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Most dangerous and safest U.S. cities by violent crime rate (2025)

Name: Most dangerous and safest U.S. cities by violent crime rate (2025)
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Violent crimes reported by each city's police department per 100,000 residents, for the 335 cities of at least 100,000 people that reported a full year to the FBI. Read the caveats before drawing conclusions.

Data vintage: FBI Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City (Table 8), 2025, compared with 2024. Last checked 2026-10-27 by The CompareTheData team.

Data: FBI Crime Data Explorer (Table 8). Jump to sources · Methodology

Key takeaways

Highest violent crime rates in 2025: Memphis, TN (1,849.4), Detroit, MI (1,649.1), Little Rock, AR (1,484.5), Oakland, CA (1,475.4) and Kansas City, MO (1,369.4).
Lowest among cities of 100,000+: Pembroke Pines, FL (41.6), Carmel, IN (49.7) and League City, TX (53.6).
Among the 39 cities of 500,000+ in the data, the lowest rate was in Honolulu, HI (165.5) and El Paso, TX (287.0).
Violent crime fell in 260 of the 322 cities with comparable 2024 data.
The highest city rate is about 5.6 times the U.S. rate of 327.6.

Violent crime rate chart: 25 highest cities

Violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025, cities of 100,000+

Crime rate by city: 335 cities of 100,000+

Click a column heading to sort. Rates are per 100,000 residents of the police jurisdiction. Rank 1 is the highest violent crime rate. Download this table (CSV).

