Carrollton	Texas	134,261	91	919	0.68	6.84	181
205	Alexandria	Virginia	153,897	104	1,420	0.68	9.23	133
206	New Braunfels	Texas	111,942	71	614	0.63	5.48	206
207	Chandler	Arizona	282,419	178	2,064	0.63	7.31	173
208	Centennial	Colorado	104,724	65	836	0.62	7.98	159
209	Toms River Township	New Jersey	100,329	62	579	0.62	5.77	199
210	Simi Valley	California	123,443	76	531	0.62	4.30	213
211	Bellevue	Washington	153,291	91	2,581	0.59	16.84	42
212	Gilbert	Arizona	278,495	165	1,151	0.59	4.13	217
213	McKinney	Texas	212,716	122	831	0.57	3.91	220
214	Richardson	Texas	119,008	68	1,111	0.57	9.34	131
215	Surprise	Arizona	159,346	89	788	0.56	4.95	208
216	Pearland	Texas	127,433	69	892	0.54	7.00	178
217	League City	Texas	115,791	61	681	0.53	5.88	197
218	Thousand Oaks	California	123,032	59	589	0.48	4.79	209
219	Frisco	Texas	228,527	106	1,082	0.46	4.73	210
220	Irvine	California	316,132	138	1,997	0.44	6.32	188
221	Sugar Land	Texas	108,718	44	767	0.40	7.05	177
222	Virginia Beach	Virginia	453,991	181	3,315	0.40	7.30	174
223	Allen	Texas	114,696	42	454	0.37	3.96	218
224	Cary	North Carolina	182,878	65	1,191	0.36	6.51	184
225	Fishers2	Indiana	103,247	35	329	0.34	3.19	223
226	Ramapo Town	New York	108,558	36	313	0.33	2.88	226
227	Carmel	Indiana	103,013	27	355	0.26	3.45	222

As per FBI Crime data from January to June 2024, Most dangerous cities in US List in September 2024.

Cities with highest crime rates

According to 2023 crime statistics, The US city with highest crime rate is Memphis of Tennessee State. Memphis is city with more than 624 thousand people, registered 16,076 violent crime cases, Out of these cases, 252 cases of murder, 407 cases of rape, 12,095 cases of aggravated assault. Some of these cities are considered having very high crime rate when compared to most dangerous countries in the world. The top most dangerous cities in America by Property crimes are Memphis, St. Louis, Denver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Little Rock, San Antonio, Pueblo, Las Cruces and Spokane. Rank by total crimes including violent and property are Memphis, St. Louis, Little Rock, Pueblo, Denver, Detroit, Salt Lake City, Portland, Minneapolis and Kansas City.

