United States cities by crime rate (40,000–60,000) explained

The following table is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics.[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 agency. 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 as more than one city.

Murder is the only statistic that all agencies are required to report. Consequently, some agencies particularly in Illinois do not report all the crimes. If components are missing the total is adjusted to "0."

Note about population

Data is voluntarily submitted by each jurisdiction and some jurisdictions do not appear in the table because they either did not submit data or it did not meet deadlines.

According to the FBI website has this disclaimer on population estimates:

For the 2007 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 2006 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 2006 Census population estimate to derive the agency's 2007 population estimate [2]

2010 Calendar Year Ratios of Crime Per 100,000 Population

StateCitydata-sort-type="number" Populationdata-sort-type="number" Violent Crimedata-sort-type="number" Murder and nonnegligent manslaughterdata-sort-type="number" Forcible rapedata-sort-type="number" Robberydata-sort-type="number" Aggravated assaultdata-sort-type="number" Property crimedata-sort-type="number" Burglarydata-sort-type="number" Larceny-theftdata-sort-type="number" Motor vehicle theft
PennsylvaniaAbington Township, Montgomery County55,731 197.41.814.470111.21979.1296.11650.832.3
OregonAlbany51,084 86.1019.64521.53092.9438.52470.4184
LouisianaAlexandria48,449 1682.218.628.9293.11341.67492.42010.45102.3379.8
CaliforniaAliso Viejo48,999 87.80012.275.5847208.2612.326.5
FloridaAltamonte Springs42,296 335.72.421.382.8229.33057427.92463.6165.5
PennsylvaniaAltoona46,404 351.34.366.869211.219464871381.377.6
IowaAmes59,271 131.605411.865.82453.14911909.952.3
IndianaAnderson56,132 4811.896.2133.6249.45095.111423584.4368.8
IowaAnkeny46,482 73.1017.215.140.91385.5305.51039.140.9
FloridaApopka43,046 339.22.330.2137.1169.63057.2648.12269.7139.4
MinnesotaApple Valley49,827
  1. N/A
4
  1. N/A
32.136.12239.7218.81968.852.2
CaliforniaArcadia57,295 99.501.738.459.32422.5591.71701.7129.2
MassachusettsArlington43,675 116.806.920.689.31179.222992525.2
MassachusettsAttleboro44,033 322.5043.152.2227.12411.8556.41710.1145.3
AlabamaAuburn54,785 240.95.523.745.6166.13502.87632646.793.1
CaliforniaAzusa47,111 4672.112.787365.12555.7649.51564.4341.7
MassachusettsBarnstable45,570 6212.248.363.6506.92784.7829.51858.796.6
IllinoisBartlett41,477 74.709.621.743.4764.369.9670.324.1
TennesseeBartlett55,510 237.8012.634.21911401.5225.21124.152.2
OhioBeavercreek45,563 54.9013.228.513.22355250.22074.130.7
TexasBedford48,763 293.32.120.559.5211.22729.5578.31993.3157.9
CaliforniaBell Gardens42,769 292.374.7156.7123.91702.2259.5720.1722.5
NebraskaBellevue51,678 106.41.938.725.240.62209.8299.91722.2187.7
IllinoisBerwyn56,933 198.51.835.177.384.32513.5764.11566.8182.7
MassachusettsBeverly40,150 206.7019.932.4154.41569.1288.91252.827.4
MassachusettsBillerica41,016 136.52.424.417.192.6114121786856.1
MississippiBiloxi45,037 417.42.266.6188.7159.95033.61625.33153255.3
New YorkBinghamton47,250 666.76.331.7171.4457.14943.911813665.697.4
VirginiaBlacksburg43,070 90.6027.925.537.11102.9185.7875.341.8
MinnesotaBlaine57,953
  1. N/A
0
  1. N/A
19503316.5345.12874.796.6
MichiganBloomfield Township41,367 53.22.44.89.736.31092.7256.2795.341.1
New JerseyBloomfield47,620 264.62.12.1153.3107.12286.9552.31373.4361.2
MissouriBlue Springs52,848 242.27.622.737.8174.13343.64922607.5244.1
