Which big U.S. cities' murder rates fell most since 2019?
From 2019, the year before murders jumped across the country, to 2025, the murder rate fell most in Baltimore, MD (-58.5%), Corpus Christi, TX (-56.4%) and Tulsa, OK (-54.3%) of the 70 big U.S. cities (250,000 people or more) whose police reported every month of both years to the FBI, and rose most in Portland, OR (74.8%) and Mesa, AZ (63.1%). Across the U.S. it fell 17%. Cities with fewer than 10 murders in 2019 are left out, as are departments that missed a month of either year (for 2019 and 2025 these include Philadelphia, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami and New Orleans). Each rate is per person the department serves.
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Measure: Change in murders per 100,000 people since 2019, percent. Written from the data below.
- Portland, OR has the highest figure, 74.8%, followed by Mesa, AZ (63.1%) and Austin, TX (55.3%).
- Baltimore, MD has the lowest figure, -58.5%, followed by Corpus Christi, TX (-56.4%) and Tulsa, OK (-54.3%).
- U.S. overall: -17%. Of the 70 compared, 41 are above it and 29 below.
The bigger picture, in plain words: Which big U.S. cities have the highest murder rates, and is it falling?
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| City | Change in murders per 100,000 people since 2019, percent |
|---|---|
| Portland, OR | 74.8 |
| Mesa, AZ | 63.1 |
| Austin, TX | 55.3 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 54.6 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 32.8 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 20.7 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 19.5 |
| Sacramento, CA | 17.9 |
| Seattle, WA | 9.4 |
| Omaha, NE | 8.9 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 7.7 |
| Cleveland, OH | 7.1 |
| Aurora, CO | 5.1 |
| Stockton, CA | 4.7 |
| Reno, NV | 3.7 |
| Memphis, TN | 2.8 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1.6 |
| Tucson, AZ | 0.9 |
| North Las Vegas, NV | 0.8 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 0.4 |
| Wichita, KS | -0.1 |
| Phoenix, AZ | -3 |
| Santa Ana, CA | -3 |
| Houston, TX | -4.8 |
| Cincinnati, OH | -5.5 |
| Albuquerque, NM | -5.8 |
| Lubbock, TX | -6 |
| Indianapolis, IN | -6.2 |
| Los Angeles, CA | -8.8 |
| Columbus, OH | -9 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | -10.1 |
| Bakersfield, CA | -10.4 |
| Toledo, OH | -10.6 |
| Long Beach, CA | -10.8 |
| New York, NY | -11.3 |
| Jersey City, NJ | -12.7 |
| Louisville, KY | -12.8 |
| Kansas City, MO | -15.6 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | -15.9 |
| Charlotte, NC | -16 |
| Raleigh, NC | -16.1 |
| U.S. overall | -17 |
| Arlington, TX | -18.4 |
| Durham, NC | -18.6 |
| Greensboro, NC | -19.2 |
| St. Louis, MO | -20.5 |
| San Jose, CA | -21.6 |
| Riverside, CA | -21.8 |
| Honolulu, HI | -22 |
| San Francisco, CA | -23.9 |
| Anchorage, AK | -24.9 |
| Dallas, TX | -28.3 |
| Washington, DC | -29.5 |
| Chicago, IL | -30.3 |
| Oakland, CA | -31.1 |
| Denver, CO | -33.7 |
| El Paso, TX | -34.6 |
| Nashville, TN | -36.6 |
| Detroit, MI | -39.3 |
| Boston, MA | -40.5 |
| Glendale, AZ | -42.7 |
| Buffalo, NY | -42.9 |
| St. Paul, MN | -46 |
| Garland, TX | -47 |
| Newark, NJ | -48.9 |
| San Diego, CA | -48.9 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | -50.6 |
| Lexington, KY | -50.7 |
| Tulsa, OK | -54.3 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | -56.4 |
| Baltimore, MD | -58.5 |
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