In 2022, the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area recorded the highest homicide rate of U.S. cities with a population over 250,000, at **** homicides per 100,000 residents, followed by the Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area. However, homicide data was not recorded in all U.S. metro areas, meaning that there may be some cities with a higher homicide rate. St. Louis St. Louis, which had a murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate of **** in 2022, is the second-largest city by population in Missouri. It is home to many famous treasures, such as the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, Washington University in St. Louis, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the renowned Gateway Arch. It is also home to many corporations, such as Monsanto, Arch Coal, and Emerson Electric. The economy of St. Louis is centered around business and healthcare, and boasts ten Fortune 500 companies. Crime in St. Louis Despite all of this, St. Louis suffers from high levels of crime and violence. As of 2023, it was listed as the seventh most dangerous city in the world as a result of their extremely high murder rate. Not only does St. Louis have one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, it also reports one of the highest numbers of violent crimes. Despite high crime levels, the GDP of the St. Louis metropolitan area has been increasing since 2001.

In 2025, Pietermaritzburg in South Africa ranked as the world's most dangerous city with a crime rate of 82 per 100,000 inhabitants. Five of the 10 cities with the highest crime rates worldwide are found in South Africa. The list does not include countries where war and conflict exist. South Africa dominates crime statistics When looking at crime rates, among the 10 most dangerous cities in the world, half of them are found in South Africa. The country is struggling with extremely high levels of inequality, and is struggling with high levels of crime and power outages, harming the country's economy and driving more people into unemployment and poverty. Crime in Latin America On the other hand, when looking at murder rates, Latin America dominates the list of the world's most dangerous countries. Violence in Latin America is caused in great part by drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and gang wars.

In 2023, around 3,640.56 violent crimes per 100,000 residents were reported in Oakland, California. This made Oakland the most dangerous city in the United States in that year. Four categories of violent crimes were used: murder and non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; and aggravated assault. Only cities with a population of at least 200,000 were considered.

2024 NIBRS crime data for St. Louis County Police Department and additional St. Louis County Municipalities. Data is subject to change.

These data are part of NACJDs Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. The two central objectives of this project were (1) to evaluate the effect on crime of a targeted patrol strategy mounted by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) and (2) to evaluate the researcher-practitioner partnership that underlay the policing intervention. The study addressed the following research questions: Do intensified police patrols and enforcement in crime hot spots result in larger reductions in firearm assaults and robberies than in similar areas subject to routine police activity? Do specific enforcement tactics decrease certain type of crime? Which enforcement tactics are most effective? Does video surveillance reduce crime? How does the criminal justice system respond to firearm crime? Do notification meetings reduce recidivism? Does community unrest increase crime? Did crime rates rise following the Ferguson Killing? To answer these questions, researchers used a mixed methods data collection plan, including interviews with local law enforcement, surveillance camera footage, and conducting ride-alongs with officers.

Graph and download economic data for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in King County, WA (DISCONTINUED) (FBITC053033) from 2005 to 2021 about King County, WA; crime; violent crime; property crime; Seattle; WA; and USA.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of Crime Victim Advocacy Center of St. Louis

Associations between lead exposure and violent crime types, St. Louis City, MO.

An annual publication in which the FBI provides data on the number of incidents, offenses, victims, and offenders in reported crimes that were motivated in whole or in part by a bias against the victim as perceived race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, disability, and gender identity.

Graph and download economic data for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Monroe County, AL (DISCONTINUED) (FBITC001099) from 2005 to 2021 about Monroe County, AL; crime; violent crime; property crime; AL; and USA.

The FBI Uniform Crime report contains a compilation of the volume and rate of violent and property crime offenses for the nation and by state.

Overview, Uniform Crime Report,Data Quality and Methodology, Glossary, Offense Glossary, State Data Notes

An annual publication in which the FBI compiles the volume and rate of violent and property crime offenses for the nation and by state. Individual law enforcement agency data are also provided for those contributors supplying 12 months of complete offense data.

This crime incident dashboard shows crime statistics from participating St. Louis County law enforcement agencies, for NIBRS-reportable (National Incident Based Reporting System) offenses using the FBI's UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) classification standards.The full crime incident dataset presented in this dashboard goes as far back as January 1, 2021 and is updated updated weekly. The spatial placement of incident points, as well as their latitude & longitude values, have been intentionally skewed to varying degrees depending on the incident type. None of the locations depicted are spatially accurate. For incident types that are particularly victim-sensitive, locations are randomly skewed up to half of a mile. Additionally, the location (address) value has intentionally been ambiguated to show the nearest 100-block of the road, the nearest intersection, or in the case of victim-sensitive crimes, merely the city or township in which the incident took place. Crime incident records are from St. Louis County Sheriff Office's records management system (RMS) and include data from other law enforcement agencies (police departments) that share the same RMS. Law enforcement agencies within St. Louis County that do not share the same RMS as the Sheriff's Office may show partial, but incomplete incidents in this dashboard. In some cases, a crime incident record exists for an agency but is tied to an incident location in a different agency's jurisdiction. This can happen for a variety of reasons as the investigative process unfolds. Crime type labels and categories follow the FBI's UCR conventions. More about NIBRS and UCR here: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/need-an-fbi-service-or-more-information/ucr/nibrs

The Hate Crime Statistics dataset provides annual statistics on the number of incidents, offenses, victims, and offenders in reported crimes that are motivated in whole, or in part, by an offender’s bias against the victim’s perceived race, gender, gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. Hate crime data is captured by indicating the element of bias present in offenses already being reported to the UCR Program.

All law enforcement agencies, whether they submit Summary Reporting System (SRS) or National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) reports, can contribute hate crime data to the UCR Program using forms specified to collect such information.

Please see the UCR resources provided by the FBI for for more information on hate crime. Download this dataset to see totals for hate crimes across the country from 1991–2014.

Alaska saw the highest rape rate in the United States in 2023, with 118.4 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants. The lowest rate was found in New Jersey, with 17.9 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants. Sexual assault in Alaska Fighting sexual assault in Alaska is particularly difficult due to small, isolated, close-knit communities who can be wary of airing their dirty laundry to outsiders, as well as a low number of law enforcement employees in the state. In addition, Alaska’s low population is spread out over a large land area, meaning that in the event of an assault being reported to police, it can take law enforcement hours, or even days, to reach the most isolated communities. The victims of sexual assault There tends to be more reported female victims of sexual assault than male victims. However, since sexual assault is typically an underreported crime, especially among males, these figures could be, and probably are, much higher. In addition, many victims of sexual offenses tend to be young, although sexual assault can occur at any age.

Characteristics of St. Louis City census tracts (n = 106).

Graph and download economic data for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Simpson County, KY (DISCONTINUED) (FBITC021213) from 2005 to 2021 about Simpson County, KY; crime; violent crime; property crime; KY; and USA.

In Social-Economic Change and its Impact on Violence: Homicide History of Qing China, Zhiwu Chen, Kaixiang Peng and Lijun Zhu offer the first estimate of interpersonal homicide rates of China for the period 1661–1898. The researchers find that the annual homicide rate ranged between 0.35 and 1.47 per 100,000 inhabitants during that period, a low level unmatched by Western Europe until the late 19th century. China’s homicide rate rose steadily from 1661 to 1821 but declined gradually thereafter until the turn of the century.