US 2023 Crime Statistics by Cities

Violent Crime Rank	City	State	Population (2023)	Violent Crimes(2023)	Violent Crimes Per 1000 Persons	Total Property Crimes 2023	Property Crimes Per 1000 Persons	Property Crime Rank
1	Memphis	Tennessee	624,944	16,076	25.72	52,892	84.63	1
2	Detroit	Michigan	626,757	12,565	20.05	28,958	46.20	19
3	Little Rock	Arkansas	201,513	3,658	18.15	10,987	54.52	6
4	Cleveland	Ohio	363,764	5,766	15.85	16,521	45.42	21
5	Pueblo	Colorado	112,618	1,621	14.39	6,110	54.25	8
6	Kansas City	Missouri	508,856	7,245	14.24	24,896	48.93	16
7	Baltimore	Maryland	570,546	8,092	14.18	22,976	40.27	33
8	St. Louis	Missouri	286,053	4,026	14.07	17,833	62.34	2
9	Lansing	Michigan	112,567	1,561	13.87	3,111	27.64	94
10	Beaumont	Texas	110,898	1,526	13.76	3,669	33.08	58
11	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	561,743	7,114	12.66	13,759	24.49	118
12	Peoria	Illinois	110,551	1,335	12.08	4,239	38.34	38
13	Albuquerque	New Mexico	560,557	6,680	11.92	22,875	40.81	28
14	Stockton	California	323,501	3,699	11.43	9,648	29.82	75
15	Rockford	Illinois	146,710	1,673	11.40	3,914	26.68	99
16	Minneapolis	Minnesota	421,690	4,767	11.30	22,121	52.46	11
17	Springfield	Missouri	169,822	1,917	11.29	6,929	40.80	29
18	Evansville	Indiana	115,719	1,295	11.19	4,163	35.98	49
19	Chattanooga	Tennessee	182,603	2,023	11.08	8,982	49.19	15
20	Nashville	Tennessee	679,562	7,500	11.04	29,573	43.52	23
21	Toledo	Ohio	266,984	2,898	10.85	7,516	28.15	90
22	Houston	Texas	2,276,533	24,275	10.66	98,569	43.30	24
23	Anchorage	Alaska	285,821	3,026	10.59	8,242	28.84	86
24	Washington	District of Columbia	671,803	7,069	10.52	28,097	41.82	25
25	Dayton	Ohio	137,084	1,419	10.35	6,081	44.36	22
26	Denver	Colorado	705,264	7,247	10.28	40,782	57.83	3
27	Indianapolis	Indiana	886,455	8,990	10.14	32,121	36.24	48
28	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,555,812	15,153	9.74	78,048	50.17	13
29	Aurora	Colorado	392,134	3,773	9.62	14,679	37.43	42
30	Bakersfield	California	411,873	3,937	9.56	13,545	32.89	59
31	North Charleston	South Carolina	119,198	1,105	9.27	5,557	46.62	18
32	Billings	Montana	117,866	1,073	9.10	4,326	36.70	47
33	Tulsa	Oklahoma	410,135	3,700	9.02	15,900	38.77	36
34	Mobile	Alabama	239,323	2,138	8.93	5,895	24.63	116
35	Salt Lake City	Utah	201,373	1,777	8.82	11,535	57.28	5
36	Grand Rapids	Michigan	196,662	1,728	8.79	5,985	30.43	69
37	Springfield	Massachusetts	155,046	1,356	8.75	4,596	29.64	77
38	Fayetteville	North Carolina	208,980	1,826	8.74	6,406	30.65	67
39	Newport News	Virginia	183,903	1,572	8.55	4,538	24.68	114
40	Lubbock	Texas	264,142	2,257	8.54	8,270	31.31	63
41	Paterson	New Jersey	156,292	1,331	8.52	3,762	24.07	123
42	Corpus Christi	Texas	317,694	2,699	8.50	9,925	31.24	64
43	Greensboro	North Carolina	298,719	2,516	8.42	11,221	37.56	40
44	Knoxville	Tennessee	194,724	1,615	8.29	6,172	31.70	61
45	Sacramento	California	526,671	4,271	8.11	14,949	28.38	88
46	Vallejo	California	123,940	990	7.99	5,045	40.71	30
47	Springfield	Illinois	112,549	896	7.96	5,344	47.48	17
48	Phoenix	Arizona	1,637,902	13,033	7.96	41,249	25.18	110
49	Seattle	Washington	729,691	5,790	7.93	36,902	50.57	12
50	Akron	Ohio	188,534	1,470	7.80	5,566	29.52	79
51	Gainesville	Florida	140,869	1,084	7.70	4,211	29.89	73
52	Charlotte Mecklenburg	North Carolina	955,466	7,109	7.44	37,800	39.56	35
53	Inglewood	California	102,879	761	7.40	3,781	36.75	46
54	West Palm Beach	Florida	117,393	858	7.31	2,850	24.28	121
