Ranking of United States Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2021
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the US city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Houston, TX (124,838); followed by San Antonio, TX (71,901); Dallas, TX (57,511); Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, NV (50,918); and Memphis, TN (50,436).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 cities with high number of Total crimes in the United States.
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 Number of Total Crimes in 2021
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
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| 1 | Houston, TX | 124838 |
| 2 | San Antonio, TX | 71901 |
| 3 | Dallas, TX | 57511 |
| 4 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, NV | 50918 |
| 5 | Memphis, TN | 50436 |
| 6 | Denver, CO | 49872 |
| 7 | Seattle, WA | 46284 |
| 8 | Portland, OR | 42144 |
| 9 | Austin, TX | 39171 |
| 10 | Detroit, MI | 37659 |
| 11 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC | 37624 |
| 12 | Indianapolis, IN | 37580 |
| 13 | Columbus, OH | 34983 |
| 14 | Milwaukee, WI | 34501 |
| 15 | Mobile, AL | 34239 |
| 16 | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, TN | 33076 |
| 17 | Albuquerque, NM | 32508 |
| 18 | San Diego, CA | 31902 |
| 19 | Fort Worth, TX | 30257 |
| 20 | Oklahoma City, OK | 29982 |
| 21 | Honolulu, HI | 29595 |
| 22 | Louisville Metro, KY | 29275 |
| 23 | Kansas City, MO | 29013 |
| 24 | Tulsa, OK | 24697 |
| 25 | Minneapolis, MN | 24101 |
| 26 | Atlanta, GA | 23776 |
| 27 | Cleveland, OH | 20699 |
| 28 | St. Louis, MO | 20682 |
| 29 | Aurora, CO | 19399 |
| 30 | Colorado Springs, CO | 18691 |
| 31 | Tacoma, WA | 17829 |
| 32 | Salt Lake City, UT | 16147 |
| 33 | Boston, MA | 15525 |
| 34 | St. Paul, MN | 15124 |
| 35 | Little Rock, AR | 14819 |
| 36 | Springfield, MO | 13631 |
| 37 | Chattanooga, TN | 13486 |
| 38 | Greensboro, NC | 13330 |
| 39 | Corpus Christi, TX | 13247 |
| 40 | Winston-Salem, NC | 13042 |
| 41 | Lubbock, TX | 12678 |
| 42 | Raleigh, NC | 12572 |
| 42 | Arlington, TX | 12572 |
| 43 | Cincinnati, OH | 12509 |
| 44 | Baton Rouge, LA | 12264 |
| 45 | Spokane, WA | 12251 |
| 46 | Mesa, AZ | 12190 |
| 47 | Durham, NC | 11870 |
| 48 | Toledo, OH | 10620 |
| 49 | Vancouver, WA | 10452 |
| 50 | El Paso, TX | 10274 |
| 51 | Buffalo, NY | 10270 |
| 52 | Lexington, KY | 9901 |
| 53 | Lakewood, CO | 9692 |
| 54 | Norfolk, VA | 9554 |
| 55 | Knoxville, TN | 9337 |
| 56 | Lincoln, NE | 9301 |
| 57 | Reno, NV | 9047 |
| 58 | Amarillo, TX | 8318 |
| 59 | Akron, OH | 8178 |
