Crime Grade · National Ranking

Most Dangerous Cities in America

Top 100 U.S. cities by FBI violent crime rate (highest), drawn from 3,771 FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 10,000.

Rank	City	State	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Alexandria	Louisiana	42,654	2447.6	F10/10
2	Saginaw	Michigan	42,727	2260.9	F10/10
3	Fairfield	Alabama	10,625	2108.2	F10/10
4	Opa Locka	Florida	16,501	1957.5	F10/10
5	Oakland	California	435,042	1925.3	F10/10
6	Donna	Texas	16,893	1900.2	F10/10
7	Memphis	Tennessee	606,629	1849.1	F10/10
8	West Memphis	Arkansas	23,311	1788.9	F10/10
9	Benton Township	Michigan	14,040	1716.5	F10/10
10	East Cleveland	Ohio	13,311	1712.9	F10/10
11	Bessemer	Alabama	24,850	1702.2	F10/10
12	McKeesport	Pennsylvania	18,480	1693.7	F10/10
13	Detroit	Michigan	642,155	1649.1	F10/10
14	Monroe	Louisiana	46,376	1634.5	F10/10
15	El Dorado	Arkansas	16,406	1517.7	F10/10
16	Atlantic City	New Jersey	39,096	1498.9	F10/10
17	Little Rock	Arkansas	205,320	1483.5	F10/10
18	Spartanburg	South Carolina	39,186	1477.6	F10/10
19	Danville	Illinois	27,702	1458.4	F10/10
20	Commerce	California	11,464	1448.0	F10/10
21	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	560,416	1447.9	F10/10
22	Pueblo	Colorado	110,805	1424.1	F10/10
23	Florida City	Florida	13,194	1409.7	F10/10
24	Opelousas	Louisiana	15,031	1397.1	F9/10
25	Pine Bluff	Arkansas	38,257	1393.2	F9/10
26	Brunswick	Georgia	14,650	1392.5	F9/10
27	Camden County	New Jersey	72,435	1380.5	F9/10
28	Kansas City	Missouri	518,039	1369.4	F9/10
29	Gallup	New Mexico	19,989	1365.8	F9/10
30	New Orleans	Louisiana	364,197	1361.1	F9/10
31	Cleveland	Ohio	363,659	1357.9	F9/10
32	Gary	Indiana	67,206	1346.6	F9/10
33	Baltimore	Maryland	562,811	1340.6	F9/10
34	Barstow	California	24,770	1332.3	F9/10
35	Belle Glade	Florida	16,880	1327.0	F9/10
36	College Park	Georgia	13,983	1301.6	F9/10
37	Compton	California	89,564	1271.7	F9/10
38	Laurinburg	North Carolina	15,138	1261.7	F9/10
39	Crowley	Louisiana	12,621	1251.9	F9/10
40	Lumberton	North Carolina	18,882	1249.9	F9/10
41	Peoria	Illinois	111,389	1249.7	F9/10
42	Indianola	Mississippi	10,175	1238.3	F9/10
43	Texarkana	Arkansas	28,778	1237.1	F9/10
44	Birmingham	Alabama	195,393	1233.9	F9/10
45	Springfield	Ohio	58,026	1232.2	F9/10
46	St. Louis	Missouri	274,819	1224.1	F9/10
47	Dayton	Ohio	136,047	1217.2	F9/10
48	East Point	Georgia	38,222	1214.0	F9/10
49	Springfield	Missouri	170,958	1213.7	F9/10
50	North Adams	Massachusetts	12,395	1194.0	F9/10
51	Tifton	Georgia	16,908	1177.0	F9/10
52	Forrest City	Arkansas	12,332	1175.8	F9/10
53	Wichita	Kansas	401,730	1168.7	F9/10
54	Blytheville	Arkansas	12,123	1163.1	F9/10
55	Shreveport	Louisiana	174,114	1158.4	F9/10
56	Mount Morris Township	Michigan	19,531	1157.1	F9/10
57	Red Bluff	California	14,175	1157.0	F9/10
58	Wilmington	Delaware	73,773	1146.8	F9/10
59	Orangeburg	South Carolina	13,431	1139.2	F9/10
60	Palm Springs	Florida	25,451	1131.6	F9/10
61	Lafayette	Louisiana	122,489	1129.1	F9/10
62	Holyoke	Massachusetts	38,232	1127.3	F9/10
63	Goldsboro	North Carolina	34,664	1107.8	F9/10
64	Evansville	Indiana	114,905	1106.1	F9/10
65	Camden	Arkansas	10,025	1097.3	F9/10
66	Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	41,764	1096.6	F9/10
67	Canton	Ohio	68,866	1090.5	F9/10
68	New Iberia	Louisiana	26,474	1087.9	F9/10
69	Ferguson	Missouri	17,935	1087.3	F9/10
70	Kalamazoo	Michigan	73,244	1077.2	F9/10
71	Miami Beach	Florida	79,031	1074.3	F9/10
72	Henderson	North Carolina	14,745	1064.8	F9/10
73	West Monroe	Louisiana	12,336	1061.9	F9/10
74	Kansas City	Kansas	153,363	1053.1	F9/10
75	Ardmore	Oklahoma	25,148	1045.8	D8/10
76	Farmington	New Mexico	46,204	1041.0	D8/10
77	Battle Creek	Michigan	61,225	1038.8	D8/10
78	Sikeston	Missouri	16,011	1036.8	D8/10
79	Inkster	Michigan	24,895	1032.3	D8/10
80	Panama City Beach	Florida	12,703	1031.3	D8/10
81	Stockton	California	325,985	1027.0	D8/10
82	Anchorage	Alaska	287,385	1026.8	D8/10
83	Trenton	New Jersey	91,236	1025.9	D8/10
84	East St. Louis	Illinois	26,277	1019.9	D8/10
85	Victorville	California	140,309	1015.6	D8/10
86	Albuquerque	New Mexico	559,192	1013.1	D8/10
87	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	219,086	1008.7	D8/10
88	Minneapolis	Minnesota	428,057	1000.6	D8/10
89	Chelsea	Massachusetts	38,307	984.2	D8/10
90	Newburgh	New York	28,061	983.6	D8/10
91	Carbondale	Illinois	22,213	972.4	D8/10
92	Lansing	Michigan	114,787	972.2	D8/10
93	Salisbury	Maryland	33,205	969.7	D8/10
94	Flint	Michigan	79,396	968.6	D8/10
95	Jacksonville	Arkansas	29,036	967.8	D8/10
96	Deming	New Mexico	14,011	963.5	D8/10
97	Fife	Washington	11,082	956.5	D8/10
98	North Little Rock	Arkansas	64,455	955.7	D8/10
99	Santa Fe Springs	California	18,568	953.3	D8/10
100	Matteson	Illinois	19,494	949.0	D8/10

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Methodology

Cities are ranked by FBI-reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year. Restricted to U.S. cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to NIBRS. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.