Demographia

US Central City and Suburban
Crime Rates Ranked: 1999

Rank Metropolitan Area Segment Crimes per 100,000 Population
1 Pittsburgh Suburbs 2,031
2 Boston Suburbs 2,547
3 Indianapolis Suburbs 2,614
4 Austin Suburbs 2,660
5 Rochester Suburbs 2,773
6 Providence Suburbs 2,786
7 Milwaukee Suburbs 2,889
8 San Francisco San Jose 2,944
9 Hartford Suburbs 3,003
10 San Diego Suburbs 3,041
11 New York Suburbs 3,080
12 Philadelphia Suburbs 3,204
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul Suburbs 3,251
14 Los Angeles Suburbs 3,293
15 Houston Suburbs 3,381
16 Detroit Suburbs 3,531
17 Sacramento Suburbs 3,557
18 Columbus Suburbs 3,606
19 Oklahoma City Suburbs 3,643
20 Denver Suburbs 3,810
21 San Antonio Suburbs 3,820
22 Nashville Suburbs 3,836
23 San Francisco Suburbs 3,873
24 San Diego San Diego 4,004
25 New York New York 4,032
26 Greensboro Suburbs 4,039
27 Raleigh-Durham Suburbs 4,046
28 Dallas-Fort Worth Suburbs 4,067
29 Jacksonville Suburbs 4,117
30 Los Angeles Long Beach 4,152
31 Portland Suburbs 4,366
32 Los Angeles Los Angeles 4,589
33 Seattle Suburbs 4,670
34 Las Vegas Suburbs 4,693
35 Atlanta Suburbs 4,799
36 Salt Lake City Suburbs 4,864
37 Phoenix Suburbs 5,139
38 Las Vegas Las Vegas 5,185
39 Tampa-St. Petersburg Suburbs 5,245
40 Denver Denver 5,256
41 New Orleans Suburbs 5,310
42 Indianapolis Indianapolis 5,322
43 San Francisco San Francisco 5,725
44 New York Jersey City 5,745
45 Boston Worcester 5,821
46 Orlando Suburbs 5,990
47 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 6,124
48 Boston Boston 6,288
49 West Palm Beach Suburbs 6,542
50 Sacramento Sacramento 6,611
51 San Antonio San Antonio 6,793
52 Miami Suburbs 7,064
53 Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis 7,064
54 Raleigh-Durham Raleigh 7,099
55 Austin Austin 7,145
56 Jacksonville Jacksonville 7,152
57 Houston Houston 7,271
58 Philadelphia Philadelphia 7,291
59 Rochester Rochester 7,415
60 Dallas-Fort Worth Fort Worth 7,488
61 New Orleans New Orleans 7,677
62 Phoenix Phoenix 7,720
63 Greensboro Greensboro 7,741
64 Hartford Hartford 7,783
65 New York Newark 7,881
66 Milwaukee Milwaukee 7,929
67 Providence Providence 8,027
68 Portland Portland 8,134
69 San Francisco Oakland 8,370
70 Minneapolis-St. Paul St. Paul 8,635
71 Tampa-St. Petersburg St. Petersburg 8,815
72 Nashville Nashville 8,884
73 Columbus Columbus 9,102
74 Seattle Tacoma 9,165
75 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 9,319
76 Seattle Seattle 9,549
77 Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas 9,616
78 Greensboro Winston Salem 10,141
79 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 10,320
80 Detroit Detroit 10,416
81 Miami Miami 10,724
82 Tampa-St. Petersburg Tampa 10,929
83 Detroit Flint 11,018
84 Raleigh-Durham Durham 11,379
85 Atlanta Atlanta 13,489
86 Orlando Orlando 13,618
87 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach 15,410
       
  Central City Average   7,874
  Suburban Average   3,924
       
Source: Calculated from US Department of Justice Uniform Crime Report 1999
All metropolitan areas over 1,000,000 population with data.

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