| 60 | Fayetteville, NC | 8142 |
| 61 | Des Moines, IA | 8129 |
| 62 | Pueblo, CO | 7962 |
| 63 | Virginia Beach, VA | 7631 |
| 64 | Madison, WI | 7544 |
| 65 | Eugene, OR | 7364 |
| 66 | Salem, OR | 7357 |
| 67 | Richmond, VA | 7332 |
| 68 | North Charleston, SC | 7309 |
| 69 | Kent, WA | 7173 |
| 70 | Grand Rapids, MI | 7041 |
| 71 | Fort Wayne, IN | 6943 |
| 72 | Irving, TX | 6711 |
| 73 | Sioux Falls, SD | 6604 |
| 74 | Dayton, OH | 6516 |
| 75 | Columbia, SC | 6510 |
| 76 | Billings, MT | 6476 |
| 77 | Henderson, NV | 6375 |
| 78 | Scottsdale, AZ | 6337 |
| 79 | Garland, TX | 6287 |
| 80 | Fargo, ND | 6236 |
| 81 | Fort Smith, AR | 5928 |
| 82 | Rockford, IL | 5818 |
| 83 | Waco, TX | 5814 |
| 84 | Newark, NJ | 5768 |
| 85 | Asheville, NC | 5719 |
| 86 | Westminster, CO | 5654 |
| 87 | Mesquite, TX | 5506 |
| 88 | Thornton, CO | 5447 |
| 89 | Providence, RI | 5444 |
| 90 | North Las Vegas, NV | 5437 |
| 91 | Bellevue, WA | 5397 |
| 92 | Chesapeake, VA | 5394 |
| 93 | Chandler, AZ | 5337 |
| 94 | Springfield, IL | 5311 |
| 95 | Plano, TX | 5285 |
| 96 | Federal Way, WA | 5263 |
| 97 | Bellingham, WA | 5194 |
| 98 | Evansville, IN | 5185 |
| 99 | New Haven, CT | 5105 |
| 100 | Springfield, MA | 5070 |
| 101 | Beaumont, TX | 5069 |
| 102 | Independence, MO | 5067 |
| 103 | Fayetteville, AR | 4953 |
| 104 | Everett, WA | 4931 |
| 105 | West Valley, UT | 4901 |
| 106 | Overland Park, KS | 4822 |
| 107 | Renton, WA | 4770 |
| 108 | Worcester, MA | 4749 |
| 109 | Newport News, VA | 4732 |
| 110 | Lansing, MI | 4710 |
| 111 | Kalamazoo, MI | 4682 |
| 112 | Arvada, CO | 4623 |
| 113 | Pasadena, TX | 4617 |
| 114 | Canton, OH | 4610 |
| 115 | Clarksville, TN | 4468 |
| 116 | Portsmouth, VA | 4425 |
| 117 | Davenport, IA | 4346 |
| 118 | Roanoke, VA | 4337 |
| 119 | Spokane Valley, WA | 4301 |
| 120 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | 4294 |
| 121 | Chula Vista, CA | 4255 |
| 122 | Wilmington, NC | 4193 |
| 123 | Boulder, CO | 4188 |
| 124 | Oceanside, CA | 4157 |
| 125 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 4144 |
| 126 | Norman, OK | 4125 |
| 127 | Murfreesboro, TN | 4118 |
| 128 | Auburn, WA | 4117 |
| 129 | Albany, GA | 4110 |
| 130 | Brownsville, TX | 4093 |
| 131 | Terre Haute, IN | 4049 |
| 132 | Fort Collins, CO | 4042 |
| 133 | Laredo, TX | 4025 |
| 134 | Grand Prairie, TX | 3869 |
| 135 | Hampton, VA | 3847 |
| 136 | Gastonia, NC | 3837 |
| 137 | Wichita Falls, TX | 3833 |
| 138 | Boise, ID | 3832 |
| 139 | Charleston, SC | 3810 |
| 140 | High Point, NC | 3795 |
| 141 | Gresham, OR | 3791 |
| 142 | Columbia, MO | 3787 |
