Demographia

US Central City and Suburban
Violent Crime Rates Ranked: 1999

Rank Metropolitan Area Segment Violent Crimes per 100,000 Population
1 Indianapolis Suburbs 135
2 Milwaukee Suburbs 137
3 Rochester Suburbs 141
4 Minneapolis-St. Paul Suburbs 145
5 Columbus Suburbs 181
6 Hartford Suburbs 185
7 Pittsburgh Suburbs 209
8 Providence Suburbs 211
9 Portland Suburbs 226
10 Austin Suburbs 245
11 Denver Suburbs 265
12 Oklahoma City Suburbs 272
13 Salt Lake City Suburbs 280
14 Raleigh-Durham Suburbs 282
15 Seattle Suburbs 311
16 New York Suburbs 325
17 Philadelphia Suburbs 330
18 Dallas-Fort Worth Suburbs 339
19 Boston Suburbs 341
20 Greensboro Suburbs 343
21 San Antonio Suburbs 347
22 Detroit Suburbs 348
23 San Francisco Suburbs 360
24 Atlanta Suburbs 362
25 Houston Suburbs 371
26 Phoenix Suburbs 384
27 San Diego Suburbs 435
28 Sacramento Suburbs 444
29 Nashville Suburbs 474
30 Jacksonville Suburbs 477
31 Austin Austin 529
32 Las Vegas Suburbs 547
33 Los Angeles Suburbs 548
34 San Antonio San Antonio 561
35 Denver Denver 571
36 San Francisco San Jose 581
37 San Diego San Diego 598
38 New Orleans Suburbs 603
39 Tampa-St. Petersburg Suburbs 604
40 Las Vegas Las Vegas 665
41 Rochester Rochester 701
42 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 710
43 Los Angeles Long Beach 745
44 Sacramento Sacramento 752
45 Providence Providence 753
46 Seattle Tacoma 767
47 West Palm Beach Suburbs 768
48 Raleigh-Durham Raleigh 772
49 Phoenix Phoenix 832
50 Orlando Suburbs 832
51 Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis 849
52 Dallas-Fort Worth Fort Worth 851
53 Columbus Columbus 855
54 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 859
55 San Francisco San Francisco 866
56 Miami Suburbs 875
57 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 878
58 Greensboro Greensboro 907
59 Indianapolis Indianapolis 1,016
60 Jacksonville Jacksonville 1,034
61 Boston Worcester 1,043
62 Milwaukee Milwaukee 1,043
63 New York New York 1,063
64 Hartford Hartford 1,126
65 Houston Houston 1,187
66 Portland Portland 1,237
67 New Orleans New Orleans 1,273
68 Los Angeles Los Angeles 1,283
69 Seattle Seattle 1,292
70 Raleigh-Durham Durham 1,295
71 Boston Boston 1,302
72 Greensboro Winston Salem 1,328
73 Minneapolis-St. Paul St. Paul 1,389
74 New York Jersey City 1,406
75 Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas 1,414
76 San Francisco Oakland 1,550
77 Philadelphia Philadelphia 1,605
78 Nashville Nashville 1,607
79 Tampa-St. Petersburg St. Petersburg 1,677
80 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach 1,751
81 New York Newark 1,814
82 Miami Miami 2,105
83 Orlando Orlando 2,137
84 Detroit Detroit 2,254
85 Tampa-St. Petersburg Tampa 2,254
86 Detroit Flint 2,340
87 Atlanta Atlanta 2,729
       
  Central City Average   1,190
  Suburban Average   370
       
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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