Top 10 Cities With The Most Murders Rate In The United States 2023

By, Muhd. Faizan

04/08/2023

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St. Louis

St. Louis has the highest murder rate in the United States, with a rate of 69.4 murders per 100,000 people.

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Baltimore 

Baltimore has the second-highest murder rate per capita in the United States, with 51.1 murders per 100,000 people in 2023.

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New Orleans

New Orleans has the third-highest murder rate per capita in the United States, with 40.6 murders per 100,000 people in 2023. 

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Detroit 

Detroit has the forth-highest murder rate in the United States, with a rate of 39.7 per 100,000 people.

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Cleveland

Cleveland has one of the highest murder rates in the United States, with a rate of 33.7 murders per 100,000 people in 2023.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas had the 6th highest homicide rate in the United States in 2023, with a rate of 31.4 murders per 100,000 people.

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Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri has the 7th highest murder rate in the United States, with 31.2 murders per 100,000 people.

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Memphis

Memphis has the 8th highest murder rate in the United States, with 27.1 murders per 100,000 people in 2023.

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Newark

Newark, New Jersey, has a murder rate of 25.6 per 100,000 people, making it the 9th most dangerous city in the United States.

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Chicago

Chicago had the 10th highest murder rate in the United States in 2023, with a rate of 24 murders per 100,000 people.

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