| 143 | Joplin, MO | 3775 |
| 144 | Avondale, AZ | 3696 |
| 145 | Waterbury, CT | 3687 |
| 146 | Bossier City, LA | 3662 |
| 147 | Greeley, CO | 3658 |
| 148 | Warner Robins, GA | 3656 |
| 149 | Killeen, TX | 3635 |
| 150 | Elizabeth, NJ | 3632 |
| 151 | Duluth, MN | 3612 |
| 152 | St. Joseph, MO | 3575 |
| 153 | Wilmington, DE | 3562 |
| 154 | Odessa, TX | 3554 |
| 155 | Denton, TX | 3511 |
| 156 | Lakewood, WA | 3451 |
| 157 | Gulfport, MS | 3442 |
| 158 | Yakima, WA | 3420 |
| 159 | Bloomington, MN | 3377 |
| 160 | Peoria, AZ | 3348 |
| 161 | Kennewick, WA | 3342 |
| 162 | Grand Junction, CO | 3299 |
| 163 | Tyler, TX | 3266 |
| 164 | Gilbert, AZ | 3252 |
| 165 | North Little Rock, AR | 3237 |
| 166 | Escondido, CA | 3219 |
| 167 | Hartford, CT | 3207 |
| 168 | Ogden, UT | 3199 |
| 169 | Abilene, TX | 3190 |
| 170 | Longmont, CO | 3182 |
| 171 | Burlington, NC | 3149 |
| 172 | Greenville, SC | 3143 |
| 173 | Great Falls, MT | 3116 |
| 174 | Manchester, NH | 3111 |
| 175 | South Fulton, GA | 3073 |
| 176 | Sparks, NV | 3054 |
| 177 | Jonesboro, AR | 3050 |
| 178 | Missoula, MT | 3032 |
| 179 | Sioux City, IA | 3020 |
| 180 | Alexandria, VA | 3017 |
| 181 | Medford, OR | 3015 |
| 182 | Commerce City, CO | 3011 |
| 183 | Baytown, TX | 3005 |
| 184 | Springdale, AR | 2984 |
| 185 | Bridgeport, CT | 2979 |
| 186 | Springfield, OH | 2978 |
| 187 | San Angelo, TX | 2974 |
| 188 | Rapid City, SD | 2968 |
| 189 | Bowling Green, KY | 2950 |
| 190 | St. Cloud, MN | 2948 |
| 191 | Brooklyn Park, MN | 2930 |
| 192 | McAllen, TX | 2886 |
| 193 | Warren, MI | 2870 |
| 194 | Midland, TX | 2852 |
| 195 | Bismarck, ND | 2839 |
| 196 | Burien, WA | 2744 |
| 197 | West Jordan, UT | 2742 |
| 198 | Cambridge, MA | 2741 |
| 199 | Rochester, MN | 2715 |
| 200 | Hammond, IN | 2702 |
| 201 | Richardson, TX | 2694 |
| 202 | Round Rock, TX | 2662 |
| 203 | Edinburg, TX | 2645 |
| 204 | Cheyenne, WY | 2631 |
| 205 | Beaverton, OR | 2630 |
| 206 | Jackson, TN | 2608 |
| 207 | Hillsboro, OR | 2578 |
| 208 | Kingsport, TN | 2525 |
| 209 | Greenville, NC | 2519 |
| 210 | Johnson City, TN | 2498 |
| 211 | Harlingen, TX | 2461 |
| 212 | Broomfield, CO | 2451 |
| 213 | Yuma, AZ | 2419 |
| 214 | Owensboro, KY | 2416 |
| 215 | Utica, NY | 2413 |
| 216 | El Cajon, CA | 2411 |
| 216 | Conroe, TX | 2411 |
| 217 | Elkhart, IN | 2406 |
| 218 | Lewisville, TX | 2383 |
| 219 | College Station, TX | 2380 |
| 220 | Bloomington, IN | 2371 |
| 221 | Council Bluffs, IA | 2366 |
| 222 | Surprise, AZ | 2362 |
| 223 | Brockton, MA | 2355 |
| 224 | Longview, TX | 2352 |
| 225 | Corvallis, OR | 2351 |
| 226 | Centennial, CO | 2349 |
