There were 5,738 homicides in the nation’s 50 biggest cities in 2017 compared with 5,863 homicides in 2016
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MURDER RATE PER 100,000 |
|
|
CITY |
2016 UNOFFICIAL |
2017 PROJECTED |
PROJECTED CHANGE |
1 |
St. Louis |
59.3 |
57.9 |
-1.4 |
–
|
2 |
Baltimore |
51.2 |
55.5 |
+4.3 |
–
|
3 |
New Orleans |
44.5 |
49.7 |
+5.2 |
–
|
4 |
Detroit |
44.9 |
40.7 |
-4.2 |
–
|
5 |
Kansas City, MO |
26.4 |
30.3 |
+3.9 |
–
|
6 |
Memphis, TN |
31.9 |
28.1 |
-3.8 |
–
|
7 |
Cleveland |
35.0 |
27.9 |
-7.1 |
–
|
8 |
Chicago |
27.9 |
24.1 |
-3.8 |
–
|
9 |
Cincinnati |
20.8 |
23.1 |
+2.3 |
–
|
10 |
Philadelphia |
17.7 |
19.8 |
+2.1 |
–
|