The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics.
The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end. The number of murders includes nonnegligent manslaughter. This list is based on the reporting. In most cases the city and the reporting agency are identical. However, in some cases such as Charlotte, Honolulu and Las Vegas, the reporting agency has more than one municipality.
Murder is the only statistic that all agencies are required to report. Consequently some agencies do not report all the crimes. If components are missing the total is adjusted to 0.
Read more about United States Cities By Crime Rate: Note About Population, 2010 Data, Criticism of Ranking Crime Data
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