| 227 | Lake Charles, LA | 2342 |
| 228 | Olympia, WA | 2340 |
| 229 | Broken Arrow, OK | 2338 |
| 230 | Carlsbad, CA | 2285 |
| 231 | New Bedford, MA | 2283 |
| 232 | Conway, AR | 2274 |
| 233 | New Britain, CT | 2228 |
| 234 | Kirkland, WA | 2226 |
| 235 | Frisco, TX | 2220 |
| 236 | McKinney, TX | 2216 |
| 237 | Yonkers, NY | 2208 |
| 238 | La Crosse, WI | 2201 |
| 239 | Battle Creek, MI | 2184 |
| 240 | Olathe, KS | 2179 |
| 241 | Suffolk, VA | 2176 |
| 242 | Colonie Town, NY | 2162 |
| 243 | Carrollton, TX | 2155 |
| 244 | Redmond, WA | 2153 |
| 245 | Green Bay, WI | 2128 |
| 246 | Victoria, TX | 2115 |
| 247 | Waterloo, IA | 2110 |
| 248 | Dearborn, MI | 2100 |
| 249 | Schenectady, NY | 2099 |
| 250 | Ann Arbor, MI | 2075 |
| 251 | Youngstown, OH | 2049 |
| 252 | Stamford, CT | 2024 |
| 253 | San Marcos, TX | 2022 |
| 254 | Champaign, IL | 2007 |
| 255 | Lynchburg, VA | 1992 |
| 255 | Richland, WA | 1992 |
| 256 | Muncie, IN | 1984 |
| 257 | Pearland, TX | 1974 |
| 258 | Lee's Summit, MO | 1973 |
| 259 | Temple, TX | 1957 |
| 260 | Greece Town, NY | 1901 |
| 261 | Loveland, CO | 1894 |
| 261 | Southfield, MI | 1894 |
| 262 | Eau Claire, WI | 1880 |
| 263 | Manchester, CT | 1879 |
| 264 | Newark, OH | 1872 |
| 265 | Lowell, MA | 1869 |
| 266 | Springfield, OR | 1863 |
| 267 | Flint, MI | 1862 |
| 268 | Nampa, ID | 1855 |
| 269 | Marietta, GA | 1853 |
| 269 | Sandy Springs, GA | 1853 |
| 270 | West Allis, WI | 1848 |
| 271 | Cary, NC | 1846 |
| 272 | Rogers, AR | 1843 |
| 273 | Bend, OR | 1839 |
| 274 | Rocky Mount, NC | 1834 |
| 275 | Orem, UT | 1819 |
| 276 | Portage, MI | 1817 |
| 277 | Pasco, WA | 1799 |
| 278 | Evanston, IL | 1792 |
| 278 | Fall River, MA | 1792 |
| 279 | Southaven, MS | 1779 |
| 280 | Kenner, LA | 1755 |
| 281 | Pontiac, MI | 1746 |
| 282 | Shoreline, WA | 1730 |
| 283 | Eagan, MN | 1728 |
| 284 | North Richland Hills, TX | 1724 |
| 285 | Burnsville, MN | 1721 |
| 286 | National City, CA | 1709 |
| 286 | Provo, UT | 1709 |
| 287 | Tigard, OR | 1704 |
| 288 | Lacey, WA | 1701 |
| 289 | Casa Grande, AZ | 1693 |
| 290 | Brookhaven, GA | 1691 |
| 291 | Hamden, CT | 1672 |
| 292 | Jacksonville, NC | 1667 |
| 293 | Pawtucket, RI | 1650 |
| 294 | Roswell, GA | 1639 |
| 295 | Galveston, TX | 1634 |
| 296 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ | 1633 |
| 297 | West Hartford, CT | 1631 |
| 298 | Mishawaka, IN | 1601 |
| 299 | Grand Forks, ND | 1597 |
| 300 | Anderson, IN | 1590 |
| 301 | Edmond, OK | 1588 |
| 302 | Livonia, MI | 1575 |
| 303 | Clinton Township, MI | 1574 |
| 304 | Lorain, OH | 1562 |
| 305 | Sugar Land, TX | 1561 |