Crime rate by city: 335 cities of 100,000+
Rank	City	State	Population	Violent rate	Violent rate 2024	Change %	Murder rate	Murders	Property rate
1	Memphis	Tennessee	606,629	1,849.4	2,501.3	−26.1%	31.2	189	4,967.3
2	Detroit	Michigan	642,155	1,649.1	1,781.3	−7.4%	25.7	165	3,882.2
3	Little Rock	Arkansas	205,320	1,484.5	1,672.0	−11.2%	21.4	44	3,955.3
4	Oakland	California	444,211	1,475.4	1,925.3	−23.4%	12.4	55	5,225.4
5	Kansas City	Missouri	518,039	1,369.4	1,547.1	−11.5%	26.1	135	3,950.1
6	Cleveland	Ohio	363,659	1,360.3	1,561.1	−12.9%	28.3	103	3,910.0
7	Baltimore	Maryland	562,811	1,346.5	1,606.2	−16.2%	23.8	134	3,981.8
8	Peoria	Illinois	111,389	1,249.7	1,344.9	−7.1%	10.8	12	3,909.7
9	Birmingham	Alabama	195,393	1,236.0	1,246.6	−0.9%	42.5	83	4,375.3
10	St. Louis	Missouri	274,819	1,224.1	1,367.1	−10.5%	51.3	141	5,000.7
11	Dayton	Ohio	136,047	1,221.6	1,339.2	−8.8%	17.6	24	3,974.4
12	Springfield	Missouri	170,958	1,213.7	1,178.1	+3.0%	5.3	9	3,823.7
13	Wichita	Kansas	401,730	1,203.3	538.6	+123.4%	9.0	36	4,585.7
14	Shreveport	Louisiana	174,114	1,157.9	1,228.5	−5.7%	21.8	38	3,587.9
15	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	559,717	1,145.0	1,430.9	−20.0%	25.4	142	2,372.1
16	Lafayette	Louisiana	122,489	1,129.1	1,066.1	+5.9%	4.1	5	3,452.6
17	Evansville	Indiana	114,905	1,108.7	1,206.2	−8.1%	6.1	7	3,026.0
18	Stockton	California	325,985	1,027.0	1,145.8	−10.4%	10.7	35	2,257.8
19	Anchorage	Alaska	287,385	1,026.8	1,014.8	+1.2%	8.4	24	3,307.1
20	Albuquerque	New Mexico	559,192	1,013.1	1,181.8	−14.3%	12.9	72	3,956.1
21	Minneapolis	Minnesota	428,057	1,001.0	1,160.2	−13.7%	14.7	63	4,484.9
22	Lansing	Michigan	114,787	972.2	1,345.1	−27.7%	3.5	4	1,714.5
23	Kansas City	Kansas	156,815	970.6	1,047.2	−7.3%	12.8	20	3,108.1
24	Nashville	Tennessee	718,499	943.8	1,124.1	−16.0%	8.2	59	3,830.9
25	Beaumont	Texas	112,404	937.7	1,137.3	−17.6%	10.7	12	2,951.0
26	Rockford	Illinois	147,186	899.5	1,080.0	−16.7%	7.5	11	2,500.9
27	Grand Rapids	Michigan	200,467	893.9	910.1	−1.8%	6.5	13	2,315.6
28	San Bernardino	California	225,448	891.6	897.1	−0.6%	9.8	22	2,432.5
29	Springfield	Illinois	112,595	889.0	901.2	−1.4%	9.8	11	4,142.3
30	Houston	Texas	2,413,559	886.1	1,148.2	−22.8%	11.3	272	3,807.2
31	Denver	Colorado	733,212	875.7	993.0	−11.8%	5.7	42	4,103.5
32	Springfield	Massachusetts	154,390	869.9	891.4	−2.4%	11.0	17	2,433.4
33	Akron	Ohio	189,545	865.2	820.3	+5.5%	12.7	24	2,809.9
34	Tacoma	Washington	230,369	861.2	1,063.0	−19.0%	9.5	22	3,938.5
35	Salt Lake City	Utah	222,304	857.4	864.2	−0.8%	3.1	7	4,735.4
36	Toledo	Ohio	264,490	853.3	1,041.1	−18.0%	6.4	17	2,470.0
37	Paterson	New Jersey	160,567	830.8	978.6	−15.1%	8.7	14	2,318.7
38	Albany	New York	102,009	825.4	816.9	+1.0%	9.8	10	2,620.4
39	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,562,379	822.7	908.7	−9.5%	14.3	224	4,307.4
40	Tulsa	Oklahoma	415,528	822.3	941.9	−12.7%	6.5	27	3,411.8
41	Richmond	California	115,149	812.9	923.1	−11.9%	5.2	6	2,040.0
42	Corpus Christi	Texas	317,077	792.6	863.6	−8.2%	4.1	13	2,745.4
43	Newport News	Virginia	182,798	788.3	736.0	+7.1%	9.8	18	2,259.9
44	Columbia	South Carolina	147,021	787.0	769.9	+2.2%	12.9	19	3,132.2
45	Cincinnati	Ohio	316,260	775.0	845.6	−8.3%	20.9	66	3,593.6
46	Vallejo	California	122,870	772.4	739.8	+4.4%	13.8	17	3,039.0
47	Lancaster	California	166,019	767.4	834.7	−8.1%	10.8	18	1,592.6
48	Billings	Montana	122,571	759.6	746.1	+1.8%	3.3	4	2,485.9
49	Aurora	Colorado	407,319	759.1	947.8	−19.9%	8.8	36	2,445.7
50	Antioch	California	119,234	754.8	606.8	+24.4%	5.0	6	2,428.0
51	Washington	District Of Columbia	693,645	746.8	925.9	−19.3%	16.6	115	3,070.2
52	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	257,431	741.9	809.7	−8.4%	10.5	27	2,984.5
