Most Violent Cities in America 2026

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City	State	Violent Crime Rate 2024 (per 100k pop.)↓	Murder & Manslaughter 2024 (per 100k Pop.)	Rape 2024 (per 100k Pop.)	Robbery 2024 (per 100k Pop.)	Aggravated Assault 2024 (per 100k Pop.)
Memphis	Tennessee	2501.28	40.61	69.96	348.66	2042.05
Oakland	California	1925.33	18.62	68.04	680.39	1158.28
Detroit	Michigan	1781.25	31.17	92.91	183.52	1473.65
Little Rock	Arkansas	1672.00	17.63	115.06	217.87	1321.44
Baltimore	Maryland	1606.16	34.77	57.53	573.21	940.65
Cleveland	Ohio	1561.08	30.05	140.86	389.24	1000.93
Kansas City	Missouri	1547.11	27.56	74.68	253.94	1190.93
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	1430.90	23.91	68.16	308.16	1030.66
St. Louis	Missouri	1367.14	54.09	58.06	249.55	1005.43
Dayton	Ohio	1339.20	29.66	116.42	252.86	940.26
Birmingham	Alabama	1246.56	58.85	14.84	201.11	971.76
Shreveport	Louisiana	1228.50	26.84	83.38	79.96	1038.31
Albuquerque	New Mexico	1181.76	18.43	62.46	159.29	941.57
Springfield	Missouri	1178.11	5.86	104.38	123.73	944.13
Minneapolis	Minnesota	1160.22	17.95	89.07	371.86	681.34
Houston	Texas	1148.17	13.80	73.00	274.02	787.35
Stockton	California	1145.83	15.98	40.43	336.29	753.13
Nashville	Tennessee	1124.06	14.59	71.96	154.94	882.56
Rockford	Illinois	1079.98	13.08	69.52	106.69	890.69
Tacoma	Washington	1063.04	9.82	67.86	184.39	800.96
Kansas City	Kansas	1047.19	12.39	67.81	93.89	873.09
Toledo	Ohio	1041.08	12.14	98.61	107.33	823.00
Victorville	California	1015.62	7.84	63.43	170.34	774.01
Anchorage	Alaska	1014.78	9.41	161.00	166.92	677.45
Denver	Colorado	993.03	9.83	93.62	176.17	713.40
Aurora	Colorado	947.84	10.31	73.39	136.23	727.91
Tulsa	Oklahoma	941.87	9.48	105.76	98.71	727.92
Washington	District of Columbia	925.88	25.49	34.03	438.59	427.77
Greensboro	North Carolina	923.74	14.13	26.29	173.51	709.81
Grand Rapids	Michigan	910.10	6.13	89.84	116.38	697.76
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	908.69	16.91	46.09	273.23	572.47
San Bernardino	California	897.08	11.15	49.94	241.21	594.78
Indianapolis	Indiana	877.86	19.98	59.17	143.15	655.56
Salt Lake City	Utah	864.23	5.17	158.46	183.38	517.22
Corpus Christi	Texas	863.63	8.54	74.34	115.78	664.96
Cincinnati	Ohio	845.64	21.82	57.12	231.71	534.98
Lancaster	California	834.70	17.68	46.95	171.94	598.13
Chattanooga	Tennessee	823.74	12.71	91.06	93.70	626.28
Lubbock	Texas	821.04	5.19	77.07	115.60	623.19
Akron	Ohio	820.30	12.75	113.16	82.35	612.04
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	809.71	11.42	46.06	97.23	655.01
Phoenix	Arizona	799.61	8.36	64.29	181.62	545.34
Lakewood	Colorado	787.20	2.57	59.67	137.94	587.04
Seattle	Washington	775.07	6.84	46.31	220.64	501.28
Columbia	South Carolina	769.93	9.68	61.57	108.61	590.07
Syracuse	New York	765.28	15.15	58.55	133.63	557.95
Sacramento	California	754.93	8.54	34.56	192.15	519.68
Mobile	Alabama	752.03	16.45	26.15	52.72	656.71
Knoxville	Tennessee	740.31	10.97	64.85	81.81	582.67
Newport News	Virginia	735.99	11.98	28.87	84.98	610.14
Fresno	California	735.47	5.85	44.63	167.91	517.08
Portland	Oregon	720.15	10.75	50.88	177.35	481.17
Pomona	California	715.95	8.35	42.44	217.78	447.38
Colorado Springs	Colorado	715.60	7.73	101.33	77.52	529.02
Louisville	Kentucky	707.40	21.72	30.73	128.24	526.71
