Which American cities have the highest murders per capita? A new Fox News report has the answers.
Violent crimes —particularly murders —are skyrocketing in America’s cities. But it isn’t necessarily the cities one would expect, with many southern locations climbing to the top of the chart in the past few years.
From Fox News:
Violent crime stories out of these beloved American cities frequently make news headlines due to local and national concerns for their residents and the tourists who frequent these historic areas.
Perhaps more light needs to be shed on other cities in the South and Midwest that make national headlines less frequently than the aforementioned cities but have higher or comparable murder numbers per capita (or 100,000 residents), including New Orleans and Birmingham, Alabama; as well as Milwaukee; St. Louis; Cleveland; Rochester, New York; and Atlanta.
A compilation of June police data from cities with populations greater than 200,000 by AH Analytics co-founder Jeff Asher lists the top 31 U.S. cities with the highest murder rates, in order, so far in 2022.
New Orleans almost certainly had the nation's highest murder rate per 100k of any big city in the first half of the year. The below table includes cities 200k+ with available data through late June. pic.twitter.com/ZC268J0o2p
— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) July 1, 2022
On Asher’s list, New Orleans has a murder rate of 36.8 per capita so far this year, followed by Baltimore at a rate of 29.1; Birmingham at a rate of 29.1, St. Louis at a rate of 27.8, Milwaukee at a rate of 19, Cleveland at a rate of 16.9, Rochester at a rate of 16.6, Philadelphia at a rate of 15.1, Atlanta at a rate of 14.9, and Kansas City, Missouri at a rate of 14.6. These numbers only reflect murder numbers halfway through 2022 and are subject to change.
Continue reading over at Fox News:
Emerging crime capitals of America: These cities have the highest murders per capita https://t.co/YbiQeViJGa
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 2, 2022