Top US Murder Cities

When you think of the murder capital, which city came to your mind? Is it New York? Not anymore because after years of increasing police enforcement the Big Apple actually becomes one of the safest metropolitan in United States. Detroit on the other hand being the unemployment capital becomes the murder capital in US. Here is the top ten cities in US with the most murder per 100,000 residents.

1. Detroit - total murder (418) - murder per 100,000 (47.3)
2. Baltimore - total murder (276) - murder per 100,000 (43.3)
3. New Orleans - total murder (162) - murder per 100,000 (37.6)
4. Newark, NJ- total murder (105) - murder per 100,000 (37.4)
5. St. Louis- total murder (129) - murder per 100,000 (37.2)
6. Oakland- total murder (145) - murder per 100,000 (36.4)
7. Washington, D.C. - total murder (169) - murder per 100,000 (29.1)
8. Cincinnati- total murder (89) - murder per 100,000 (28.8)
9. Philadelphia- total murder (406) - murder per 100,000 (27.7)
10. Buffalo- total murder (74) - murder per 100,000 (26.4)