53	Victorville	California	142,262	740.2	1,015.6	−27.1%	4.9	7	1,258.9
54	Atlanta	Georgia	525,939	732.0	—	—	19.0	100	3,100.4
55	Buffalo	New York	276,384	729.4	706.2	+3.3%	10.9	30	3,377.9
56	Sacramento	California	538,389	717.9	754.9	−4.9%	7.4	40	2,253.9
57	Fresno	California	551,969	714.7	735.5	−2.8%	4.2	23	2,552.3
58	Chattanooga	Tennessee	193,881	700.4	823.7	−15.0%	8.3	16	3,320.6
59	Seattle	Washington	791,503	698.7	775.1	−9.9%	4.4	35	4,419.6
60	Portland	Oregon	631,483	694.6	720.1	−3.5%	8.1	51	5,036.7
61	Phoenix	Arizona	1,688,662	694.5	799.6	−13.1%	7.5	127	2,029.7
62	Inglewood	California	101,651	685.7	674.6	+1.6%	4.9	5	3,185.4
63	Knoxville	Tennessee	200,645	684.8	740.3	−7.5%	8.0	16	2,355.4
64	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	720,580	679.3	676.0	+0.5%	9.4	68	2,623.9
65	Colorado Springs	Colorado	496,560	678.9	715.6	−5.1%	4.8	24	2,992.4
66	Lakewood	Colorado	157,016	671.9	787.2	−14.6%	5.1	8	4,446.7
67	Louisville Metro	Kentucky	691,630	670.4	707.4	−5.2%	3.0	21	3,420.2
68	Los Angeles	California	3,874,484	667.7	728.5	−8.3%	5.8	225	2,235.5
69	North Charleston	South Carolina	128,751	666.4	810.5	−17.8%	10.9	14	3,420.6
70	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	191,199	661.1	—	—	5.8	11	3,181.0
71	Chico	California	102,829	658.4	699.2	−5.8%	1.9	2	1,809.8
72	New York	New York	8,496,850	656.5	671.0	−2.2%	3.3	280	2,272.9
73	Lubbock	Texas	275,713	655.4	821.0	−20.2%	4.0	11	2,355.0
74	Davenport	Iowa	100,761	652.0	581.4	+12.1%	6.9	7	3,161.9
75	Pomona	California	147,214	645.3	715.9	−9.9%	5.4	8	2,257.9
76	Montgomery	Alabama	194,775	643.3	594.6	+8.2%	30.8	60	2,843.8
77	Des Moines	Iowa	212,933	640.6	703.0	−8.9%	1.4	3	2,814.0
78	Berkeley	California	121,235	636.8	638.8	−0.3%	0.8	1	4,040.9
79	Tallahassee	Florida	206,918	628.3	—	—	9.7	20	2,363.7
80	Greeley	Colorado	115,679	622.4	670.7	−7.2%	9.5	11	2,870.9
81	Long Beach	California	447,317	620.8	676.4	−8.2%	6.5	29	2,519.7
82	Santa Maria	California	111,741	620.2	660.6	−6.1%	4.5	5	1,750.5
83	Syracuse	New York	145,890	612.1	765.3	−20.0%	8.9	13	3,205.8
84	Spokane	Washington	230,962	607.5	674.9	−10.0%	3.5	8	4,342.3
85	Fayetteville	North Carolina	209,151	598.6	660.2	−9.3%	15.8	33	2,739.6
86	Mobile	Alabama	255,927	590.0	752.0	−21.5%	14.5	37	1,457.8
87	Rialto	California	105,159	582.9	641.7	−9.2%	4.8	5	2,072.1
88	Boston	Massachusetts	671,262	582.3	627.9	−7.3%	3.6	24	1,908.2
89	Modesto	California	221,064	582.2	655.7	−11.2%	0.0	0	1,837.5
90	Indianapolis	Indiana	903,574	577.0	877.9	−34.3%	11.5	104	2,057.9
91	Dallas	Texas	1,331,217	574.7	658.2	−12.7%	10.4	139	3,053.1
92	Rochester	New York	206,391	567.4	582.3	−2.6%	13.1	27	2,760.8
93	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	1,035,037	559.1	733.2	−23.7%	9.0	93	3,407.1
94	Lynn	Massachusetts	103,819	558.7	574.6	−2.8%	3.9	4	1,105.8
95	Oxnard	California	200,296	553.7	596.4	−7.2%	2.0	4	1,605.1
96	Vancouver	Washington	200,968	552.8	582.3	−5.1%	2.0	4	2,864.6
97	Independence	Missouri	121,329	552.2	571.2	−3.3%	5.8	7	2,972.1
98	Amarillo	Texas	204,528	550.5	690.5	−20.3%	5.9	12	2,398.2
99	Reno	Nevada	286,060	548.1	529.6	+3.5%	4.9	14	2,310.0
100	Anaheim	California	344,040	545.9	596.2	−8.4%	2.6	9	1,744.6
101	Costa Mesa	California	108,414	538.7	737.6	−27.0%	2.8	3	2,079.1
102	Brockton	Massachusetts	105,571	538.0	599.2	−10.2%	7.6	8	1,393.4
103	Riverside	California	325,858	532.4	589.7	−9.7%	4.0	13	2,153.7
104	San Antonio	Texas	1,549,306	528.2	594.1	−11.1%	6.8	106	3,899.9
105	High Point	North Carolina	119,581	521.0	454.8	+14.6%	4.2	5	1,932.6
106	Fairfield	California	123,346	518.1	498.0	+4.0%	6.5	8	1,747.1
107	Newark	New Jersey	318,638	516.6	581.2	−11.1%	10.4	33	1,782.6