Buffalo	New York	706.18	12.42	43.47	157.82	492.46
Des Moines	Iowa	703.00	4.30	51.14	75.03	572.53
Amarillo	Texas	690.51	8.37	73.88	86.68	521.57
Long Beach	California	676.45	8.33	45.02	222.63	400.47
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	676.01	10.29	72.87	99.65	493.19
Spokane	Washington	674.86	6.97	76.68	145.08	446.13
New York	New York	671.02	3.92	23.41	187.47	456.22
Fayetteville	North Carolina	660.17	12.38	32.87	100.98	513.94
Dallas	Texas	658.19	13.62	35.94	168.52	440.11
Modesto	California	655.74	3.20	56.17	113.25	483.13
St. Petersburg	Florida	619.62	6.79	43.40	81.51	487.93
Durham	North Carolina	619.24	12.32	57.29	160.89	388.73
St. Paul	Minnesota	617.66	8.55	65.78	119.06	424.27
San Jose	California	606.79	2.72	77.34	140.78	385.96
Columbus	Georgia	603.80	12.93	25.37	50.73	514.77
San Francisco	California	596.50	4.36	34.88	267.17	290.09
Oxnard	California	596.37	3.04	32.93	118.56	441.83
Anaheim	California	596.18	3.55	50.22	105.17	437.24
Montgomery	Alabama	594.65	18.07	6.19	191.51	378.88
San Antonio	Texas	594.14	8.39	83.66	108.36	393.74
Riverside	California	589.73	3.12	54.04	120.26	412.31
Tucson	Arizona	588.75	6.74	47.74	108.06	426.21
Rochester	New York	582.26	13.10	18.44	153.33	397.39
Vancouver	Washington	582.26	5.55	61.56	122.10	393.05
Pasadena	Texas	566.12	4.13	69.56	73.69	418.74
Bakersfield	California	554.65	6.73	40.85	125.68	381.38
Palmdale	California	551.00	5.66	28.30	151.59	365.45
Warren	Michigan	541.80	5.15	76.56	35.33	424.76
Chicago	Illinois	539.85	17.47	58.78	335.28	128.32
Wichita	Kansas	538.58	8.34	33.12	49.81	447.30
New Haven	Connecticut	534.82	10.93	32.06	180.70	311.13
Salem	Oregon	532.21	4.50	37.09	88.80	401.83
Reno	Nevada	529.62	8.26	68.99	94.50	357.87
Killeen	Texas	527.63	12.37	68.66	54.43	392.16
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	526.73	6.64	27.97	47.41	444.71
Salinas	California	524.54	3.79	51.19	140.93	328.63
Mesquite	Texas	501.33	4.03	40.32	80.64	376.34
Fargo	North Dakota	498.22	4.42	102.45	77.39	313.97
Santa Ana	California	493.06	4.83	52.53	106.03	329.68
Raleigh	North Carolina	488.85	5.12	36.06	86.67	361.00
Glendale	Arizona	488.43	7.83	57.53	65.36	357.71
Huntsville	Alabama	483.17	8.31	48.54	53.78	372.55
Arlington	Texas	482.94	4.25	71.28	60.02	347.39
Mesa	Arizona	482.69	2.73	44.20	50.24	385.53
Hayward	California	477.12	7.82	46.93	174.03	248.34
Tempe	Arizona	470.28	2.61	71.59	66.36	329.72
Norfolk	Virginia	469.50	16.05	40.35	77.24	335.85
Austin	Texas	466.88	6.60	67.64	85.41	307.23
Oceanside	California	458.73	2.37	30.23	85.35	340.79
Fort Worth	Texas	458.36	7.42	55.24	72.58	323.12
Brownsville	Texas	456.02	2.09	30.85	60.66	362.41
Fullerton	California	455.26	0.72	32.62	90.62	331.30
Visalia	California	435.35	4.79	67.77	94.46	268.33
Columbus	Ohio	434.87	12.23	124.20	87.72	210.72
Escondido	California	433.51	1.36	17.67	112.12	302.37
Las Vegas	Nevada	429.81	6.18	51.61	64.84	307.18
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	427.21	11.35	51.71	124.22	239.93
Waco	Texas	425.92	5.47	90.93	57.43	272.10
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	420.01	2.95	51.91	29.50	335.65
San Diego	California	412.23	2.52	21.38	77.39	310.94
Clarksville	Tennessee	410.04	4.86	54.49	23.20	327.49
Bridgeport	Connecticut	392.89	8.10	41.85	153.24	189.70
North Las Vegas	Nevada	388.95	11.94	33.09	112.25	231.66