OhioBoardman40,608 105.92.514.876.312.34181.4672.33376.2133
UtahBountiful43,888 84.32.338.74.638.72141.8325.81704.3111.6
MarylandBowie55,765 141.71.8068.171.71624.7313.81215.895
KentuckyBowling Green59,043 320.16.861127125.35123.4926.43932.7264.2
FloridaBradenton50,878 670.27.945.2184.8432.43982.11004.42830.3147.4
CaliforniaBrea40,253 183.80557.1121.73209.7474.52613.5121.7
CaliforniaBrentwood52,811 187.51.97.679.598.52243.9454.51581.1208.3
New JerseyBridgewater Township44,884 2908.911.18.91459.3189.41236.533.4
PennsylvaniaBristol Township54,796 204.4016.4133.254.73146.2662.52292.1191.6
MassachusettsBrookline59,658 137.506.75278.81346248.11067.830.2
ColoradoBroomfield58,145 51.61.71210.327.52086.2154.81850.580.8
ArizonaBuckeye52,213 103.45.71.921.174.72627.7716.31769.7141.7
IllinoisBuffalo Grove41,687 12007.24.8892.488.8798.84.8
ArizonaBullhead City40,277 213.512.4064.6136.64037819.32967250.8
North CarolinaBurlington51,430 789.43.933.1204.2548.35428.71304.73884.9239.2
IdahoCaldwell47,223 256.22.114.814.8224.52437.4563.31772.4101.6
CaliforniaCampbell40,339 223.1044.679.399.24087.9919.72734.3433.8
IllinoisCarol Stream40,008 9007.51567.51199.8175987.337.5
ArizonaCasa Grande50,132 420.96891.8315.2569915303857.8311.2
WyomingCasper56,801 151.45.33.521.1121.53464.7639.12642.6183.1
ColoradoCastle Rock50,038 89.922414501331203.81075.252
CaliforniaCathedral City52,867 385.93.818.9128.6234.62981.11184.11235.2561.8
TexasCedar Hill46,633 227.3023.681.5122.23529.77872560.4182.3
TexasCedar Park52,051 209.4021.117.31711469.7178.71254.536.5
CaliforniaCeres46,167 396.4032.5119.1244.84202.1853.42566.8781.9
CaliforniaCerritos49,856 240.7014134.492.33750.8884.52513.2353
North CarolinaChapel Hill58,586 148.53.417.151.276.82548.4771.51654122.9
VirginiaCharlottesville43,991 450.14.538.6113.7293.23414.3368.32832.4213.7
MichiganChesterfield Township43,474 278.3016.132.22302044.9296.71640.1108.1
MissouriChesterfield47,560 48.404.214.729.41587.51431402.442.1
MassachusettsChicopee55,825 462.2048.4129284.83007.61135.71657215
OhioCleveland Heights45,761 367.1021.9240.4104.93601.3666.52768.7166.1
TennesseeCleveland42,068 881.9068.992.7720.35289.1946.14162.3180.7
CaliforniaCoachella42,034 630.411.921.4159.4437.73680.41008.71855.6816
FloridaCoconut Creek54,651 195.81.818.358.6117.12967.94942314.7159.2
IdahoCoeur d'Alene45,267 574.4057.430.94864369.6952.13081.7335.8
OhioColerain Township58,345 27.400027.42668.6270.82396.11.7
TennesseeCollierville44,690 172.3011.215.7145.41984.8181.2176142.5
CaliforniaColton53,431 353.7018.7157.2177.83569.1984.41922.1662.5
IndianaColumbus44,817 185.22.226.849.1107.14931.2584.63944.9401.6
ColoradoCommerce City47,590 357.214.756.735.7250.12983.8619.92103.4260.6
New HampshireConcord42,815 214.9051.444.4119.12970.9425.12482.863.1
TexasConroe59,856 369.23.321.7123.6220.53443.3746.82507.7188.8
TexasCoppell40,053 67.407.51049.91655.3322.11295.837.5
FloridaCoral Gables48,435 163.16.28.345.4103.24701.1844.43627.5229.2
OregonCorvallis55,062 121.71.82027.272.62575.3426.8209454.5
CaliforniaCovina48,588 310.84.126.8113.2166.73398808.82202.2386.9
IllinoisCrystal Lake40,785 152017.224.5110.31971.3149.61782.539.2
CaliforniaCupertino59,769 9701038.548.51333.5292.895288.7
FloridaCutler Bay41,799 296.72.41283.7198.64440.3574.23638.8227.3
OhioCuyahoga Falls49,470 131.4034.426.370.72575.3464.91989.1121.3
CaliforniaCypress48,976 114.304.134.775.52078.6373.71574.2130.7
CaliforniaDanville43,121 37.1004.632.51025218767.639.4
VirginiaDanville43,324 311.66.934.6124.6145.44487.1974.13409.2103.9
IllinoisDe Kalb43,722 448.3077.864306.52982.54782449.654.9
MichiganDearborn Heights57,228 337.25.226.275.1230.72201.7655.31163.8382.7