108	Salinas	California	160,138	512.1	524.5	−2.4%	4.4	7	1,458.7
109	Durham	North Carolina	307,140	506.6	619.2	−18.2%	11.1	34	3,582.1
110	Lowell	Massachusetts	121,283	504.6	532.5	−5.2%	1.6	2	1,384.4
111	San Jose	California	994,435	503.4	606.8	−17.0%	2.4	24	2,372.1
112	Killeen	Texas	162,382	497.6	527.6	−5.7%	11.7	19	1,636.9
113	Pueblo	Colorado	110,981	497.4	1,424.1	−65.1%	3.6	4	1,803.9
114	Warren	Michigan	137,310	496.0	541.8	−8.5%	2.2	3	1,354.6
115	Bakersfield	California	420,589	494.8	554.6	−10.8%	7.8	33	2,235.0
116	Las Cruces	New Mexico	118,356	493.4	720.0	−31.5%	11.8	14	3,644.9
117	St. Petersburg	Florida	269,098	492.4	619.6	−20.5%	3.3	9	2,016.0
118	West Palm Beach	Florida	130,449	491.4	575.8	−14.7%	8.4	11	1,483.3
119	St. Paul	Minnesota	307,657	489.2	617.7	−20.8%	4.9	15	2,781.7
120	San Francisco	California	815,330	486.2	596.5	−18.5%	3.4	28	2,932.4
121	Jersey City	New Jersey	305,249	486.2	561.6	−13.4%	3.9	12	1,826.4
122	Palmdale	California	160,986	482.7	551.0	−12.4%	2.5	4	1,704.5
123	South Fulton	Georgia	113,122	476.5	470.5	+1.3%	15.0	17	1,649.5
124	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	306,794	472.3	427.2	+10.6%	10.1	31	2,328.6
125	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	116,588	471.7	553.4	−14.8%	12.9	15	2,367.3
126	Hesperia	California	102,309	463.3	519.6	−10.8%	5.9	6	1,158.3
127	El Cajon	California	102,604	455.1	434.4	+4.8%	4.9	5	1,201.7
128	Hartford	Connecticut	122,548	453.7	515.8	−12.0%	9.0	11	2,222.8
129	South Bend	Indiana	103,804	452.8	965.0	−53.1%	0.0	0	1,022.1
130	Mesquite	Texas	150,193	452.8	501.3	−9.7%	8.7	13	2,194.5
131	Green Bay	Wisconsin	106,069	447.8	495.1	−9.6%	1.9	2	1,177.5
132	Fayetteville	Arkansas	105,335	444.3	423.7	+4.9%	1.9	2	1,894.9
133	Fort Myers	Florida	103,372	442.1	—	—	2.9	3	1,059.3
134	Richmond	Virginia	235,995	441.1	336.9	+30.9%	22.9	54	3,323.0
135	Glendale	Arizona	260,498	437.2	488.4	−10.5%	3.8	10	2,323.2
136	Hayward	California	157,399	437.1	477.1	−8.4%	4.4	7	2,622.0
137	Cambridge	Massachusetts	121,634	435.7	436.7	−0.2%	1.6	2	2,596.3
138	Pasadena	Texas	149,168	432.4	566.1	−23.6%	2.0	3	1,763.8
139	Lincoln	Nebraska	302,860	421.6	347.9	+21.2%	2.0	6	1,892.3
140	Pasadena	California	136,663	420.7	480.4	−12.4%	0.7	1	2,309.3
141	Chicago	Illinois	2,715,488	420.4	539.8	−22.1%	12.7	346	2,942.4
142	Salem	Oregon	181,534	420.3	532.2	−21.0%	2.2	4	2,315.3
143	Mesa	Arizona	519,990	419.6	482.7	−13.1%	3.5	18	1,290.4
144	Concord	California	123,703	419.6	484.6	−13.4%	2.4	3	2,743.7
145	Tempe	Arizona	191,348	419.1	470.3	−10.9%	4.7	9	2,685.2
146	Austin	Texas	1,000,639	418.2	466.9	−10.4%	5.1	51	3,065.7
147	Abilene	Texas	131,854	414.9	424.5	−2.3%	5.3	7	1,570.7
148	Visalia	California	147,414	413.8	435.3	−4.9%	4.1	6	1,746.1
149	Waco	Texas	148,165	411.7	425.9	−3.3%	5.4	8	1,784.5
150	El Monte	California	103,551	410.4	423.2	−3.0%	1.9	2	1,932.4
151	Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	Nevada	1,712,136	407.2	429.8	−5.3%	5.3	91	2,402.3
152	Wilmington	North Carolina	127,752	403.9	482.8	−16.3%	7.0	9	2,893.9
153	Brownsville	Texas	193,321	403.0	456.0	−11.6%	1.0	2	1,515.6
154	Arlington	Texas	406,035	402.2	482.9	−16.7%	3.4	14	1,976.7
155	Jackson	Mississippi	138,701	400.1	—	—	18.7	26	1,499.6
156	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	172,248	398.8	420.0	−5.0%	1.7	3	1,544.3
157	Norfolk	Virginia	230,068	396.8	469.5	−15.5%	11.3	26	3,153.9
158	New Haven	Connecticut	139,715	396.5	534.8	−25.9%	11.5	16	3,099.9
159	Huntsville	Alabama	234,043	394.8	483.2	−18.3%	9.8	23	2,268.8
160	Raleigh	North Carolina	508,719	391.8	488.8	−19.8%	4.9	25	2,289.7
161	West Valley	Utah	137,688	384.2	469.5	−18.2%	5.1	7	1,637.8
162	Oceanside	California	170,168	381.4	458.7	−16.9%	2.4	4	1,510.3