| 306 | Wyoming, MI | 1554 |
| 307 | Taylor, MI | 1546 |
| 308 | Layton, UT | 1539 |
| 309 | St. Charles, MO | 1532 |
| 310 | Woodbury, MN | 1525 |
| 311 | Pharr, TX | 1520 |
| 312 | Blaine, MN | 1497 |
| 313 | Meriden, CT | 1496 |
| 314 | Iowa City, IA | 1491 |
| 315 | Lawton, OK | 1482 |
| 316 | Texas City, TX | 1476 |
| 317 | Valdosta, GA | 1473 |
| 317 | Quincy, MA | 1473 |
| 318 | Kenosha, WI | 1472 |
| 319 | New Braunfels, TX | 1471 |
| 320 | Kentwood, MI | 1466 |
| 321 | Euless, TX | 1458 |
| 322 | Dubuque, IA | 1453 |
| 323 | St. George, UT | 1424 |
| 324 | Albany, OR | 1423 |
| 325 | Skokie, IL | 1408 |
| 325 | Maple Grove, MN | 1408 |
| 326 | Westland, MI | 1397 |
| 327 | West Haven, CT | 1383 |
| 328 | Racine, WI | 1381 |
| 329 | Shawnee, KS | 1370 |
| 330 | Kannapolis, NC | 1366 |
| 331 | Portland, ME | 1363 |
| 332 | Sterling Heights, MI | 1360 |
| 333 | Blue Springs, MO | 1358 |
| 334 | Chapel Hill, NC | 1349 |
| 335 | Scranton, PA | 1347 |
| 336 | Port Arthur, TX | 1336 |
| 337 | West Des Moines, IA | 1332 |
| 338 | Grapevine, TX | 1330 |
| 339 | Janesville, WI | 1327 |
| 340 | Farmers Branch, TX | 1319 |
| 341 | Coon Rapids, MN | 1318 |
| 342 | La Mesa, CA | 1317 |
| 343 | League City, TX | 1314 |
| 344 | Smyrna, TN | 1302 |
| 345 | Concord, NC | 1289 |
| 346 | Lynn, MA | 1279 |
| 347 | Chicopee, MA | 1278 |
| 348 | South Jordan, UT | 1268 |
| 349 | Pocatello, ID | 1266 |
| 349 | DeSoto, TX | 1266 |
| 350 | Oshkosh, WI | 1264 |
| 351 | Marana, AZ | 1254 |
| 352 | Cicero, IL | 1245 |
| 352 | Kokomo, IN | 1245 |
| 352 | Grand Island, NE | 1245 |
| 353 | Greenwood, IN | 1237 |
| 354 | Idaho Falls, ID | 1232 |
| 355 | Buckeye, AZ | 1229 |
| 355 | Castle Rock, CO | 1229 |
| 356 | Norwalk, CT | 1227 |
| 357 | Lawrence, MA | 1214 |
| 358 | Apple Valley, MN | 1209 |
| 359 | Appleton, WI | 1202 |
| 360 | Summerville, SC | 1201 |
| 361 | Plymouth, MN | 1196 |
| 362 | Marysville, WA | 1195 |
| 363 | Smyrna, GA | 1176 |
| 363 | West Chester Township, OH | 1176 |
| 364 | Parker, CO | 1169 |
| 364 | Stillwater, OK | 1169 |
| 365 | Mount Pleasant, SC | 1163 |
| 366 | Milford, CT | 1155 |
| 367 | Florissant, MO | 1152 |
| 368 | Meridian, ID | 1146 |
| 369 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 1118 |
| 370 | Nashua, NH | 1117 |
| 371 | St. Peters, MO | 1110 |
| 372 | Cedar Park, TX | 1108 |
| 373 | Cranston, RI | 1095 |
| 374 | Twin Falls, ID | 1092 |
| 375 | Warwick, RI | 1087 |
| 375 | Georgetown, TX | 1087 |
| 376 | Somerville, MA | 1079 |
| 377 | Edina, MN | 1075 |
| 378 | Colerain Township, OH | 1071 |
| 379 | Bartlett, TN | 1066 |