AlabamaDecatur56,126 427.63.616142.5265.55190.11462.83499.3228.1
CaliforniaDelano54,318 504.401197.6395.82645.51003.41016.2625.9
IllinoisDes Plaines58,644 110.806.822.281.81604.6233.61290.880.1
TexasDesoto50,795 259.9221.784.7151.63508.21224.52051.4232.3
CaliforniaDiamond Bar56,470 97.401.830.165.51685.9626.9929.7129.3
FloridaDoral47,427 177.1010.533.7132.84982.4493.44151.6337.4
IllinoisDowners Grove48,185 60.208.324.9272062.9325.81699.737.4
UtahDraper43,600 98.62.313.89.273.41986.2350.91552.882.6
CaliforniaDublin47,004 178.708.542.5127.61555.2329.81110.5114.9
OhioDublin42,343 35.42.42.418.911.81284.7226.71036.821.3
IowaDubuque58,460 2193.434.237.6143.7
  1. N/A
  1. N/A
1984.378.7
GeorgiaDunwoody47,308 95.12.18.559.225.44073.3572.83263.7236.7
New JerseyEast Brunswick Township48,009 52.10022.929.21789.2258.31491.439.6
ConnecticutEast Hartford51,431 373.33.950.6161.4157.53058.5703.92000.7353.9
MichiganEast Lansing48,701 238.2034.939164.32039441.51427.1170.4
Rhode IslandEast Providence46,994 151.14.327.729.889.41774.7306.41342.7125.5
CaliforniaEastvale55,439 7401.827.145.11816.4461.81156.2198.4
MinnesotaEdina48,932
  1. N/A
0
  1. N/A
10.216.31780228.91514.336.8
WashingtonEdmonds40,609 140.42.59.949.378.82472.4640.31709123.1
New JerseyEgg Harbor Township43,501 227.606.955.2165.51963.24461443.673.6
CaliforniaEl Centro43,643 380.44.61691.7268.15675.61681.83602391.8
IllinoisElmhurst44,460 72011.23624.71399251.91086.460.7
ConnecticutEnfield44,806 670026.840.21830.1441.9131969.2
OklahomaEnid49,755 329.6456.342.2227.13975.5976.82817.8180.9
TexasEuless53,228 178.5018.871.488.32983.4608.72109.8264.9
MassachusettsEverett42,476 400.24.725.9155.4214.22321.3586.21417.3317.8
New JerseyEvesham Township45,849 65.404.417.443.61491.9248.61223.619.6
OhioFairfield42,727 341.79.416.465.5250.43131.54542579.298.3
New MexicoFarmington45,328 1061.28.8178.786787.64116.7732.43154.8229.4
MassachusettsFitchburg40,809 781.72.551.5115.2612.62661.2752.31798.6110.3
MissouriFlorissant52,243 151.205.755.5902239.54671506.4266.1
WisconsinFond du Lac43,319 422.4080.825.4316.32793.2272.4244080.8
FloridaFort Pierce42,566 1108.9772.8321.9707.15462.11656.33589.7216.1
CaliforniaFountain Valley56,674 1871.812.430142.92592527.61875.6188.8
New YorkFreeport Village43,248 483.311.69.2249.7212.72023.2490.21396.6136.4
TexasGalveston49,170 6024.175.2240282.75021.41051.53644.5325.4
CaliforniaGardena59,802 479.9021.7279.3178.92209496.61197.3515
TexasGeorgetown50,304 131.2027.89.993.41828.9292.21500.935.8
CaliforniaGilroy50,042 317.7614135.9161.93573677.42432463.6
CaliforniaGlendora50,903 115.9015.75347.12540.1396.81999.9143.4
Illinois44,909 86.802015.651.21066.6256.1788.322.3
North DakotaGrand Forks53,839 271.2044.642.7183.92617.1423.52026.4167.2
NebraskaGrand Island49,583 326.7080.742.4203.74648.8740.23749.3159.3
ColoradoGrand Junction59,516 423.43.487.448.72844592517.53856.1218.4
TexasGrapevine48,095 147.62.1272791.527823412287.1153.9
MontanaGreat Falls59,360 254.41.716.842.1193.74696.8539.13938.7219
New YorkGreenburgh Town43,409 112.90036.9761359.21521128.878.3
IndianaGreenwood51,746 369.11.95.836.7324.73495.94002981.9114
New JerseyHackensack43,499
  1. N/A
09.278.2
  1. N/A
2020.72461616.1158.6
MarylandHagerstown40,275 489.17.427.3186.2268.23615.1769.72532.6312.8
TexasHaltom City44,024 240.8015.961.3163.53302.71013.12001.2288.5
New YorkHamburg Town45,166 77.506.613.357.62847.3418.52351.377.5
CaliforniaHanford54,787 5643.743.8107.7408.93123615.12146.5361.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg49,753 1461.222.1112.6779.9546.74876.11232.13326.4317.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg50,524 217.7227.749.5138.52111.9300.81757.653.4