Chula Vista	California	375.76	1.10	19.35	82.16	273.15
Omaha	Nebraska	368.99	3.96	46.23	46.85	271.95
Laredo	Texas	365.84	2.32	47.62	48.78	267.12
Midland	Texas	364.92	4.99	67.00	23.52	269.42
Charleston	South Carolina	357.56	4.46	28.04	42.70	282.35
Joliet	Illinois	350.01		48.48	35.20	266.32
Lincoln	Nebraska	347.86	2.70	63.55	40.57	241.03
Santa Rosa	California	342.57	1.14	67.37	66.80	207.25
Chesapeake	Virginia	339.36	4.66	23.32	44.70	266.67
Richmond	Virginia	336.92	24.16	18.55	94.48	199.74
Eugene	Oregon	317.88	1.12	46.05	70.76	199.94
Yonkers	New York	311.78	1.94	9.20	63.42	237.22
Torrance	California	311.18		27.03	115.41	168.74
Fort Wayne	Indiana	307.48	11.03	42.66	54.80	198.98
Rancho Cucamonga	California	293.72	1.15	20.65	63.68	208.25
Glendale	California	287.22	2.17	18.46	93.39	173.20
El Paso	Texas	278.41	2.95	0.59	37.12	237.75
Providence	Rhode Island	276.75	6.20	20.65	55.76	194.14
Garden Grove	California	276.58	0.60	14.97	65.85	195.16
Irving	Texas	275.38	7.38	53.60	57.10	157.31
Thornton	Colorado	273.57	1.37	79.54	49.37	143.30
Fort Collins	Colorado	272.71	1.76	22.87	24.63	223.45
Moreno Valley	California	272.50	3.28	8.90	85.21	175.11
Henderson	Nevada	272.39	2.33	31.14	52.38	186.54
Ontario	California	272.24	2.16	43.84	77.40	148.84
Fontana	California	270.21	0.92	22.06	56.06	191.17
Aurora	Illinois	266.01	0.57	56.60	36.22	172.62
Lexington	Kentucky	262.02	4.95	51.66	79.50	125.91
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	261.52	0.74	11.08	30.29	219.41
Madison	Wisconsin	255.99	2.48	26.59	33.68	193.23
Peoria	Arizona	254.66	1.49	43.27	24.37	185.52
Corona	California	249.42	1.24	27.30	63.29	157.59
Hampton	Virginia	247.65	10.86	28.96	56.48	151.34
Sunnyvale	California	244.54	0.66	27.17	57.66	159.05
Garland	Texas	232.69	4.87	26.40	60.51	140.91
Orange	California	226.14		12.32	76.83	136.99
Grand Prairie	Texas	221.23	1.94	19.89	28.14	171.26
Roseville	California	219.23	1.23	37.46	68.78	111.77
Alexandria	Virginia	219.14	1.29	7.73	72.83	137.28
Huntington Beach	California	207.28	2.63	34.72	51.03	118.90
Denton	Texas	204.17	4.25	57.73	26.13	116.06
Olathe	Kansas	196.02	2.01	34.12	10.04	149.86
Fremont	California	195.71	2.67	16.01	64.50	112.53
Elk Grove	California	189.87	1.68	20.66	50.26	117.27
Lewisville	Texas	187.44	2.94	41.16	16.91	126.43
Honolulu	Hawaii	185.20	1.51	29.61	51.46	102.62
Overland Park	Kansas	184.38		20.83	19.30	144.25
Santa Clarita	California	165.38	0.90	12.65	42.48	109.35
Stamford	Connecticut	157.53	0.73	10.99	37.37	108.44
Scottsdale	Arizona	152.51	0.41	33.84	22.02	96.23
Plano	Texas	151.65	1.03	33.28	26.76	90.58
McAllen	Texas	149.98	2.70	39.18	23.65	84.45
Meridian	Idaho	146.77	0.71	29.92	10.69	105.45
Bellevue	Washington	138.60	0.66	9.90	50.82	77.22
Carrollton	Texas	137.11	0.75	12.74	22.48	101.15
Chandler	Arizona	133.40	0.71	17.43	23.48	91.78
Gilbert	Arizona	132.24	0.36	23.42	10.81	97.65
Round Rock	Texas	130.73	1.49	29.13	17.18	82.92
McKinney	Texas	117.28	2.74	26.92	12.78	74.84
Surprise	Arizona	109.07	7.35	16.54	11.03	74.14
Frisco	Texas	100.88	1.29	23.61	12.45	63.53
Virginia Beach	Virginia	92.28	2.86	18.46	31.64	39.33
Irvine	California	83.97	1.58	13.26	22.10	47.04
Naperville	Illinois	83.71	0.66	29.90	15.28	37.87
Cary	North Carolina	70.96	1.65	6.60	12.65	50.06
Savannah	Georgia	20.27	9.51	10.34		0.41

