Crime Rates for big American Cities. Which American cities are the most dangerous?
The topic of safety in American cities has always been a
controversial one in news and politics. All of US are at USC, in Los Angeles,
which is one of the largest cities in America, and it is also notorious for its high crime rates.
Us students are told how the outside of USC is unsafe, yet we don't know the actual
statistics about crimes in the area. By using this chart, students and residents
can compare the safety of the city they live in compared to similar ones to make
informed decisions about where to live and what to watch out for.
Data tables below give raw data from the FBI's Crime Data Explorer website,
which is updated yearly. The data is from 2024, and includes some of the biggest
American cities, including Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco.
The goal is that users can look at this data to compare crime rates.
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Crime Statistics from 2024 FBI's Crime Data Explorer website.
Please click this header to reveal table data
City Name
Population
Total number of people living in the city.
Violent Crime
Dangerous category of crime to watch out for
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
Property crime
Much greater rate of these small crimes vs big ones
Los Angeles
3,796,352
27,656
264
56,335
San Francisco
802,856
4,789
35
31,545
New York City
8,299,271
55,690
325
196,549
Chicago
2,638,698
14,245
461
91,626
Phoenix
1,662,809
13,296
139
38,666
Houston
2,319,160
26,628
320
99,572
Philadelphia
1,549,259
14,078
262
70,463
San Diego
1,389,024
5,726
35
23,197
San Antonio
1,514,458
8,998
127
70,023
San Jose
956,840
5,806
26
24,762
Click a city to see its summary.
Glossary. Please click to expand
Violent Crime
Any type of crime that involes violence including murder and nonnegligent manslauter, rape, robery, and aggraved assult. These crimes involve force or threats of force.
Murder and non-negligent homicides
The willful killing of one human killing another. Negligent deaths are excluded, attempted killings are excluded as well as those are assault, excluding suicides and self-defense homicides.
Property Crime
Property crime refers to when property is stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but no force or threat of force is used against an individual
How to use this Page?
An example of how to use the page is make sure to click the elemements on it
when clicking each city name, information is shown about each city and it
summarized for the user to read. The user can look at which cities
have the highest murder rates and other crime rates, so they can compare
which cities they wish to visit or avoid, or even to live in
A second way to use this page is to learn more about definitions of crimes.
The FBI has official definitions for each crime, and the user
can learn more about what constitue a crime of the nature,
and they can also research more niche crimes that do not fit inside the chart
thats provided. The data is obtained from this website: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/home