MississippiHattiesburg46,726 252.510.727.8141.272.85709.9802.64671.9235.4
PennsylvaniaHaverford Township48,599 51.40016.5351189.3148.21012.428.8
New YorkHempstead Village54,380 853.316.616.6380.7439.51824.23991169.5255.6
TennesseeHendersonville52,781 240.6011.424.6204.61782.8267.11462.653
North CarolinaHickory40,361 656.67.454.5200.7393.965411176.94962.7401.4
CaliforniaHighland54,403 544.17.49.2169.1358.42970.41156.21266.5547.8
New JerseyHoboken50,794 295.3021.784.71891958.9297.31462.8198.8
IllinoisHoffman Estates52,148 126.6024.949.951.81361.5247.41073.940.3
MassachusettsHolyoke40,260 948.8082216.1650.862321102.84855.9273.2
New JerseyHowell Township51,379 79.801.917.560.31241.8332.8885.623.4
North CarolinaHuntersville48,524 175.2012.441.2121.62165.9375.11739.351.5
CaliforniaHuntington Park59,079 631.46.815.2411.31983244.8407.91723.11113.8
KansasHutchinson42,357 618.62.461.456.7498.15947.11185.24469.2292.7
IdahoIdaho Falls58,037 239.5044.822.4172.32937.8475.62345.1117.2
New YorkIrondequoit Town52,045 151.81.97.771.171.13137.7637.92397.9101.8
New JerseyIrvington54,274 1304.516.636.9597654.13624.21037.31468.51118.4
New JerseyJackson Township55,400
  1. N/A
010.816.2
  1. N/A
1355.6514.4817.723.5
MissouriJefferson City43,413 601.24.627.689.8479.13653.3541.33019.892.1
IndianaJeffersonville45,640 955.34.44.478.9867.74263.8898.33054.3311.1
MissouriJoplin50,654 568.63.953.3138.2373.17576.91289.15764.6523.2
FloridaJupiter56,674 202.9019.465.3118.22110.3414.71619.875.9
New JerseyKearny41,310 242.107.3128.3106.52147.2297.71532.3317.1
TexasKeller41,137 36.504.99.721.9943.2175736.631.6
OhioKettering56,423 88.603935.414.22288.1561.81657.169.1
TennesseeKingsport49,639 739.3462.5100.7572.15942.9868.34808.7265.9
WashingtonKirkland50,243 183.1027.947.8107.53292656.82462173.2
IndianaKokomo45,636 387.98.832.9133.7212.64069.21012.42835.5221.3
WisconsinLa Crosse51,851 2977.740.573.3175.53768.5779.22894.894.5
CaliforniaLa Mesa58,444 383.33.418.8150.6210.52963.5600.62019343.9
CaliforniaLa Mirada49,312 198.74.18.140.61461573.7344.71020208.9
CaliforniaLa Puente40,479 298.97.414.8103.8172.91287.1271.7625390.3
WashingtonLacey43,540 176.89.213.820.7133.23362.45422650.4170
CaliforniaLake Elsinore53,912 241.13.75.6105.7126.13583.6996.12116.4471.1
ArizonaLake Havasu City53,513 108.43.718.713.172.92534478.41891.1164.4
MinnesotaLakeville56,805
  1. N/A
0
  1. N/A
1.815.81330.9216.51091.522.9
OhioLakewood51,721 123.75.85.865.746.41981.8471.81314.7195.3
WashingtonLakewood59,416 782.61.765.6181.8533.54869.11203.43298.8366.9
VirginiaLeesburg44,889 160.42.224.540.193.62169.8102.52020.546.8
UtahLehi49,375 36.508.16.122.31322.5255.21008.658.7
KansasLenexa49,222 117.8218.310.287.41917.8188.91529.8199.1
MassachusettsLeominster41,262 656.8031.5109.1516.23189.4647.12423.5118.8
CaliforniaLincoln44,378 31.502.311.3181140.2457.4570.1112.7
New JerseyLinden40,926 320.12.412.2136.8168.62372.6395.81683.5293.2
ColoradoLittleton43,229 129.59.346.334.739.32887592.22107.4187.4
UtahLogan49,672 64.402656.42107.8414.71620.672.5
IllinoisLombard43,482 124.22.34.641.475.92626.4271.42318.236.8
CaliforniaLompoc43,120 514.8737.162.6408.22704.1723.61825.1155.4
PennsylvaniaLower Merion Township58,252 80.703.454.922.31775329.61404.241.2
PennsylvaniaLower Paxton Township47,578 239.6025.294.6119.82194.3346.81811.835.7
AlabamaMadison43,860 205.209.145.6150.52435499.31835.4100.3
New JerseyManchester Township43,491 46002.343.71050.8457.6586.36.9
ConnecticutManchester58,444 189.91.720.578.7893074.7492.82424.5157.4
OhioMansfield47,480 374.92.156.9195.9120.16750.22139.84431.3179
TexasMansfield58,490 126.53.439.337.646.21566.1288.91196.880.4