163	Fullerton	California	139,237	379.9	455.3	−16.6%	0.0	0	1,715.8
164	Columbus	Ohio	940,106	374.1	434.9	−14.0%	8.9	84	2,502.1
165	Fargo	North Dakota	138,990	372.7	498.2	−25.2%	2.9	4	3,238.4
166	San Diego	California	1,409,432	372.3	412.2	−9.7%	1.7	24	1,539.0
167	Fort Worth	Texas	1,030,410	371.4	458.4	−19.0%	7.6	78	2,197.5
168	Lakeland	Florida	127,935	368.2	—	—	3.9	5	1,529.7
169	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	213,449	364.0	526.7	−30.9%	4.7	10	2,187.4
170	Columbus	Georgia	200,622	363.9	603.8	−39.7%	6.5	13	1,876.7
171	Gresham	Oregon	110,776	363.8	410.2	−11.3%	8.1	9	2,310.1
172	Chula Vista	California	279,237	363.5	375.8	−3.3%	2.5	7	1,043.9
173	Clarksville	Tennessee	190,532	363.2	410.0	−11.4%	10.0	19	1,280.1
174	Tyler	Texas	113,759	363.0	391.2	−7.2%	4.4	5	1,794.1
175	Sparks	Nevada	112,191	361.0	394.4	−8.5%	3.6	4	2,250.6
176	Suffolk	Virginia	105,574	360.9	371.0	−2.7%	2.8	3	1,233.3
177	Miami Gardens	Florida	117,389	358.6	414.6	−13.5%	9.4	11	1,743.8
178	Miami	Florida	498,792	358.3	473.3	−24.3%	5.0	25	2,225.2
179	Columbia	Missouri	132,072	356.6	347.5	+2.6%	3.0	4	1,874.0
180	North Las Vegas	Nevada	302,881	355.3	388.9	−8.6%	7.3	22	1,597.0
181	Tucson	Arizona	556,898	354.8	588.8	−39.7%	6.8	38	2,032.5
182	Boulder	Colorado	106,426	353.3	322.3	+9.6%	2.8	3	2,385.7
183	Yuma	Arizona	105,175	351.8	423.6	−16.9%	7.6	8	1,135.3
184	Wichita Falls	Texas	102,345	351.8	350.3	+0.4%	3.9	4	2,153.5
185	Midland	Texas	146,444	351.7	364.9	−3.6%	2.0	3	1,617.0
186	Federal Way	Washington	100,076	349.7	545.4	−35.9%	8.0	8	2,650.0
187	Ventura	California	109,633	349.3	410.9	−15.0%	0.9	1	1,775.9
188	Athens-Clarke County	Georgia	129,208	349.0	406.1	−14.1%	1.5	2	1,984.4
189	Omaha	Nebraska	488,395	345.2	369.0	−6.4%	5.3	26	2,769.5
190	Eugene	Oregon	178,886	344.9	317.9	+8.5%	1.1	2	2,772.2
191	Elizabeth	New Jersey	141,194	343.5	408.7	−16.0%	0.7	1	2,407.3
192	New Bedford	Massachusetts	101,139	343.1	353.2	−2.9%	4.0	4	1,547.4
193	Burbank	California	102,684	342.8	390.6	−12.2%	0.0	0	2,446.3
194	Joliet	Illinois	152,211	342.3	350.0	−2.2%	1.3	2	1,147.1
195	Escondido	California	148,303	333.8	433.5	−23.0%	1.3	2	1,407.3
196	Tampa	Florida	421,313	332.3	444.6	−25.3%	4.0	17	982.2
197	Santa Ana	California	317,439	332.0	493.1	−32.7%	3.8	12	1,299.8
198	Clinton Township	Michigan	101,593	320.9	320.0	+0.3%	2.0	2	1,197.9
199	Manchester	New Hampshire	116,606	320.7	336.0	−4.6%	1.7	2	1,515.4
200	Rio Rancho	New Mexico	114,641	318.4	318.2	+0.1%	1.7	2	973.5
201	Chesapeake	Virginia	257,012	317.9	339.4	−6.3%	4.3	11	1,463.4
202	West Jordan	Utah	116,603	311.3	294.2	+5.8%	3.4	4	1,296.7
203	Laredo	Texas	262,723	310.6	365.8	−15.1%	3.0	8	1,133.5
204	Nampa	Idaho	121,713	309.7	353.1	−12.3%	0.8	1	669.6
205	Torrance	California	137,914	308.2	311.2	−1.0%	0.7	1	2,605.2
206	Arvada	Colorado	121,261	307.6	285.6	+7.7%	0.8	1	2,284.3
207	Quincy	Massachusetts	103,649	301.0	335.1	−10.2%	1.0	1	1,194.4
208	Moreno Valley	California	215,203	299.7	272.5	+10.0%	1.9	4	1,641.7
209	Downey	California	108,251	299.3	—	—	2.8	3	2,179.2
210	Ann Arbor	Michigan	122,740	294.1	302.5	−2.8%	1.6	2	1,693.0
211	Waterbury	Connecticut	116,419	292.0	322.5	−9.5%	7.7	9	2,339.0
212	Santa Rosa	California	177,414	291.4	342.6	−14.9%	6.2	11	1,402.9
213	Providence	Rhode Island	195,376	287.1	276.7	+3.8%	2.0	4	1,566.2
214	El Paso	Texas	682,310	287.0	278.4	+3.1%	3.8	26	1,327.0
215	Fort Collins	Colorado	171,159	286.9	272.7	+5.2%	2.3	4	1,748.7
216	Westminster	Colorado	114,969	283.6	303.6	−6.6%	4.3	5	2,884.3
217	Odessa	Texas	121,009	282.6	316.3	−10.7%	3.3	4	1,147.8
218	Hillsboro	Oregon	111,167	282.5	317.7	−11.1%	3.6	4	1,943.0
219	San Angelo	Texas	100,184	280.5	218.2	+28.6%	2.0	2	2,181.0