55	Buffalo	New York	275,710	2,013	7.30	11,496	41.70	26
56	Amarillo	Texas	201,572	1,456	7.22	6,206	30.79	65
57	Fresno	California	546,871	3,948	7.22	16,407	30.00	72
58	Rochester	New York	210,270	1,513	7.20	10,435	49.63	14
59	Lakewood	Colorado	157,068	1,118	7.12	7,203	45.86	20
60	Spokane	Washington	229,292	1,618	7.06	12,335	53.80	10
61	Des Moines3	Iowa	210,376	1,479	7.03	6,999	33.27	56
62	Portland	Oregon	630,129	4,384	6.96	36,105	57.30	4
63	San Antonio	Texas	1,465,608	10,175	6.94	79,526	54.26	7
64	Cincinnati	Ohio	307,761	2,124	6.90	12,212	39.68	34
65	Colorado Springs	Colorado	487,728	3,363	6.90	17,970	36.84	44
66	Columbia	South Carolina	137,768	948	6.88	4,888	35.48	51
67	Davenport	Iowa	100,437	679	6.76	3,717	37.01	43
68	Dallas	Texas	1,286,121	8,681	6.75	51,939	40.38	31
69	Pomona	California	145,600	974	6.69	4,229	29.05	83
70	St. Paul	Minnesota	277,533	1,849	6.66	9,267	33.39	55
71	Durham	North Carolina	286,377	1,880	6.56	11,094	38.74	37
72	Anaheim	California	344,795	2,261	6.56	8,319	24.13	122
73	New York	New York	8,236,567	53,687	6.52	192,219	23.34	126
74	South Fulton	Georgia	110,102	717	6.51	3,151	28.62	87
75	Hayward	California	156,458	1,009	6.45	5,979	38.21	39
76	Modesto	California	219,083	1,400	6.39	4,784	21.84	138
77	Brockton	Massachusetts	110,084	689	6.26	2,164	19.66	152
78	Long Beach	California	447,528	2,734	6.11	13,096	29.26	81
79	Pasadena	Texas	145,954	888	6.08	4,000	27.41	96
80	Oxnard	California	201,517	1,211	6.01	3,429	17.02	172
81	Reno	Nevada	273,671	1,625	5.94	7,283	26.61	100
82	Santa Maria	California	109,518	639	5.83	2,485	22.69	131
83	Las Cruces	New Mexico	114,102	662	5.80	6,140	53.81	9
84	Fairfield	California	119,583	685	5.73	2,609	21.82	139
85	Glendale	Arizona	250,466	1,434	5.73	7,247	28.93	84
86	Warren	Michigan	137,138	766	5.59	2,505	18.27	158
87	Elizabeth	New Jersey	134,065	746	5.56	3,983	29.71	76
88	Riverside	California	319,889	1,754	5.48	10,609	33.16	57
89	Raleigh	North Carolina	470,829	2,543	5.40	12,480	26.51	101
90	Fargo	North Dakota	127,649	688	5.39	5,141	40.27	32
91	Norfolk	Virginia	233,419	1,235	5.29	8,750	37.49	41
92	Pasadena	California	133,312	695	5.21	3,420	25.65	104
93	Waco	Texas	140,911	734	5.21	3,937	27.94	93
94	Mesquite	Texas	147,226	754	5.12	5,419	36.81	45
95	Miami3	Florida	437,900	2,227	5.09	13,268	30.30	71
96	Tempe	Arizona	187,473	946	5.05	6,607	35.24	53
97	Austin	Texas	965,234	4,859	5.03	31,393	32.52	60
98	Fort Worth	Texas	948,605	4,738	4.99	25,631	27.02	98
99	New Bedford	Massachusetts	101,402	505	4.98	1,571	15.49	184
100	Wilmington	North Carolina	119,159	592	4.97	4,276	35.88	50
101	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	161,810	802	4.96	3,890	24.04	124
102	Antioch	California	114,338	554	4.85	3,205	28.03	92
103	Killeen	Texas	159,546	770	4.83	2,774	17.39	169
104	Clarksville	Tennessee	174,738	841	4.81	3,124	17.88	162
105	Arlington	Texas	391,591	1,878	4.80	10,008	25.56	105
106	Concord	California	122,982	585	4.76	3,594	29.22	82
107	Cambridge	Massachusetts	117,044	556	4.75	2,881	24.61	117
108	Tampa	Florida	390,145	1,837	4.71	6,616	16.96	173
109	El Cajon	California	104,693	486	4.64	1,541	14.72	191
110	Las Vegas	Nevada	1,667,961	7,712	4.62	50,555	30.31	70
111	Salinas	California	162,187	748	4.61	1,922	11.85	214
112	Lynn	Massachusetts	101,056	466	4.61	999	9.89	224
113	High Point	North Carolina	114,280	516	4.52	2,909	25.46	107
114	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	199,879	899	4.50	5,017	25.10	112
