Crime Rates and Safety Grades for 3,212 US Cities
Every city graded A+ through F based on FBI Uniform Crime Report data. Search any city to see violent crime rates, property crime breakdown, and how it stacks up against state and national averages.
The median city in our database has a crime rate of 253.1 per 1,000 residents. Anything below that is above average. 2024 FBI data.
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10 Safest Large Cities
Among cities with 50,000+ residents. Low crime across the board, not just low violent crime.
These cities combine low violent and property crime with consistent year-over-year data. Population matters: smaller suburbs can have low raw numbers but higher per-capita rates.
10 Highest-Crime Large Cities
The highest combined crime rates among 50K+ cities. Violent crime is the primary driver.
High per-capita rates don't always mean high absolute numbers. A city of 60,000 with a high rate may have fewer total incidents than a large metro with a moderate rate. Context matters.
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