Top 20 Cities With Historic Homicides (best, metropolitan, Atlanta, Los Angeles)

[Sharif662]

What are the cities with the highest murders within a year in the country's history? I'm not speaking rate but strictly total. Looking at it historically and mainly through the 1900s since our country's homicides was worst during that century. The first 3 are easy but the rest aren't for sure.

1. NYC - 2,245 (1990)
2. L.A City - 1, 092 (1992)
3. Chicago - 970 (1974)
4. - 20. ?

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Probably best to look at it per capita. Otherwise the larger cities appear to be more dangerous than they actually are.

[the resident09]

I could be slightly off with my numbers but Washington DC had around 490 murders in 1991 or 92'. The city's population at the time was only about 580,000, earning the nation's capital the distinct title of "murder capital."

[murksiderock]

Looking at raw numbers makes no sense. Neither New York, LA, nor Chi have ever had a murder rate eclipse 40 per 100k; in fact, I don't think any have ever has a rate over 35/100k...

I know this: New Orleans, Jacksonville and Richmond are the only Southern cities to have ever had a rate of over 75 per 100k. Richmond and New Orleans, in fact, have both done it more than once...

[Sharif662]

@ Murksiderock & @ Peterlongjello

As I said before , this isn't based on rate but the TOTAL in our country's history. I'm not looking at "dangerous, deadly, worst, etc." ; Historic overall. Side note: The smaller the population & larger the incidents will always give it a high rate. That's why rate doesn't matter to me.

[Spade]

According to this article, Houston recorded 701 homicides in 1981.
Houston homicide rate may be worst in a decade - Houston Chronicle

I don't know if by sheer number if any city is above that number for 4th.

[jamezz]

All cities of 250,000 residents or more per 100k residents, from 1990 through 1995 (the most violent period in the nation's history)

1. Atlanta, GA 3874.1
2. Miami, FL 3832.4
3. Newark, NJ 3732.6
4. St. Louis, MO 3539.7
5. Tampa, FL 3323.1
6. Chicago, IL 2787.8
7. Baltimore, MD 2785.5
8. Washington DC 2664.7
9. Detroit, MI 2619.6
10. Kansas City, MO 2562.5
11. Los Angeles, CA 2309.6
12. Oakland, CA 2297.6 (from 1990-1994...no 1995 stats)
13. New Orleans, LA 2098.2
14. Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC 2085.6
15. New York City, NY 2062.3
16. Boston, MA 2015.7
17. Dallas, TX 1990.5
18. Buffalo, NY 1896.6
19. Portland, OR 1852.3
20. Mobile, AL 1788.8
21. Minneapolis, MN 1774.7 (from 1991-1995...no 1990 stats)
22. Cleveland, OH 1688.4
23. Nashville, TN 1659.1
24. San Francisco, CA 1656.6
25. Long Beach, CA 1654.9
26. Jacksonville, FL 1638.3
27. Fort Worth, TX 1610.3
28. Memphis, TN 1572.4
29. Indianapolis, IN 1500.7
30. Aurora, CO 1472.8
31. Albuquerque, NM 1448.4
32. Stockton, CA 1446.6
33. Cincinnati, OH 1420.1
34. Fresno, CA 1417.1
35. Houston, TX 1416.4
36. Philadelphia, PA 1325.5
37. Seattle, WA 1290.7
38. Oklahoma City, OK 1287.1
39. Tulsa, OK 1278.1
40. Sacramento, CA 1199.1
41. Pittsburgh, PA 1170.1
42. San Diego, CA 1130.6
43. Phoenix, AZ 1095.8
44. Columbus, OH 1086.5
45. Tucson, AZ 1033.9
46. Santa Ana, CA 1012.7
47. Milwaukee, WI 1009.1
48. El Paso, TX 1006.1
49. Toledo, OH 998.3
50. Louisville, KY 992.2
51. Las Vegas, NV 991.5
52. St. Paul, MN 982.7
53. Denver, CO 976.9
54. Omaha, NE 974.7
55. Bakersfield, CA 922.7
56. Corpus Christi, TX 844.4
57. Raleigh, NC 852.6
58. Anchorage, AK 827.5
59. Wichita, KS 799.8
60. Arlington, TX 799.6
61. Glendale, AZ 783.9
62. Anaheim, CA 758.0
63. Mesa, AZ 717.8
64. San Jose, CA 686.4
65. San Antonio, TX 664.2
66. Austin, TX 655.9
67. Colorado Springs, CO 482.9
68. Plano, TX 361.1
69. Honolulu, HI 283.5
70. Virginia Beach, VA 262.4
71. Chandler, AZ 249.7

[funkymonkey]

By agency.

1. New York City Police Dept 2245 in 1990*
2. Los Angeles Police Dept 1094 in 1992*
3. Chicago Police Dept 939 in 1992*
4. Detroit Police Dept 686 in 1987*
5. Houston Police Dept 608 in 1991*
6. Philadelphia Police Dept 503 in 1990*
7. Dallas Police Dept 500 in 1991*
8. Washington Metropolitan Police Dept 482 in 1991*
9. New Orleans Police Dept 424 in 1994*
10. Baltimore City Police Dept 353 in 1993*
11. St. Louis Police Dept 267 in 1993*
12. Atlanta Police Dept 246 in 1989*
13. Phoenix Police Dept 241 in 2003*
14. Oklahoma City Police Dept 227 in 1995*
15. San Antonio Police Dept 220 in 1993*
16. City Of Fort Worth Police Dept 200 in 1986*
17. Memphis Police Dept 198 in 1993*
18. Jacksonville 176 in 1990*
19. Cleveland 175 in 1991*
20. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department 170 in 2004*

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[Sharif662]

@Jamez
Not over a time frame but highest in our country's history within a single year not time period. Funky monkey did it right.

@ Funky monkey
Your positions are wrong and some of the info is inaccurate. Already have Chicago at third with 970 in 1974. I notice that Detroit's highest was in the 70s too. Matter of fact, Some of the highest for large Mid-west cities was in the 70s. I can't recall Detroit , St.Louis, nor Cleveland's at that time big its higher than that unfortunately. Houston should be 4 or 5 with 701 in 1980/1 .

[qworldorder]

Originally Posted by Sharif662

@Jamez
Not over a time frame but highest in our country's history within a single year not time period. Funky monkey did it right.

@ Funky monkey
Your positions are wrong and some of the info is inaccurate. Already have Chicago at third with 970 in 1974. I notice that Detroit's highest was in the 70s too. Matter of fact, Some of the highest for large Mid-west cities was in the 70s. I can't recall Detroit , St.Louis, nor Cleveland's at that time big its higher than that unfortunately. Houston should be 4 or 5 with 701 in 1980/1 .

But why limit yourself to just total, raw numbers? That's a fairly quick way to end the thread, and fairly boring as well (your question has already been mostly answered by funkymonkey). The per capita listings add a new angle to the discussion, and give these murders more context.