220	Charleston	South Carolina	159,360	279.9	357.6	−21.7%	6.3	10	1,603.3
221	Boise	Idaho	238,450	279.3	293.8	−4.9%	1.3	3	824.1
222	Fort Wayne	Indiana	275,451	274.8	307.5	−10.6%	11.6	32	1,849.7
223	Palm Bay	Florida	148,091	271.5	347.2	−21.8%	2.7	4	829.9
224	Hampton	Virginia	138,041	267.3	247.6	+8.0%	17.4	24	2,862.9
225	Kent	Washington	136,591	265.0	489.7	−45.9%	0.7	1	2,095.3
226	Irving	Texas	258,220	264.5	275.4	−4.0%	1.2	3	1,748.5
227	Vacaville	California	104,462	263.3	293.2	−10.2%	0.0	0	1,487.6
228	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	137,918	262.5	261.5	+0.4%	2.9	4	2,112.1
229	Allentown	Pennsylvania	127,494	262.0	272.1	−3.7%	3.1	4	1,416.5
230	Yonkers	New York	211,056	260.6	311.8	−16.4%	4.3	9	861.9
231	Clovis	California	129,862	259.5	244.6	+6.1%	3.1	4	1,398.4
232	Renton	Washington	105,251	258.4	339.2	−23.8%	6.7	7	2,451.3
233	Conroe	Texas	121,302	255.6	243.5	+5.0%	0.0	0	1,450.9
234	Daly City	California	100,564	251.6	296.3	−15.1%	0.0	0	1,365.3
235	Dearborn	Michigan	105,599	249.1	292.6	−14.9%	1.9	2	1,723.5
236	Clearwater	Florida	116,679	248.5	—	—	0.9	1	1,401.3
237	Bridgeport	Connecticut	152,588	247.7	392.9	−37.0%	3.3	5	1,261.6
238	Peoria	Arizona	201,962	247.1	254.7	−3.0%	2.0	4	1,049.2
239	Everett	Washington	113,547	246.6	265.1	−7.0%	3.5	4	2,484.4
240	Ontario	California	187,756	243.9	272.2	−10.4%	2.7	5	1,589.8
241	Thornton	Colorado	147,837	243.5	273.6	−11.0%	1.4	2	2,247.7
242	Norman	Oklahoma	131,728	242.9	260.2	−6.6%	3.0	4	1,799.9
243	Fontana	California	220,837	242.7	270.2	−10.2%	5.0	11	1,123.9
244	Garden Grove	California	172,490	241.8	276.6	−12.6%	0.6	1	1,069.6
245	Corona	California	162,606	238.0	249.4	−4.6%	3.1	5	1,572.5
246	Goodyear	Arizona	123,911	234.8	182.2	+28.9%	1.6	2	1,352.6
247	Glendale	California	185,849	234.6	287.2	−18.3%	0.5	1	1,853.1
248	Rancho Cucamonga	California	177,179	233.1	293.7	−20.6%	0.6	1	1,474.2
249	Spokane Valley	Washington	109,455	231.1	242.1	−4.5%	0.9	1	3,307.3
250	Olathe	Kansas	150,965	227.2	196.0	+15.9%	1.3	2	837.3
251	Lexington	Kentucky	330,994	226.3	262.0	−13.6%	4.2	14	2,064.1
252	Henderson	Nevada	358,366	226.3	272.4	−16.9%	2.0	7	1,494.8
253	New Braunfels	Texas	123,668	224.0	156.4	+43.2%	0.8	1	1,153.9
254	Aurora	Illinois	180,824	220.1	266.0	−17.3%	3.3	6	1,075.1
255	Sterling Heights	Michigan	134,402	219.5	229.2	−4.2%	0.7	1	1,151.0
256	Elgin	Illinois	114,717	217.1	266.7	−18.6%	0.9	1	917.0
257	Lewisville	Texas	138,488	214.5	187.4	+14.5%	4.3	6	1,338.0
258	Madison	Wisconsin	287,992	213.9	256.0	−16.4%	1.7	5	1,877.1
259	West Covina	California	106,374	213.4	239.3	−10.8%	0.9	1	1,711.9
260	Edinburg	Texas	110,822	212.1	269.6	−21.3%	0.0	0	1,478.0
261	Carlsbad	California	113,239	208.4	199.1	+4.7%	3.5	4	1,082.7
262	Grand Prairie	Texas	210,147	202.7	221.2	−8.4%	2.9	6	1,321.0
263	Denton	Texas	172,882	199.0	204.2	−2.5%	2.9	5	1,720.8
264	Broken Arrow	Oklahoma	125,062	197.5	223.1	−11.5%	1.6	2	1,081.1
265	Orange	California	137,561	195.5	226.1	−13.5%	0.7	1	929.0
266	Tracy	California	101,835	193.5	301.4	−35.8%	2.0	2	1,331.6
267	Canton Township	Michigan	100,042	192.9	172.7	+11.7%	3.0	3	1,024.6
268	Bend	Oregon	108,819	191.1	168.5	+13.4%	0.9	1	1,315.9
269	Roseville	California	167,225	190.8	219.2	−13.0%	1.8	3	1,257.0
270	St. George	Utah	109,020	189.0	210.0	−10.0%	4.6	5	815.4
271	Garland	Texas	251,332	188.6	232.7	−19.0%	2.4	6	1,658.0
272	Murrieta	California	112,892	187.8	183.7	+2.2%	0.9	1	840.6
273	Sunnyvale	California	157,191	186.4	244.5	−23.8%	0.6	1	1,841.7
274	Rochester	Minnesota	124,142	183.7	154.0	+19.3%	0.8	1	1,428.2
275	Huntington Beach	California	191,856	182.4	207.3	−12.0%	1.0	2	1,450.6
276	Edison Township	New Jersey	110,617	179.0	175.1	+2.2%	1.8	2	1,475.4
