America is the most influential country in the world. Dominant in all manner, whether the economy, education, military, and so more. We all know about the country's progress. Apart from the good things of the country, there is some dark reality of the country that we may not know. The country has seen many crimes incidents within itself so far. FBI has published the report in 2018, which shows the country's crime rate was 368.9 per 100,000 people with a total crime 1,206,836. However, there is good news that the crime rate in America jumps down by 3.3% from its previous year's crime record.
Let's see the top 5 dangerous cities in America.
5. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana's state capital, Baton Rouge, is also known as the second-largest city in Louisiana. The town is very famous for its crime records. The country homicide ratio was 35.1 out of 100,000 individuals in 2018. The city has rape incidents 32.9 per 100,000 people follow by Property crime rate 5323 per 100,000 individuals—the city experience a significant spike in crimes by 142%. Recently, a big hoarding placed by Baton Rogue of police on which it is written "Warning: Enter at your risk."
4. New Orleans, Louisiana
Another Louisiana's city New Orleans, which acquired 4th position on the top crime list in America. New Orleans Police Department published the list of the crimes done in the city; they stated that there was 176 homicide done in 2016. New Orleans's murder rate keeps increasing every year. The murder rate was 42.1 per 100,000 people in 2001, followed by 44.0 in 2002 and so on, but for the first time, the city experience the decline in murder rate by 37.1 per 100,000 people in 2018. Experts also said that the city had surpassed Detroit and Chicago in terms of violent crimes.
3. Detroit, Michigan
Detriot is the largest city of Michigan and also known as the "most dangerous city" in Michigan. The city has observed many violent crimes. According to the FBI report, the city has 2,057 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2017. Two hundred sixty-seven homicides took place in 2017. The statistics show that the city's murder rate is decreasing every year. Two thousand seventeen reports show that per 100,000 individuals rape happened was 78.27, homicide 48.2, robbery 510.5, burglary 1,154.9, etc.
2. Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore obtains the second position in the top crime list in the United States. In 2017 the city had a murder rate of 55.7 per 100,000 people followed by rape case 62.29 per 100,000 people with the total violent crime of 2027. A data has been collected from The Baltimore Sun, which said that more than 340 murders took place in Baltimore in 2019. As we see the crime statistics of the city, we observe that the overall crime rate of the city keeps decreasing expects the murder rate.
1. St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, the deadliest city in Missouri, which got the top 1 position in top city crime list in America. In 2017, the city witnessed 205 murder cases, which were an increase from its previous year murder case by 9%. The city always engages in several criminal activities. Property crimes happened more than violent crimes. Data published in 2018 shows that city recorded a 60.9 murder rate per 100,000 individuals. Thank you for reading this article.
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