115	Midland	Texas	129,945	584	4.49	2,541	19.55	153
116	Abilene	Texas	125,186	562	4.49	2,192	17.51	167
117	Visalia	California	144,137	644	4.47	3,337	23.15	129
118	Tyler	Texas	108,422	483	4.45	2,387	22.02	135
119	Athens Clarke County	Georgia	128,177	559	4.36	3,265	25.47	106
120	Longmont	Colorado	101,159	441	4.36	2,575	25.45	108
121	West Valley	Utah	138,020	597	4.33	2,901	21.02	144
122	Oceanside	California	171,844	743	4.32	3,028	17.62	165
123	Salem	Oregon	179,661	773	4.30	5,528	30.77	66
124	Mesa	Arizona	513,116	2,184	4.26	8,082	15.75	181
125	Laredo	Texas	256,973	1,085	4.22	3,432	13.36	200
126	San Diego	California	1,377,838	5,787	4.20	24,893	18.07	160
127	Rio Rancho	New Mexico	107,435	450	4.19	1,634	15.21	188
128	Chesapeake	Virginia	253,745	1,044	4.11	4,619	18.20	159
129	El Monte	California	104,695	428	4.09	2,009	19.19	155
130	Charleston	South Carolina	152,324	620	4.07	3,049	20.02	151
131	Joliet	Illinois	150,545	606	4.03	1,490	9.90	223
132	Everett	Washington	110,694	438	3.96	4,532	40.94	27
133	Odessa	Texas	110,163	435	3.95	1,945	17.66	164
134	Waterbury	Connecticut	113,464	448	3.95	3,464	30.53	68
135	Brownsville	Texas	188,906	742	3.93	3,850	20.38	148
136	Bridgeport	Connecticut	148,395	581	3.92	2,090	14.08	197
137	Columbia	Missouri	127,862	494	3.86	3,155	24.68	115
138	Sparks	Nevada	110,475	425	3.85	2,459	22.26	132
139	Escondido	California	150,072	577	3.84	2,376	15.83	180
140	Manchester	New Hampshire	114,650	433	3.78	1,888	16.47	177
141	Gresham	Oregon	111,590	420	3.76	3,224	28.89	85
142	Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,916	401	3.75	1,603	14.99	189
143	Columbus	Ohio	907,196	3,360	3.70	23,055	25.41	109
144	Burbank	California	103,516	383	3.70	3,265	31.54	62
145	Lincoln	Nebraska	293,937	1,056	3.59	7,783	26.48	102
146	Vacaville	California	103,486	370	3.58	2,106	20.35	149
147	Chula Vista	California	277,976	977	3.51	3,567	12.83	205
148	Quincy	Massachusetts	101,434	350	3.45	1,140	11.24	217
149	Yonkers	New York	208,100	713	3.43	2,572	12.36	209
150	Palm Bay	Florida	125,766	425	3.38	1,373	10.92	220
151	Santa Rosa	California	175,999	586	3.33	2,587	14.70	192
152	Eugene	Oregon	175,390	561	3.20	5,134	29.27	80
153	El Paso	Texas	678,232	2,161	3.19	10,325	15.22	187
154	Westminster	Colorado	112,844	357	3.16	3,959	35.08	54
155	Norman	Oklahoma	128,878	402	3.12	2,971	23.05	130
156	Providence	Rhode Island	189,064	585	3.09	3,590	18.99	156
157	Edinburg	Texas	104,987	320	3.05	2,315	22.05	134
158	Ann Arbor	Michigan	120,549	366	3.04	2,064	17.12	170
159	Henderson	Nevada	325,332	986	3.03	6,925	21.29	141
160	Irving	Texas	254,141	770	3.03	6,221	24.48	119
161	West Jordan	Utah	115,900	349	3.01	2,071	17.87	163
162	Dearborn	Michigan	107,197	321	2.99	2,266	21.14	143
163	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	135,362	405	2.99	3,802	28.09	91
164	Fort Collins	Colorado	168,045	500	2.98	4,103	24.42	120
165	Hillsboro	Oregon	106,345	310	2.92	2,657	24.98	113
166	Fontana	California	212,730	604	2.84	2,899	13.63	198
167	Hampton	Virginia	138,843	392	2.82	4,143	29.84	74
168	Thornton	Colorado	143,055	392	2.74	4,235	29.60	78
169	Fort Wayne	Indiana	267,791	727	2.71	6,300	23.53	125
170	Jersey City	New Jersey	276,300	726	2.63	3,339	12.08	212
171	Boise	Idaho	239,074	625	2.61	2,879	12.04	213
172	North Las Vegas	Nevada	284,422	742	2.61	5,922	20.82	146
173	Torrance	California	140,499	365	2.60	3,633	25.86	103
174	Lewisville	Texas	113,568	294	2.59	2,384	20.99	145
