Murder map: Deadliest U.S. cities (2023)

Crime

By Elisha Fieldstadt

Updated on: February 23, 2022 / 8:48 PM / CBS NEWS

In America, an estimated 16,425 people were murdered in 2019. This was a 0.3% increase from the 2018 estimate.

Here are murder rates in 65 major U.S. cities (cities with greater than 100,000 residents) for 2019. These rates are calculated using the latest statistics available — theFBI's 2019 Crime in the United States data, as well as data culled directly from city police officials and the U.S. Census Bureau.

65. Hampton, Virginia

The murder rate in Hampton is 11.26 per 100,000.

64. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The murder rate in Fort Lauderdale is 11.37 per 100,000.

63. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The murder rate in Oklahoma City is 11.40 per 100,000.

62. Knoxville, Tennessee

The murder rate in Knoxville is 11.66 per 100,000.

In 2015, Zaevion Dobson, 15, was shot and killed while shielding three friends from gunfire.

61. Bridgeport, Connecticut

In 2019, the murder rate in Bridgeport was 11.73 per 100,000.

59 (TIE). Nashville, Tennessee

The murder rate in Nashville is 12.08 per 100,000.

59 (TIE). Charlotte, North Carolina

The murder rate in Charlotte is 12.08 per 100,000.

58. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The murder rate in Pittsburgh is 12.32 per 100,000.

57. Toledo, Ohio

The murder rate in Toledo is 12.43 per 100,000.

In 2018, James Worley was sentenced to death for murdering 20-year-old University of Toledo student Sierah Joughin. Police discovered a hidden room outfitted with restraints inside a barn on Worley's property.

56. Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The murder rate in Winston-Salem is 12.5 per 100,000.

55. Fayetteville, North Carolina

The murder rate in Fayetteville is 12.76 per 100,000.

54. Springfield, Massachusetts

The murder rate in Springfield is 12.96 per 100,000.

53. Paterson, New Jersey

In 2019, the murder rate in Paterson was 13.08 per 100,000.

52. Durham, North Carolina

The murder rate in Durham is 13.20 per 100,000.

51. Syracuse, New York

The murder rate in Syracuse is 13.34 per 100,000.

In 2016, Ryan Lawrence, seen here,pleaded guiltyto beating to death his 21-month-old daughter Maddox before burning her body and dumping her ashes in the Onondaga Creek.

50. Newport News, Virginia

The murder rate in Newport News is 13.53 per 100,000.

49. Akron, Ohio

The murder rate in Akron is 13.64 per 100,000. The murder rate dropped in the city — by 5.5 per 100,000 residents — from 2018 to 2019.

48. Tulsa, Oklahoma

The murder rate in Tulsa is 13.69 per 100,000.

Josh Mills, pictured here, sits outside of the Tulsa home where friend Jeremy Lake was killed in 2014. Shannon Kepler, a white police officer, fatally shot Lake, who was Black, while Lake was visiting his girlfriend, Kepler's daughter. Kepler is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for first-degree manslaughter.

47. South Bend, Indiana

The murder rate in South Bend is 13.72 per 100,000.

46. Louisville, Kentucky

The murder rate in Louisville is 13.92 per 100,000.

45. Jacksonville, Florida

The murder rate in Jacksonville is 14.19 per 100,000. Jacksonville's murder rate increased by 1.99 per 100,000 from 2018 to 2019.

Michael Dunn was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a teenagerat a Jacksonville gas station.

44. Greensboro, North Carolina

The murder rate in Greensboro is 14.43 per 100,000.

43. Norfolk, Virginia

The murder rate in Norfolk is 14.83 per 100,000.

42. Dallas, Texas

In 2019, the murder rate in Dallas was 14.89 per 100,000.

41. Albuquerque, New Mexico

The murder rate in Albuquerque is 14.95 per 100,000.

40. West Palm Beach, Florida

The murder rate in West Palm Beach is 15.07 per 100,000. The murder rate plummeted in the city from 2018 to 2019, dropping by more than 9 per 100,000 residents.

39. Richmond, California

The murder rate in Richmond is 15.38 per 100,000.

38. Beaumont, Texas

The murder rate in Beaumont is 16.03 per 100,000.

37. Rochester, New York

The murder rate in Rochester is 16.04 per 100,000.

36. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The murder rate in Milwaukee is 16.41 per 100,000.

35. Savannah, Georgia

The murder rate in Savannah is 16.61 per 100,000.

Barbara O'Neal started the group Mothers of Murdered Sons in Savannah after her 20-year-old son, Alan, was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in 2011.

34. High Point, North Carolina

The murder rate in High Point is 16.77 per 100,000.

33. Hartford, Connecticut

The murder rate in Hartford is 17.18 per 100,000.

Denise Moreno speaks at the sentencing of her son, Tony Moreno, after he was convicted of throwing his 7-month-old son to his death from the Arrigoni Bridge.

32. Augusta, Georgia

The murder rate in Augusta is 17.69 per 100,000.

31. Oakland, California

The murder rate in Oakland is 17.97 per 100,000.

30. Newark, New Jersey

In 2019, the murder rate in Newark was 18.08 per 100,000.

29. Chattanooga, Tennessee

The murder rate in Chattanooga is 18.15 per 100,000.

28. Chicago, Illinois

The murder rate in Chicago is 18.26 per 100,000.

Here, Shomari Legghette enters a Chicago courtroom to receive his sentence — life in prison —after he was convicted of murder in the 2018 death of Police Commander Paul Bauer.