The FBI’s 2018 Crime in the United States Report shows that the violent crime rate in the United States for 2018 fell 3.9% from 2017. There are an estimated 368.9 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. This decrease has been attributed to the re-launched Project Safe Neighborhoods program, an initiative that brings together law enforcement, prosecutors, and community leaders to develop comprehensive solutions for the most pressing crime problems in their communities.

Violent crime rates vary greatly across the country, and some cities experience higher than average rates. Areas that see the highest crime rates have poor housing conditions, larger families with small incomes, bad health problems, and homes with parents who have previously been in trouble with the law. These impoverished areas also see the formation of gangs. The motivation for violent crimes can also include a lack of police funding.

Top 20 Cities with Highest Crime Rates

The twenty cities with the highest violent crime rates (number of incidents per 100,000 people) are:

St. Louis, MO (2,082)

Detroit, MI (2,057)

Baltimore, MD (2,027)

Memphis, TN (2,003)

Little Rock, AR (1,634)

Milwaukee, WI (1,597)

Rockford, IL (1,588)

Cleveland, OH (1,557)

Stockton, CA (1,415)

Albuquerque, NM (1,369)

Springfield, MO (1,339)

Indianapolis, IN (1,334)

Oakland, CA (1,299)

San Bernardino, CA (1,291)

Anchorage, AK (1,203)

Nashville, TN (1,138)

Lansing, MI (1,136)

New Orleans, LA (1,121)

Minneapolis, MN (1,101)

Chicago, IL (1,099)

City Spotlight

St. Louis, Missouri has the highest violent crime rate in the United States of 2,082 incidents per 100,000 people. The murder rate is 64.9 per 100,000, with a total of 205 people murdered in 2017.

Some cities on the list, such as Minneapolis and Oakland, have problematically high rape and robbery rates that are worse than their murder rates. Minneapolis had 122 reported rapes and 434 robberies in 2017. Oakland’s robbery rate in 2017 was 630 incidents per 100,000 people.