A list of the most and least murderous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for 2014 taken from the latest FBI data. Only metropolitan areas over one million are included. Some improvements and disappointments compared to 2013. Also, some of these metro areas might be on track to finish 2015 with worse numbers than 2014 (the Baltimore area comes to mind).
Murders per 100,000k residents:
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, Puerto Rico M.S.A. - 23.5
New Orleans-Metairie, LA M.S.A. - 16.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR M.S.A. - 12.8
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD M.S.A. - 9.6
St. Louis, MO-IL M.S.A. - 8.8
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI M.S.A. - 8.7
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN M.S.A. - 7.9
Birmingham-Hoover, AL M.S.A. - 7.8
Jacksonville, FL M.S.A. - 7.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL M.S.A. - 7.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD M.S.A. - 7.0
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL M.S.A. - 6.8
Kansas City, MO-KS M.S.A. - 6.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV M.S.A. - 6.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC M.S.A. - 6.4
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY M.S.A. - 6.3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI M.S.A. - 6.3
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI M.S.A. - 6.3
Richmond, VA M.S.A. - 6.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA M.S.A.- 6.1
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX M.S.A. - 5.8
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX M.S.A. - 5.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL M.S.A. - 5.5
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN M.S.A. - 5.4
Pittsburgh, PA M.S.A. - 5.4
Oklahoma City, OK M.S.A. - 5.2
Columbus, OH M.S.A. - 4.8
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN M.S.A. - 4.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA M.S.A. - 4.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA M.S.A. - 4.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC M.S.A. - 4.5
United States - 4.5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA M.S.A. - 4.4
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA M.S.A. - 4.0
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN M.S.A. - 3.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT M.S.A. - 3.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV M.S.A. - 3.7
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA - 3.1
Rochester, NY M.S.A. - 2.9
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO M.S.A. - 2.8
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA M.S.A. - 2.7
Austin-Round Rock, TX M.S.A. - 2.4
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA M.S.A. - 2.3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA M.S.A. - 2.3
Salt Lake City, UT M.S.A. - 2.2
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI M.S.A. - 2.1
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA M.S.A. - 2.0
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA M.S.A. - 1.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI M.S.A. - 1.8
**No information for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH M.S.A.
**No information for the Cleveland-Elyria, OH M.S.A.
**No information for the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX M.S.A
**No information for the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ M.S.A.
If there are other MSAs over 1 million that are missing, it's because the FBI doesn't have any crime data for them.
From:
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc...tables/table-6