{"chart":{"slug":"violent-crime-rate-by-city","title":"Which big U.S. cities have the most violent crime?","takeaway":"In 2025 Memphis had the highest violent crime rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 1,853 per 100,000 people, followed by Detroit (1,654) and Oakland (1,475). Irvine, California (79), and Virginia Beach (101) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 330. Violent crime is murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. The police in New Orleans, Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida, didn't report a full year of crimes, so they are left out. Each rate is per person the department serves, and a few, such as Las Vegas, Honolulu, Jacksonville and Louisville, serve their whole county. A city's rate also depends on where its borders fall, so compare cities with care.","topic":"Crime","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"City","y_label":"Violent crimes per 100,000 people","unit":null,"points_count":90,"source":{"name":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"},"data_as_of":"2025-12-31","updated_at":"2026-10-16T16:42:05.852Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city/embed","average_label":"U.S. overall","zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Memphis, TN","value":1852.9},{"label":"Detroit, MI","value":1654.4},{"label":"Oakland, CA","value":1475.4},{"label":"Kansas City, MO","value":1375.8},{"label":"Cleveland, OH","value":1366.7},{"label":"Baltimore, MD","value":1350.5},{"label":"St. Louis, MO","value":1231.4},{"label":"Wichita, KS","value":1210.0},{"label":"Milwaukee, WI","value":1145.0},{"label":"Albuquerque, NM","value":1029.7},{"label":"Stockton, CA","value":1028.9},{"label":"Anchorage, AK","value":1026.8},{"label":"Minneapolis, MN","value":1005.0},{"label":"Nashville, TN","value":961.6},{"label":"Houston, TX","value":887.6},{"label":"Denver, CO","value":882.3},{"label":"Toledo, OH","value":872.2},{"label":"Tulsa, OK","value":833.6},{"label":"Philadelphia, PA","value":830.7},{"label":"Corpus Christi, TX","value":799.2},{"label":"Cincinnati, OH","value":787.3},{"label":"Indianapolis, IN","value":768.8},{"label":"Aurora, CO","value":763.3},{"label":"Washington, DC","value":749.7},{"label":"Winston-Salem, NC","value":744.7},{"label":"Atlanta, GA","value":736.2},{"label":"Buffalo, NY","value":729.1},{"label":"Sacramento, CA","value":720.1},{"label":"Fresno, CA","value":720.0},{"label":"Seattle, WA","value":705.9},{"label":"Greensboro, NC","value":703.4},{"label":"Portland, OR","value":702.3},{"label":"Lubbock, TX","value":700.0},{"label":"Phoenix, AZ","value":697.4},{"label":"Colorado Springs, CO","value":691.0},{"label":"Louisville, KY","value":682.6},{"label":"Oklahoma City, OK","value":681.7},{"label":"Los Angeles, CA","value":669.9},{"label":"New York, NY","value":660.3},{"label":"Long Beach, CA","value":620.8},{"label":"Boston, MA","value":583.2},{"label":"Dallas, TX","value":576.8},{"label":"Charlotte, NC","value":559.1},{"label":"Reno, NV","value":550.6},{"label":"Anaheim, CA","value":548.2},{"label":"Riverside, CA","value":535.2},{"label":"San Antonio, TX","value":532.4},{"label":"Jacksonville, FL","value":519.3},{"label":"Newark, NJ","value":516.6},{"label":"Durham, NC","value":507.3},{"label":"San Jose, CA","value":505.3},{"label":"Bakersfield, CA","value":495.7},{"label":"St. Paul, MN","value":491.1},{"label":"Jersey City, NJ","value":487.1},{"label":"San Francisco, CA","value":486.2},{"label":"Pittsburgh, PA","value":467.7},{"label":"Glendale, AZ","value":438.0},{"label":"Lincoln, NE","value":426.9},{"label":"Mesa, AZ","value":425.0},{"label":"Austin, TX","value":422.6},{"label":"Chicago, IL","value":420.4},{"label":"Las Vegas, NV","value":412.5},{"label":"Arlington, TX","value":406.4},{"label":"Raleigh, NC","value":394.5},{"label":"Tucson, AZ","value":390.7},{"label":"Columbus, OH","value":381.9},{"label":"San Diego, CA","value":375.8},{"label":"Fort Worth, TX","value":374.9},{"label":"Chula Vista, CA","value":367.1},{"label":"North Las Vegas, NV","value":361.9},{"label":"Miami, FL","value":358.5},{"label":"Omaha, NE","value":349.5},{"label":"Santa Ana, CA","value":337.4},{"label":"Tampa, FL","value":333.2},{"label":"U.S. overall","value":329.6},{"label":"Chesapeake, VA","value":320.2},{"label":"Laredo, TX","value":316.3},{"label":"El Paso, TX","value":288.3},{"label":"Fort Wayne, IN","value":275.5},{"label":"Irving, TX","value":268.0},{"label":"Lexington, KY","value":228.7},{"label":"Henderson, NV","value":225.2},{"label":"Madison, WI","value":213.9},{"label":"Garland, TX","value":191.0},{"label":"Honolulu, HI","value":181.3},{"label":"Plano, TX","value":147.1},{"label":"Chandler, AZ","value":124.4},{"label":"Gilbert, AZ","value":117.4},{"label":"Virginia Beach, VA","value":101.1},{"label":"Irvine, CA","value":78.7}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","credit":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-city)"}