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Crime in America 2017: Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Over 200,000
St. Louis, Missouri moved from #4 to #1 this year on Law Street's list of Dangerous Cities Over 200,000 after its violent crime rate rose by more than 8 percent. As violent crime increased nationally by nearly 4 percent, many cities in the top 10 saw substantial increases. Detroit is #2 on this year's list, moving down after three consecutive years at the top of the list due to an 11.5 percent decrease in its overall violent crime rate. Notably missing from this year's list is Cleveland, Ohio, which had ranked #8 on last year's list. The FBI did not provide information for Cleveland this year, and therefore the city cannot be ranked.
All statistics are based on 2015 data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. Check out the slideshow below for the Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities Over 200,000.
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Baltimore, Maryland moved up one spot in this year’s list after experiencing the largest increase in violent crime among all of the cities in the top 10. Overall, Baltimore’s violent crime rate increased by nearly 15 percent–from 1,339 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 1,536 per 100,000 in 2015. Baltimore also saw more than 130 additional murders last year, with 344 in total. That amounts to an increase of more than 60 percent in the number of murders alone. Baltimore saw increases in every category of violent crime last year despite a drop of more than 2,000 residents, according to Census estimated data cited by the FBI.
Violent Crime Rate: 1,536/100,000 people
Murder Rate: 55/100,000 people
Population: 621,251
Officer to Population Ratio: 1:235
Rank Last Year: #7
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Research and analysis by Law Street’s Crime in America Team: Kevin Rizzo, Alexis Evans, and Anneliese Mahoney.
Click here for additional information on Law Street’s crime-ranking methodology.
Source:
FBI: Violent crime, population, murder, and officer statistics, measured January – December 2015.
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