Ranking of United States Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among US cities with a population of at least 50K, Memphis, TN had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,351.99); followed by Detroit, MI (2,178.54); St. Louis, MO (2,016.27); Little Rock, AR (1,849.89); and South Bend, IN (1,728.38).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2020, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 US cities with a population of at least 50K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K residents.
You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in the United States.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis, TN | 2,351.99 |
| 2 | Detroit, MI | 2,178.54 |
| 3 | St. Louis, MO | 2,016.27 |
| 4 | Little Rock, AR | 1,849.89 |
| 5 | South Bend, IN | 1,728.38 |
| 6 | Albany, GA | 1,724.26 |
| 7 | Cleveland, OH | 1,656.73 |
| 8 | Camden County Police Department, NJ | 1,602.69 |
| 9 | Milwaukee, WI | 1,596.83 |
| 10 | Wilmington, DE | 1,590.59 |
| 11 | Kansas City, MO | 1,585.91 |
| 12 | Springfield, MO | 1,507.20 |
| 13 | Rockford, IL | 1,451.02 |
| 14 | Lansing, MI | 1,431.93 |
| 15 | Kalamazoo, MI | 1,431.73 |
| 16 | Canton, OH | 1,428.90 |
| 17 | Pontiac, MI | 1,413.88 |
| 18 | San Bernardino, CA | 1,401.80 |
| 19 | Terre Haute, IN | 1,381.10 |
| 20 | Chattanooga, TN | 1,359.31 |
| 21 | Albuquerque, NM | 1,343.62 |
| 22 | New Orleans, LA | 1,324.35 |
| 23 | Oakland, CA | 1,290.87 |
| 24 | Stockton, CA | 1,277.22 |
| 25 | Houston, TX | 1,256.27 |
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