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This is the list of the cities in the USA with over 500,000 residents in the city proper and their murder rates as calculated from data from news articles reporting the rates and homicide numbers in these cities. Cities with N/A have not had their police department reveal numbers for the year. If there are any errors, please correct me!!!!! Feel free to add any cities that you would like. I only could do so many.
New York City- 461 total murders (5.51 per 100,000 people)
Los Angeles- 308 total murders (8.03 per 100,000 people)
Chicago- 459 total murders (16.08 per 100,000 people)
Houston- 281 total murders (12.53 per 100,000 people)
Phoenix- N/A
Philadelphia- 302 total murders (19.61 per 100,000 people)
San Antonio- 96 total murders (7.1 per 100,000 people)
Dallas- 218 total murders (17.03 per 100,000 people)
San Diego- 39 total murders (3.05 per 100,000 people)
San Jose- 27 total murders (2.85 per 100,000 people)
Detroit- N/A
San Francisco- 45 total murders (5.56 per 100,000 people)
Jacksonville- 104 total murders (12.87 per 100,000 people)
Indianapolis- 100 total murders (12.52 per 100,000 people)
Austin- 23 total murders (3.04 per 100,000 people)
Columbus- 83 total murders (10.99 per 100,000 people)
Fort Worth- N/A
Charlotte- 55 total muders (8.00 per 100,000 people)
Memphis- 135 total murders (20.15 per 100,000 people)
Baltimore- 238 total murders (37.36 per 100,000 people)
Boston- 49 total murders (7.89 per 100,000 people)
El Paso- 13 total murders (2.12 per 100,000 people)
Milwaukee- 72 total murders (11.96 per 100,000 people)
Denver- N/A
Seattle- 20 total murders (3.34 per 100,000 people)
Nashville- N/A
Washington DC- 138 total murders (23 per 100,000 people)
Las Vegas- N/A
Portland- 21 total murders (3.77 per 100,000 people)
Louisville- 71 total murders IN METRO AREA (9.94 per 100,000 people METRO)
Oklahoma City- N/A
Tucson- N/A
Atlanta- 91 total murders (16.91 per 100,000 people)
Albuquerque- 73 total murders (11.49 per 100,000 people)
NOTE: THIS IS ONLY CITY PROPERS WITH MORE THAN 500,000 residents.
^ And SF is at it's lowest murder rate since 1961, with 47 murders...a drop of over 50% from 2008. Pretty amazing especially considering that in both 2008 and 2007 SF had 100 murders, it's highest murder rate since the early 90's.
Las Vegas is at 104. That is the metro number which is both the City of Las Vegas and the unincorporated areas of Clark County and is extracted from the homicide bureau web page. Using the population from the first half 2009 FBI statistics that would give a murder rate of 7.68 per 100,000
I was disappointing hearing Baltimore had 4 more murders than last year, but I read an article that made things sound more positive (Homicides Hold Steady In Baltimore - wjz.com (http://wjz.com/local/murder.violence.crime.2.1400525.html - broken link))
I'd be happy for NYC if I have actually seen a reduction in crime in my neighborhood, in 2009 I've actually seen an increase in crime. Maybe its just me being in the wrong place at the wrong time but Summer '09 was pretty wild, I could've got shot multiple times, seen an armed robbery in progress (right after the cops arrived), the fights, etc. Maybe one day there will be a reduction in crime here lol.
Just counting the days till I leave.
Anyways its good to see mostly every city see a reduction in crime.
Washington DC = lowest homicide rate since 1964. w00t! And what's even more impressive, 2009 was the apex of the Great Bush Depression.
What we have found out is that a poor economy does not necessarily directly impact the crime rate. Property crimes may be higher, but not violent crime. The reason why people were concerned was because the previous recession, in the early 1990's, was when the crime rates were at their peak, but that was more related to the crack epidemic. The crime rates also spiked during the 70's recession.
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