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U.S. city crime statistics

In 2025 St. Louis, MO had the highest murder rate of the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI, about 51.3 per 100,000 people, against 4.3 for the whole U.S. Memphis, TN had the highest violent crime rate, about 1,853 per 100,000.

14 key numbers from 8 charts. They update themselves when new data comes out; newest data as of December 31, 2025.

  1. Highest murder rate among big U.S. cities, 2025

    51.3

    St. Louis, MO, followed by Memphis, TN (31.0) and Cleveland, OH (28.0). Murders per 100,000 people, among the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year to the FBI.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  2. Highest big-city murder rate against the U.S. rate, 2025

    12 times

    St. Louis, MO: 51.3 murders per 100,000 people, against 4.4 for the U.S. counting the same reporting agencies.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  3. Lowest murder rate among big U.S. cities, 2025

    0.0

    Irvine, CA, then Plano, TX (0.7). Murders per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  4. U.S. murder rate, 2025

    4.3

    Murders per 100,000 people, for the whole country.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  5. Change in the U.S. murder rate since 2019, 2019 to 2025

    Down 17.3%

    From 5.2 to 4.3 murders per 100,000 people. 2019 was the year before murders jumped across the country.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  6. Biggest fall in a big city's murder rate since 2019, 2019 to 2025

    Down 58.5%

    Baltimore, MD, then Corpus Christi, TX (-56.4%), among the 70 cities of 250,000 people or more whose police reported every month of both years and had at least 10 murders in 2019.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  7. Biggest rise in a big city's murder rate since 2019, 2019 to 2025

    Up 74.8%

    Portland, OR, then Mesa, AZ (63.1%), among the same cities.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  8. Biggest fall in a big city's murder rate in one year, 2025

    Down 80.1%

    Irving, TX, against the year before, among the 79 cities of 250,000 people or more whose police reported every month of both years and had at least 10 murders in the earlier year.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  9. Biggest rise in a big city's murder rate in one year, 2025

    Up 29.3%

    El Paso, TX, against the year before, among the same cities.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  10. Highest murder rate among U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, 2025

    51.3

    St. Louis, MO, followed by Birmingham, AL (43.0), among the 313 cities of 100,000 people or more whose police reported a full year. Murders per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  11. Highest violent crime rate among big U.S. cities, 2025

    1,853

    Memphis, TN, followed by Detroit, MI (1,654). Violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) per 100,000 people, among the 89 biggest U.S. cities whose police reported a full year.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  12. Lowest violent crime rate among big U.S. cities, 2025

    79

    Irvine, CA, then Virginia Beach, VA (101). Violent crimes per 100,000 people.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  13. U.S. violent crime rate, 2025

    329

    Violent crimes per 100,000 people, for the whole country.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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  14. Highest property crime rate among big U.S. cities, 2025

    5,255

    Oakland, CA, followed by Portland, OR (5,113). Burglaries, thefts, car thefts and arsons per 100,000 people; the U.S. rate was about 1,552.

    Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program), data as of December 31, 2025. See the chart

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What these numbers can and can't tell you

These are crimes police recorded and reported to the FBI. Each city's rate is per person its police department serves, and a few departments, 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.

Departments that didn't report every month of a year are left out of that year's rankings, so a city missing here may simply not have reported. In a smaller city one more or one fewer murder moves the rate a lot, which is why the change rankings leave out cities with fewer than 10 murders in the earlier year.

The U.S. rates count only the police agencies that reported, so they differ a little from the FBI's national estimates, and the FBI revises earlier years as more reports come in. This page always shows the latest figures. Each big city has its own page with its crime since 1985.

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