Ranking of United States Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2016

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, the US city with the highest number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes was Chicago, IL (765); followed by New York, NY (335); Baltimore, MD (318); Detroit, MI (303); and Houston, TX (301).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter crimes in the United States.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in the United States.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2016 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2016
Chicago, IL
765
New York, NY
335
Baltimore, MD
318
Detroit, MI
303
Houston, TX
301
Los Angeles, CA
293
Philadelphia, PA
273
Memphis, TN
196
St. Louis, MO
188
New Orleans, LA
174
Ranking of US Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2016
Rank
City
Number of Crimes
1 Chicago, IL 765
2 New York, NY 335
3 Baltimore, MD 318
4 Detroit, MI 303
5 Houston, TX 301
6 Los Angeles, CA 293
7 Philadelphia, PA 273
8 Memphis, TN 196
9 St. Louis, MO 188
10 New Orleans, LA 174
11 Dallas, TX 171
12 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, NV 158
13 San Antonio, TX 149
14 Indianapolis, IN 148
15 Phoenix, AZ 146
16 Milwaukee, WI 141
17 Washington, DC 138
18 Cleveland, OH 135
19 Kansas City, MO 129
20 Louisville Metro, KY 119
21 Atlanta, GA 111
22 Jacksonville, FL 106
23 Newark, NJ 100
24 Columbus, OH 91
25 Oakland, CA 85
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