175	Lexington	Kentucky	320,983	807	2.51	8,759	27.29	97
176	Roseville	California	155,448	388	2.50	2,243	14.43	194
177	Denton	Texas	154,230	366	2.37	3,300	21.40	140
178	Clovis	California	125,348	293	2.34	2,201	17.56	166
179	Glendale	California	188,599	426	2.26	4,147	21.99	136
180	Corona	California	161,946	365	2.25	3,441	21.25	142
181	Garland	Texas	241,095	542	2.25	5,600	23.23	128
182	Davie	Florida	104,215	230	2.21	2,116	20.30	150
183	Orange3	California	135,862	296	2.18	2,447	18.01	161
184	Peoria	Arizona	197,894	425	2.15	2,597	13.12	202
185	Menifee	California	109,673	233	2.12	1,210	11.03	219
186	Santa Clara	California	126,877	260	2.05	3,587	28.27	89
187	Arvada	Colorado	122,403	249	2.03	3,077	25.14	111
188	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	118,683	241	2.03	1,739	14.65	193
189	Alexandria	Virginia	150,957	305	2.02	3,511	23.26	127
190	Fremont	California	223,430	449	2.01	6,134	27.45	95
191	Grand Prairie	Texas	199,663	399	2.00	3,224	16.15	178
192	Centennial	Colorado	105,849	211	1.99	1,994	18.84	157
193	Carlsbad	California	115,531	230	1.99	1,837	15.90	179
194	Buckeye	Arizona	110,002	207	1.88	927	8.43	231
195	Elk Grove	California	180,372	335	1.86	2,034	11.28	216
196	Bend	Oregon	104,649	189	1.81	1,630	15.58	183
197	Miramar	Florida	135,785	237	1.75	1,501	11.05	218
198	Chandler	Arizona	281,373	484	1.72	4,025	14.30	195
199	Provo	Utah	114,120	196	1.72	1,513	13.26	201
200	Stamford	Connecticut	136,936	234	1.71	1,572	11.48	215
201	St. George	Utah	104,158	176	1.69	1,125	10.80	222
202	Carrollton	Texas	133,610	223	1.67	1,987	14.87	190
203	Meridian	Idaho	132,522	220	1.66	655	4.94	236
204	Scottsdale	Arizona	243,576	404	1.66	5,382	22.10	133
205	Murrieta	California	114,655	189	1.65	1,395	12.17	210
206	Plano	Texas	289,847	476	1.64	4,838	16.69	175
207	Goodyear	Arizona	107,212	175	1.63	1,784	16.64	176
208	Lee's Summit	Missouri	103,976	168	1.62	2,275	21.88	137
209	Rochester	Minnesota	121,534	193	1.59	1,873	15.41	185
210	College Station	Texas	121,618	193	1.59	1,642	13.50	199
211	Lakewood Township	New Jersey	141,190	223	1.58	919	6.51	233
212	Bellevue	Washington	147,079	229	1.56	5,190	35.29	52
213	Sterling Heights	Michigan	132,393	202	1.53	1,431	10.81	221
214	New Braunfels	Texas	107,017	163	1.52	1,388	12.97	203
215	Sandy Springs	Georgia	106,747	162	1.52	1,825	17.10	171
216	McAllen	Texas	145,510	210	1.44	2,839	19.51	154
217	Coral Springs	Florida	131,628	183	1.39	1,654	12.57	207
218	Richardson	Texas	115,771	149	1.29	2,401	20.74	147
219	Round Rock	Texas	127,349	163	1.28	2,220	17.43	168
220	Simi Valley	California	125,585	151	1.20	1,189	9.47	226
221	Gilbert	Arizona	277,123	322	1.16	2,574	9.29	227
222	League City	Texas	116,511	134	1.15	1,412	12.12	211
223	Concord	North Carolina	109,660	125	1.14	1,081	9.86	225
224	Allen3	Texas	108,135	123	1.14	926	8.56	230
225	McKinney	Texas	208,415	223	1.07	1,906	9.15	228
226	Pearland	Texas	125,894	134	1.06	2,116	16.81	174
227	Cary	North Carolina	178,600	188	1.05	2,226	12.46	208
228	Surprise	Arizona	154,128	157	1.02	1,975	12.81	206
229	Fishers	Indiana	102,921	100	0.97	620	6.02	234
230	Frisco	Texas	218,962	194	0.89	3,088	14.10	196
231	Irvine	California	311,696	276	0.89	4,878	15.65	182
232	Virginia Beach	Virginia	457,556	371	0.81	7,019	15.34	186
233	Ramapo Town	New York	107,404	80	0.74	631	5.88	235
234	Sugar Land	Texas	107,989	79	0.73	1,386	12.83	204
235	Naperville	Illinois	148,929	99	0.66	1,281	8.60	229
236	Carmel	Indiana	101,670	60	0.59	839	8.25	232