277	Provo	Utah	115,576	175.6	206.6	−15.0%	0.9	1	1,113.6
278	Santa Clarita	California	228,353	173.0	165.4	+4.6%	1.3	3	977.9
279	Scottsdale	Arizona	247,258	172.3	152.5	+13.0%	2.4	6	1,733.4
280	Hialeah	Florida	238,769	171.3	—	—	1.3	3	1,362.4
281	Santa Clara	California	134,290	170.5	182.0	−6.3%	0.0	0	2,573.5
282	Menifee	California	120,777	167.3	182.8	−8.5%	2.5	3	784.9
283	San Mateo	California	102,362	166.1	243.2	−31.7%	0.0	0	1,489.8
284	Honolulu	Hawaii	987,000	165.5	185.2	−10.6%	0.4	4	1,384.4
285	Centennial	Colorado	109,020	163.3	172.8	−5.5%	0.9	1	1,307.1
286	Elk Grove	California	184,388	161.1	189.9	−15.2%	4.3	8	1,197.5
287	Buckeye	Arizona	120,174	158.9	166.8	−4.7%	0.0	0	750.6
288	Overland Park	Kansas	204,173	158.2	184.4	−14.2%	0.0	0	1,457.1
289	Stamford	Connecticut	140,066	153.5	157.5	−2.5%	0.7	1	1,006.7
290	Temecula	California	113,026	152.2	151.5	+0.5%	2.7	3	1,296.2
291	Georgetown	Texas	111,743	147.7	191.1	−22.7%	7.2	8	783.0
292	Plano	Texas	295,030	144.4	151.6	−4.7%	0.7	2	1,189.7
293	Amherst Town	New York	125,750	140.0	103.8	+34.9%	0.8	1	2,125.6
294	Jurupa Valley	California	108,866	137.8	184.3	−25.2%	1.8	2	1,875.7
295	Richardson	Texas	117,915	137.4	146.7	−6.3%	1.7	2	1,490.1
296	Edmond	Oklahoma	100,144	136.8	165.2	−17.2%	3.0	3	1,104.4
297	Alexandria	Virginia	159,534	136.6	219.1	−37.7%	1.3	2	1,626.0
298	Woodbridge Township	New Jersey	106,592	136.0	—	—	0.9	1	1,159.6
299	Simi Valley	California	125,637	133.7	129.1	+3.6%	2.4	3	763.3
300	Meridian	Idaho	145,320	131.4	146.8	−10.5%	0.0	0	393.6
301	Lakewood Township	New Jersey	143,902	129.3	150.5	−14.1%	0.7	1	467.7
302	College Station	Texas	129,902	128.6	170.5	−24.6%	0.8	1	853.7
303	Port St. Lucie	Florida	273,427	128.4	—	—	1.5	4	624.7
304	McAllen	Texas	150,422	126.3	150.0	−15.8%	0.7	1	1,420.7
305	Thousand Oaks	California	123,592	126.2	102.2	+23.5%	1.6	2	985.5
306	Toms River Township	New Jersey	101,100	123.6	134.3	−8.0%	1.0	1	973.3
307	Chandler	Arizona	282,191	123.0	133.4	−7.8%	1.4	4	1,219.0
308	Miramar	Florida	144,398	121.2	—	—	1.4	2	575.5
309	Round Rock	Texas	139,331	120.6	130.7	−7.7%	2.2	3	1,437.6
310	Concord	North Carolina	114,348	117.2	159.0	−26.3%	1.7	2	927.0
311	Gilbert	Arizona	293,851	117.1	132.2	−11.4%	2.7	8	866.4
312	McKinney	Texas	235,731	116.2	117.3	−0.9%	4.2	10	672.4
313	Coral Springs	Florida	141,436	116.0	136.9	−15.3%	1.4	2	867.5
314	Boca Raton	Florida	103,261	114.3	171.0	−33.2%	1.0	1	1,281.2
315	Lee's Summit	Missouri	107,668	114.2	149.4	−23.6%	1.9	2	1,945.8
316	Sandy Springs	Georgia	104,987	113.3	139.2	−18.6%	1.0	1	1,256.3
317	Plantation	Florida	102,187	111.6	210.0	−46.9%	1.0	1	1,122.5
318	Bellevue	Washington	155,043	110.9	138.6	−20.0%	0.6	1	2,171.7
319	Virginia Beach	Virginia	454,805	96.7	92.3	+4.8%	3.3	15	1,454.2
320	Fremont	California	227,635	95.8	195.7	−51.0%	0.4	1	1,703.6
321	Carrollton	Texas	135,908	95.7	137.1	−30.2%	0.7	1	989.6
322	Frisco	Texas	244,103	93.4	100.9	−7.4%	1.2	3	784.5
323	Savannah	Georgia	242,372	85.8	20.3	+322.7%	9.9	24	60.2
324	Surprise	Arizona	173,922	83.9	109.1	−23.1%	3.4	6	767.6
325	Pearland	Texas	130,539	81.2	95.9	−15.3%	1.5	2	1,132.2
326	Irvine	California	321,339	78.1	84.0	−7.0%	0.0	0	1,144.0
327	Fishers	Indiana	105,143	76.1	72.9	+4.4%	1.0	1	461.3
328	Allen	Texas	115,905	75.1	106.4	−29.4%	0.9	1	698.8
329	Cary	North Carolina	184,680	74.7	71.0	+5.2%	0.5	1	961.1
330	Sugar Land	Texas	109,606	73.9	78.0	−5.3%	0.9	1	1,218.0
331	Ramapo Town	New York	113,671	71.3	75.4	−5.4%	0.9	1	468.9
332	Naperville	Illinois	154,062	70.1	83.7	−16.2%	0.0	0	561.5
333	League City	Texas	119,427	53.6	103.5	−48.2%	1.7	2	1,061.7
334	Carmel	Indiana	104,553	49.7	66.0	−24.7%	0.0	0	681.0
335	Pembroke Pines	Florida	180,075	41.6	—	—	0.6	1	679.2