FloridaMargate55,010 261.85.510.976.3169.12023.3561.71350.7110.9
ArizonaMaricopa44,881 129.22.220.126.780.21880.5345.41412.6122.5
GeorgiaMarietta57,969 817.71.720.7227.7567.54395.5855.63217.2322.6
New JerseyMarlboro Township40,430 4202.512.427.2794207.8561.524.7
OhioMentor47,123 112.5031.857.323.32599.6218.62308.972.2
MississippiMeridian41,347 565.924.279.8299.91625173.31775.22965.1432.9
MassachusettsMethuen48,051 162.302.129.1131.11810.6295.51369.4145.7
OhioMiami Township, Clermont County41,213 342.47.39.714.61916.9308.21589.319.4
PennsylvaniaMiddletown Township45,614 85.504.441.739.53494.5510.82876.3107.4
ConnecticutMiddletown47,878 150.42.12.152.2941879.8325.81380.6173.4
OhioMiddletown48,959 733.3263.3167.5500.48225.22318.35702.7204.3
MichiganMidland42,106 90.22.435.611.940.41085.41339502.4
OklahomaMidwest City55,768 52910.864.682.5371.25347.21409.43507.4430.4
ConnecticutMilford52,817 87.103.862.520.83002.82842595.8123.1
PennsylvaniaMillcreek Township, Erie County53,615 93.33.711.24137.32038.6544.6143856
MinnesotaMinnetonka50,758
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0
  1. N/A
9.929.61647364.51239.243.3
North DakotaMinot43,460 232.404613.8172.61755.6179.51392.1184.1
IndianaMishawaka48,363 330.86.245.5113.7165.45783.31035.94420.7326.7
IllinoisMoline43,509 404.5036.852.9314.93112468.92516.7126.4
LouisianaMonroe49,474 990.410.136.4276.96677630.32368.95103.7157.7
OklahomaMoore56,661 135.91.88.835.3904205.7875.43002.1328.3
New JerseyMount Laurel Township42,150 78.307.142.728.51686.8320.31309.656.9
IllinoisMount Prospect54,428 58.8001147.81368.8152.51161.255.1
CaliforniaNational City59,920 619.26.730275.4307.13109.1610.81819.1679.2
New JerseyNew Brunswick55,717 685.614.443.1387.7240.52711.9999.71563.3149
CaliforniaNewark43,539 388.22.332.2158.5195.23098.4895.71862.7339.9
OhioNewark47,787 144.4041.96735.64796.31048.43567.9180
New YorkNiagara Falls50,356 1229.2651.6339.6832.15884.11489.44136.5258.2
IllinoisNormal52,797 215.903664.4115.52473.6501.91924.447.4
New JerseyNorth Brunswick Township41,163 123.904.963.255.917715321161.277.7
FloridaNorth Lauderdale42,352 453.37.133.1158.22552802.79351700167.6
FloridaNorth Miami Beach43,084 647.64.662.7301.7278.54614.21629.42699.4285.5
FloridaNorth Port58,568 2223.434.120.5163.91833.8474.71314.744.4
ConnecticutNorwich40,517 244.32.544.486.4111.12376.8676.31577.1123.4
CaliforniaNovato52,942 181.309.449.1122.81805.7455.21178.6171.9
MichiganNovi55,623 66.507.216.243.11884.1129.41684.670.1
IllinoisOak Lawn56,964 144015.854.473.71996198.41702.894.8
FloridaOakland Park42,701 784.5037.5316.2430.95290.316373377276.3
FloridaOcala57,288 654.610.573.3160.6410.254061057.84243.5104.7
WashingtonOlympia47,729 314.310.594.377.51324368.4980.53151.1236.8
IllinoisOrland Park57,043 281.81.8717.52382.478.92275.528
ArizonaOro Valley41,786 50.32.49.67.231.11624.9227.31323.474.2
KentuckyOwensboro57,751 216.4048.577.9904360.1812.13338.5209.5
FloridaPalm Beach Gardens49,679 151022.160.468.43188.5487.12598.7102.7
CaliforniaPalm Desert50,021 207.901298984642.11453.42952.8235.9
CaliforniaPalm Springs45,996 656.66.539.1226.1384.84852.61919.72417.6515.3
CaliforniaParamount54,997 443.75.512.7234.6190.92792.9494.61472.8825.5
ColoradoParker47,004 125.5023.46.495.7955.2219.1691.444.7
New JerseyParsippany-Troy Hills Township53,793 72.53.79.32633.5922.1254.7611.655.8
MassachusettsPeabody52,113 232.2021.123188.12114.6297.41713.6103.6
PennsylvaniaPenn Hills42,488 308.311.814.194.1188.31979.4727.31129.7122.4
FloridaPensacola52,909 89413.256.7168.2655.85730.61343.84160226.8
New JerseyPerth Amboy51,345 453.81.917.5185249.32376.1745.91384.8245.4