| 380 | Canton Township, MI | 1063 |
| 381 | Bloomington, IL | 1059 |
| 382 | Fairfield, CT | 1054 |
| 383 | Danbury, CT | 1041 |
| 383 | Framingham, MA | 1041 |
| 384 | Pflugerville, TX | 1033 |
| 385 | Lenexa, KS | 1029 |
| 386 | Ames, IA | 1013 |
| 387 | Minnetonka, MN | 1005 |
| 388 | Stratford, CT | 993 |
| 389 | Eden Prairie, MN | 992 |
| 390 | Mansfield, TX | 981 |
| 391 | Auburn, AL | 977 |
| 392 | Troy, MI | 973 |
| 393 | Burleson, TX | 944 |
| 394 | Harrisonburg, VA | 930 |
| 395 | Haverhill, MA | 924 |
| 396 | Alpharetta, GA | 915 |
| 397 | Clarkstown Town, NY | 909 |
| 398 | New Rochelle, NY | 902 |
| 399 | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 891 |
| 400 | Bentonville, AR | 890 |
| 401 | Malden, MA | 871 |
| 401 | Elyria, OH | 871 |
| 402 | Gloucester Township, NJ | 868 |
| 403 | Bozeman, MT | 849 |
| 404 | Missouri City, TX | 847 |
| 405 | Huntersville, NC | 837 |
| 405 | Rowlett, TX | 837 |
| 406 | Plymouth, MA | 831 |
| 407 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 827 |
| 407 | O'Fallon, MO | 827 |
| 408 | Bristol, CT | 826 |
| 409 | Green Township, OH | 820 |
| 409 | Franklin, TN | 820 |
| 410 | Ankeny, IA | 816 |
| 411 | Bellevue, NE | 813 |
| 412 | Logan, UT | 795 |
| 413 | Normal, IL | 791 |
| 414 | Revere, MA | 790 |
| 415 | Taunton, MA | 788 |
| 416 | Hempstead Village, NY | 776 |
| 417 | Fishers, IN | 744 |
| 418 | Lakeville, MN | 732 |
| 418 | Hoboken, NJ | 732 |
| 419 | Carmel, IN | 730 |
| 420 | Farmington Hills, MI | 729 |
| 421 | Waterford Township, MI | 715 |
| 422 | Waukesha, WI | 709 |
| 423 | Kyle, TX | 703 |
| 424 | Bowie, MD | 702 |
| 425 | Leesburg, VA | 700 |
| 426 | Parma, OH | 696 |
| 427 | Collierville, TN | 675 |
| 428 | Weymouth, MA | 656 |
| 428 | Leander, TX | 656 |
| 429 | Apex, NC | 639 |
| 430 | Medford, MA | 614 |
| 431 | Brookline, MA | 603 |
| 432 | Herriman, UT | 587 |
| 433 | Maricopa, AZ | 583 |
| 434 | Sammamish, WA | 582 |
| 435 | Peabody, MA | 565 |
| 435 | St. Clair Shores, MI | 565 |
| 436 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 561 |
| 437 | Newton, MA | 560 |
| 438 | Flower Mound, TX | 534 |
| 439 | Tinley Park, IL | 531 |
| 440 | Methuen, MA | 513 |
| 441 | Greenwich, CT | 508 |
| 442 | Novi, MI | 497 |
| 443 | Shelby Township, MI | 493 |
| 444 | Royal Oak, MI | 468 |
| 445 | West Lafayette, IN | 463 |
| 446 | Rochester Hills, MI | 459 |
| 447 | Hendersonville, TN | 453 |
| 448 | Dublin, OH | 412 |
| 449 | Johns Creek, GA | 381 |
| 450 | Waltham, MA | 368 |
| 451 | Dothan, AL | 350 |
| 451 | Wylie, TX | 350 |
| 452 | West Bloomfield Township, MI | 307 |
| 453 | Little Elm, TX | 284 |