What changed since 2024

Of the 322 cities with comparable data, 260 recorded a lower violent crime rate in 2025. The biggest declines were in Pueblo, CO (−65.1%), South Bend, IN (−53.1%) and Fremont, CA (−51.0%).

Safest cities in America (100,000+ people)

The ten lowest violent crime rates among reporting cities in 2025:

Pembroke Pines, FL: 41.6 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 180,075)
Carmel, IN: 49.7 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 104,553)
League City, TX: 53.6 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 119,427)
Naperville, IL: 70.1 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 154,062)
Ramapo Town, NY: 71.3 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 113,671)
Sugar Land, TX: 73.9 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 109,606)
Cary, NC: 74.7 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 184,680)
Allen, TX: 75.1 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 115,905)
Fishers, IN: 76.1 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 105,143)
Irvine, CA: 78.1 violent crimes per 100,000 (population 321,339)

Most are suburbs. A suburb and the big city next to it often share one local economy, so “safest city” lists mostly reflect where city lines are drawn.

How to read these numbers

The FBI explicitly warns against ranking cities with its data. It says rankings ignore the many factors behind crime, such as population density, poverty, commuters and tourists, and the policing and reporting practices of each agency.
Rates use the population served by the city police department. Cities with many visitors or commuters (and few residents) look worse.
Cities whose police did not report 12 months of data to the FBI are missing, so this is not a complete list of U.S. cities.
Crime is concentrated in a few neighborhoods in most cities; a city-wide rate says little about any one street.
Only crimes reported to police are counted.

Common questions

What is the most dangerous city in the US?

Among cities of 100,000+ that reported to the FBI, Memphis, TN had the highest violent crime rate in 2025 (1,849.4 per 100,000). The FBI cautions against reading this as a safety ranking.

What is the safest city in America?

Among cities of 100,000+, Pembroke Pines, FL had the lowest violent crime rate in 2025 (41.6 per 100,000).

What is the safest big city in the US?

Of cities with 500,000+ residents, Honolulu, HI (165.5 per 100,000).

Where does this crime data come from?

FBI Table 8, Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, built from reports that local police departments submit to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program.

Sources

Figures computed by CompareTheData.com from the official files below; the raw downloads are archived with the build. Where D.C. is included it is ranked alongside the states.

FBI, Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State by City (Table 8), 2025 and 2024. 2025 release Aug 2026; 2024 release Jul 2025.
FBI, Crime in the Nation 2025 (CIUS estimation tables 1, 4 and 5), Crime Data Explorer. 2025 data, tables dated Aug 3, 2026.