CaliforniaPetaluma58,995 283.11.742.449.2189.81393.3252.61054.386.4
TexasPflugerville49,483 123.3218.212.190.91620.8282.91287.350.5
ArkansasPine Bluff48,522 1288.128.965.9278.29156825.82316.54138.3371
FloridaPinellas Park49,821 457.61026.196.3325.25509.7945.44311.4252.9
New JerseyPiscataway Township56,593 113.101.837.174.2929.4235646.747.7
MassachusettsPittsfield44,868 425.7075.884.7265.22598.7829.11673.895.8
CaliforniaPlacentia51,778 206.71.97.7561411749.8353.41210.9185.4
New JerseyPlainfield50,332 711.311.927.8327.8343.72870.91045.11625.2200.7
IdahoPocatello55,182 255.51.818.139.9195.72721.9474.82160.187
TexasPort Arthur54,745 628.47.334.7221365.34394.915602608.5226.5
FloridaPort Orange57,300 108.23.51.720.9822493.9525.31856.9111.7
MichiganPortage46,658 162.9049.332.181.43521.4394.43039.187.9
CaliforniaPorterville55,533 360.15.418113.4223.33253.91071.41825.9356.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie Town42,698 126.504.760.960.93248.4199.13023.625.8
CaliforniaPoway48,968 192012.355.1124.61141.6279.8794.467.4
ArizonaPrescott40,420 415.64.934.6473292731.3487.42184.659.4
IllinoisQuincy40,684 462.1063.939.3358.93205.2550.62590.763.9
CaliforniaRancho Palos Verdes42,335 82.702.414.266.11176.3394.5722.859.1
CaliforniaRancho Santa Margarita49,038 55.104.120.430.6650.5140.7489.420.4
WashingtonRedmond55,770 64.6014.319.730.52137.3308.41741.187.9
MassachusettsRevere52,926 508.31.922.7136347.72352.3434.61594.7323.1
WashingtonRichland50,057 163.804022101.92537.1373.62035.7127.9
CaliforniaRocklin58,865 83.208.527.247.61557.8412.81039.7105.3
North CarolinaRocky Mount58,002 1291.313.822.4220.71034.45832.61803.43779.2250
ArkansasRogers57,757 349.7074.419256.23620.3626.82900.193.5
CaliforniaRohnert Park41,716 460.32.426.450.3381.11845.8268.51435.9141.4
CaliforniaRosemead54,656 261.607.398.8155.51670.4336.7934.9398.9
MichiganRoseville47,400 478.9067.5124.5286.94082.3592.83061.2428.3
New MexicoRoswell48,623 629.316.557.686.4468.95378.11135.34088.6154.2
TexasRowlett58,324 121.7029.115.477.21726.6378.91272.275.4
MichiganRoyal Oak57,649 124.9015.620.888.51748.5310.51287.1150.9
MichiganSaginaw Township40,642 209.12.514.881.2110.72017.6292.81668.256.6
MichiganSaginaw51,267 2362.152.7126.8325.71856.93442.82032.51205.5204.8
MassachusettsSalem42,025 378.3016.740.5321.22272.5352.21794.2126.1
KansasSalina48,155 334.32.139.547.82454886.3924.13740222.2
WashingtonSammamish47,158 33.9014.82.117727.3231.1468.627.6
CaliforniaSan Bruno42,002 202.4026.269107.12288304.71642.8340.5
CaliforniaSan Gabriel40,376 21807.484.2126.31362.2354.2856.9151.1
CaliforniaSan Jacinto45,637 300.26.611111.8170.93240.8922.51891427.3
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo45,947 2592.243.541.4171.94289.79013212.4176.3
TexasSan Marcos47,384 346.12.15759.1227.93285.9533.92526.2225.8
CaliforniaSan Rafael58,854 324.5023.8142.71583032.9611.71923.4497.8
FloridaSanford54,662 590.95.538.4303.7243.35422.41503.83633.2285.4
CaliforniaSantee54,700 281.53.716.554.8206.62027.4334.61451.6241.3
FloridaSarasota53,055 801.17.547.1256.3490.15460.41328.83945186.6
New JerseySayreville43,151 88.12.32.327.855.61341.8296.6980.364.9
WisconsinSheboygan49,261 345.18.138.642.6255.83079.5531.92460.487.3
ConnecticutShelton40,062 54.9017.5307.51078.3334.5661.582.4
WashingtonShoreline54,574 181.45.542.175.158.63030.7809.92021.1199.7
ArizonaSierra Vista46,612 278.9051.560.1167.33306527.82610.9167.3
GeorgiaSmyrna52,537 306.55.722.8129.4148.52649.6696.71709.3243.6
TennesseeSmyrna41,284 256.84.829.150.91722390.83271942.6121.1
New JerseySouth Brunswick Township43,875 77.504.616571180.6246.2847.986.6
UtahSouth Jordan52,071 44.207.719.217.31976.1332.21530.6113.3
