In January, the Mexico Citizens Council for Public Security released its annual ranking of the world’s cities with the highest homicide rates. Four US cities made the top-50 list.
Now, using data from the FBI for the first half of 2015, we have compiled a list of the most violent cities in 43 states around the country.
The data considers only cities that have a population above 100,000. Therefore, states without a city with a populations over 100,000 were excluded from the FBI’s data.
Using information from the FBI, we have compiled the violent crime rate of each city per 10,000 residents.
According to the FBI, violent crime includes rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and murder. The average US violent-crime rate was roughly 36.6 offenses per 10,000 people in 2014.
43. Honolulu had 11.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
42. Boise, Idaho, had 13.5 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
41. Fargo, North Dakota, had 14.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
40. Eugene, Oregon, had 15.3 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
39. Lincoln, Nebraska, had 17.4 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
38. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had 20.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
37. Billings, Montana, had 21.1 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
36. Norfolk, Virginia, had 24.5 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
35. Providence, Rhode Island, had 26.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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34. Manchester, New Hampshire, had 28.9 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
33. Louisville, Kentucky, had 30.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
32. South Bend, Indiana, had 32.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
31. Tucson, Arizona, had 32.4 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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30. North Charleston, South Carolina, had 34.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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29. Tacoma, Washington, had 36.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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28. Salt Lake City had 38.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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27. Des Moines, Iowa, had 38.7 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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26. Pueblo, Colorado, had 41.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
25. Tulsa, Oklahoma, had 41.5 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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24. New Orleans had 42.7 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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23. Durham, North Carolina, had 42.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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22. Jackson, Mississippi, had 43.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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21. North Las Vegas, Nevada, had 43.4, violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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20. Wichita, Kansas, had 45.5 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
19. Albuquerque, New Mexico, had 48.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
18. Philadelphia had 49.1 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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17. Buffalo, New York, had 50.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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16. Newark, New Jersey, had 50.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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15. Odessa, Texas, had 51.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
14. Tallahassee, Florida, had 52.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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13. Anchorage, Alaska, had 53.6 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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12. Springfield, Massachusetts, had 54.4 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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11. Atlanta had 55.7 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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10. Hartford, Connecticut, had 55.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
9. Cleveland had 61.5 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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8. Milwaukee had 65.3 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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7. Stockton, California, had 67.4 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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6. Baltimore had 67.7 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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5. Rockford, Illinois, had 76.3 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
4. Birmingham, Alabama, had 82.8 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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3. Detroit had 83.4 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
2. Memphis, Tennessee, had 84.2 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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1. St. Louis had 88.1 violent crimes per 10,000 residents.
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SOURCE: Business Insider
