The Top 5 Most Dangerous Cities in the United States

  City Violence Incident Rate Population Median family income
1 St. Louis, Missouri 2,405.5 per 100,000 Persons 324,238 $34,249
2 Detroit, Michigan 2,357.6 per 100,000 Persons 913,577 $37,805
3 Flint, Michigan 2,260.2 per 100,000 Persons 122,789 $33,980
4 Camden, New Jersey 2,096.7 per 100,000 Persons 80,252 $27,719
5 Memphis, Tennessee 1,860.0 per 100,000 Persons 641,980 $42,782
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Sources:  Morgan Quitno survey from FBI data

List Notes: The survey compared rates for six major crimes: murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and auto theft with national averages. Median family income is per year and is based on each cities own statistics. Population statistics are for the latest available census. Violent incident rate is per 100,000 Persons. Data is for the year 2006.
Most Dangerous Cities in the United States

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