New YorkSouthampton Town50,256 127.30629.891.51999.8435.81440.6123.4
MississippiSouthaven49,938 292.4048.144.1200.22653.3378.52158.7116.1
ConnecticutSouthington43,219 64.82.311.625.525.51737.7300.81353.683.3
MichiganSt. Clair Shores59,841 252.3033.421.7197.21980.2469.61361.9148.7
MinnesotaSt. Louis Park46,176
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34.732.53226.8534.92581.4110.4
MissouriSt. Peters53,364 223011.226.2185.52602.9213.62340.548.7
PennsylvaniaState College57,020 92.91.819.32150.91380.2201.7115424.6
OklahomaStillwater46,331 261.22.251.845.3161.93175561.22490.8123
ConnecticutStratford52,041 199.8028.853.8117.22715.2470.82056.1188.3
IllinoisStreamwood40,050 84.901527.542.41755.3307.11418.230
OhioStrongsville44,397 29.3013.511.34.51792.9186.91576.729.3
South CarolinaSummerville45,209 183.64.44.470.81042917.6424.72260.6232.3
South CarolinaSumter40,911 985.117.119.6158.9789.552481464.23444.1339.8
MassachusettsTaunton56,438 474.9031.9109.9333.11507.8673.3774.360.2
New JerseyTeaneck Township40,230 139.20072.167.11456.6298.31098.759.7
TexasTexas City46,448 318.64.323.7109.8180.83660764.32751.5144.2
OregonTigard49,359 135.7218.272.942.53478.6441.72933.6103.3
IllinoisTinley Park56,992 75.41.810.519.343.91472.1189.51245.836.8
FloridaTitusville44,374 662.6958.6173.5421.43977.61169.62255.8552.1
New YorkTonawanda Town58,393 202.11.720.654.81251834.1339.11452.242.8
New YorkTroy50,391 664.813.929.8220.3400.94707.21176.83328202.4
IdahoTwin Falls44,866 376.7044.637.9294.22817.3461.42231.1124.8
OhioUnion Township, Clermont County46,833 76.92.119.236.319.23529.6493.22961.674.7
New JerseyUnion Township57,234 13808.776.952.41864.3298.81341.9223.6
IllinoisUrbana41,537 356.3048.1163.7144.434741001.52344.9127.6
IowaUrbandale40,467 140.907.44.9128.51700.2264.41354.281.5
GeorgiaValdosta56,617 4385.367.1155.4210.24104.81156.92811.9136
ConnecticutWallingford45,183 33.204.422.16.62022.9356.31611.255.3
OhioWarren41,355 674.69.738.7246.6379.64860.41963.52626270.8
New JerseyWashington Township, Gloucester County48,940 136.906.159.371.52327.3363.71879.983.8
CaliforniaWatsonville52,064 4843.828.8167.1284.33044.35091966.8568.5
WisconsinWauwatosa46,748 166.92.10119.844.941205693471.879.1
New JerseyWayne Township55,071 72.60023.6492228343.21803.181.7
New YorkWebster Town and Village42,936 60.604.718.637.31080.7202.6836.141.9
FloridaWellington57,943 248.5017.348.3182.92493.8403.81905.3184.7
OhioWest Chester Township58,897 91.7047.520.423.82234.43651830.339.1
IowaWest Des Moines58,134 163.4027.513.8122.13139.3366.42686.986
ConnecticutWest Haven55,626 573.51.81.8104.3465.62601.3354.21934.3312.8
New JerseyWest New York50,507 388.1015.8184.1188.11451.3386.1964.2101
New JerseyWest Orange46,505 146.24.3066.775.31406.3318.2937.5150.5
CaliforniaWest Sacramento49,500 383.8052.5147.5183.82945.5765.71844.4335.4
New YorkWest Seneca Town44,902 115.804.52982.41875.2331.81476.566.8
MassachusettsWestfield41,485 183.2019.333.7130.21856.1484.51328.243.4
MassachusettsWeymouth54,597 344.3016.576.9250.91474.4384.61009.280.6
IllinoisWheaton53,263 22.51.91.95.613.11088.9180.2889.918.8
New YorkWhite Plains57,567 159.81.75.253.9992407.6142.42221.843.4
PennsylvaniaWilkes-Barre41,532 414.17.272.2183151.72992.9652.52092.4248
North CarolinaWilson49,785 526.3106138.6371.646621337.83099.3225
CaliforniaWoodland56,323 314.3017.883.4213.13080.4640.92080.9358.6
Rhode IslandWoonsocket41,147 534.7055.9143.4335.43059.8840.92041.5177.4
TexasWylie43,645 64.24.62.36.950.41404.5229.11111.264.2
PennsylvaniaYork43,955 1335.525100.1430780.33599.1985.12388.8225.2
CaliforniaYucaipa52,622 226.109.566.5150.11793.95151062.3216.6