* As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in US List from January 2023 to December 2023, Updated in April, 2024.

The Safest Cities in the U.S

The small towns of close neighbourhood to cities are safest cities in the U.S. Some of the cities are Nashua, New Hampshire, Columbia, Maryland, South Burlington, Gilbert, Arizona, Warwick, Rhode Island, Portland, Maine, Casper, Wyoming, Yonkers, New York. Some of the safest cities in California are:

US Cities Crime Statistics in 2022

Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Homicide and Rape are the top violent crimes in the US. The violent crime rate in U.S. is 4.8 per 1,000 people. Gun violence is one of the key crime areas where Government has no control over it. There are more than 30,000 incidents approximately in both registered and unnotified. The below list is the most dangerous cities in the US in 2022 by Rank, crime data based on the violent crimes in 2022(Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault).

Rank	City	State	Population (2022 Estimates)	Violent Crimes (2022)	Property Crimes (2022)	Violent Crimes (2022) 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	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

The top 10 most dangerous cities in the US are:

1. Memphis – 25.72 per 1000 persons
2. Detroit – 20.05
3. Little Rock – 18.15
4. Cleveland – 15.85
5. Pueblo – 14.39
6. Kansas City – 14.24
7. Baltimore – 14.18
8. St. Louis – 14.07
9. Lansing – 13.87
10. Beaumont – 13.76

US 2021 Crime Statistics by Cities

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

Source : crime-data
Violent Crimes (Homicide, Rape, Aggravated Assault, Gun Assault, Domestic)
Property Crimes (Robbery, Residential Burglary, Nonresidential Burglary, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, Drug Offense)
Per 1000 - Calculated per Thousand residents.
Rank - Ranked crime rate per thousand residents

What state is #1 in crime?

By 2023, Arkansas is the #1 state in crime with the average of all crime of 22.76 per 1000 residents, followed by Nevada with 21.43, Tennessee with 21.04, South Carolina with 18.24, Florida with 17, Louisiana with 16.97, Michigan with 16.55 crime rate. Crime includes both violent and property crimes, Violent Crimes include Homicide, Rape, Aggravated Assault, Gun Assault, Domestic and Property Crimes includes Robbery, Residential Burglary, Nonresidential Burglary, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, Drug Offense.

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:

Antioch, California
Aurora, Colorado
Charleston/North Charleston, South Carolina
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Gary, Indiana
Louisville, Kentucky
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
Richmond, Virginia
Shreveport, Louisiana