Which big U.S. cities have the most robberies?

In 2025, Baltimore, MD had the highest robbery rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 417 per 100,000 people, followed by Oakland, CA (392) and Washington, DC (317). Gilbert, AZ (8) and Chandler, AZ (15) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 50. A robbery is taking something from a person by force or threat of force. Departments that didn't report a full year are left out (for 2025, New Orleans, Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida). Rates count only crimes reported to police. 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.

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Key facts

Measure: Robberies per 100,000 people. Written from the data below.

  • Baltimore, MD has the highest figure, 416.5, followed by Oakland, CA (392.4) and Washington, DC (317.3).
  • Gilbert, AZ has the lowest figure, 7.8, followed by Chandler, AZ (15.2) and Irvine, CA (17.7).
  • The highest is 53 times the lowest.
  • U.S. overall: 49.9. Of the 89 compared, 71 are above it and 18 below.

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Chartly. “Which big U.S. cities have the most robberies?” Chart. Data: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/robbery-rate-by-city (accessed October 27, 2026).

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City Robberies per 100,000 people
Baltimore, MD 416.5
Oakland, CA 392.4
Washington, DC 317.3
Cleveland, OH 288.7
Stockton, CA 263.8
Minneapolis, MN 251.8
Memphis, TN 242.8
Philadelphia, PA 228.7
Milwaukee, WI 224.8
St. Louis, MO 213.6
Chicago, IL 208.9
San Francisco, CA 201.8
Houston, TX 201.4
Kansas City, MO 201
Cincinnati, OH 190
Los Angeles, CA 186.4
Anchorage, AK 179.9
Seattle, WA 179.4
New York, NY 175.5
Long Beach, CA 169
Sacramento, CA 164.8
Buffalo, NY 159.9
Fresno, CA 156.5
Portland, OR 152.8
Dallas, TX 151.7
Detroit, MI 145.9
Durham, NC 144.2
Phoenix, AZ 143
Greensboro, NC 140.8
Denver, CO 138.4
Jersey City, NJ 129.4
Pittsburgh, PA 129.4
Albuquerque, NM 125.4
Atlanta, GA 124.3
Indianapolis, IN 116
Bakersfield, CA 114.8
Boston, MA 113.5
Nashville, TN 111.8
San Jose, CA 111.1
Louisville, KY 106.4
Corpus Christi, TX 105.3
Columbus, OH 103.1
Reno, NV 102.1
North Las Vegas, NV 99
Toledo, OH 97.9
Riverside, CA 96.4
Wichita, KS 94.8
Charlotte, NC 94.6
San Antonio, TX 89.1
Newark, NJ 88.5
Aurora, CO 88.4
Tulsa, OK 87.1
St. Paul, MN 84.2
Anaheim, CA 83.7
Oklahoma City, OK 81.7
Lubbock, TX 81.2
Winston-Salem, NC 80.4
Santa Ana, CA 80
Austin, TX 78.9
Miami, FL 77.8
Raleigh, NC 74.5
Chula Vista, CA 67.7
Colorado Springs, CO 64.8
Fort Worth, TX 60.2
San Diego, CA 59.5
Lexington, KY 58.3
Glendale, AZ 57.6
Las Vegas, NV 54.6
Jacksonville, FL 53.4
Garland, TX 51.3
Fort Wayne, IN 50.1
U.S. overall 49.9
Henderson, NV 48.3
Irving, TX 47.6
Mesa, AZ 47.5
Honolulu, HI 46.2
Tucson, AZ 45.8
Lincoln, NE 44.9
Arlington, TX 44.6
Tampa, FL 42
Omaha, NE 36.9
Laredo, TX 35.4
Madison, WI 33.3
El Paso, TX 33
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6
Chesapeake, VA 30
Plano, TX 19.3
Irvine, CA 17.7
Chandler, AZ 15.2
Gilbert, AZ 7.8

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