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.[3] 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.[4]

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".[5]

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."[5]

Criticism of comparing crime rates

Crime rates per capita might also be biased by population size depending on the crime type.[6] This misrepresentation occurs because rates per capita assume that crime increases at the same pace as the number of people in an area.[7] When this linear assumption does not hold, rates per capita still have population effects. In these nonlinear cases, per capita rates can inflate or deflate the representation of crime in cities, introducing an artifactual bias into rankings. Therefore, it is necessary to test for linearity before comparing crime rates of cities of different sizes.

Other cities rates

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010 (Table 6). FBI. 20 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Table 08, Data Declaration - Crime in the United States 2007 . www.fbi.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080916011202/http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_08_dd.html . 2008-09-16.
  3. Web site: Caution Against Ranking. FBI. August 8, 2012.
  4. Web site: A Word About UCR Data. FBI. 12 October 2010.
  5. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-16-2007/0004707515&EDATE= Criminologists Condemn City crime rankings
  6. Oliveira . M. . More crime in cities? On the scaling laws of crime and the inadequacy of per capita rankings—a cross-country study. Crime Science . 10 . 27 . 10.1186/s40163-021-00155-8. free . 2012.15368 .
  7. Boivin . R. . On the use of crime rates . Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice . 55(2) . 263–277 . 10.3138/cjccj.2012-E-06.