Baltimore holds the dubious distinction of highest murder rate among the nation's 50 most populous cities, while Oakland has the highest rate motor vehicle thefts. And in New York, the nation's most populous city, property and violent crime rates were well below average for all of the offenses tracked by the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report.

Use the table and interactive graph below to explore violent crime and property crime rates per 100,000 residents for the 50 most populous U.S. cities, as reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 2008 Uniform Crime Report.

Select the column headers to sort the table by each type of crime. Click a city's name to display a graph showing percent differences from the average for the 50 most populous U.S. cities. (Note: White-striped bars indicate greater than 100 percent of the 50-city average.)

Kansas City, Mo.  | Pop. 451,454

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Violent and Property Crimes, Top U.S. Cities

» Rates of Crime per 100,000 People.

	City	Population	Murder	Rape	Assault	Robbery	Burglary	Larceny	Vehicle
1	Albuquerque	527,464	7	70	256	561	1180	4000	886
2	Arlington	375,836	6	38	185	374	1187	3762	412
3	Atlanta	533,016	20	24	621	725	1874	4221	1218
4	Austin	753,535	3	36	177	306	1139	4457	349
5	Baltimore	634,549	37	22	634	896	1234	2715	868
6	Boston	604,465	10	39	397	658	578	2735	398
7	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	758,769	11	36	393	492	1573	3919	694
8	Chicago	2,829,304	18	na	589	602	920	3041	670
9	Cleveland	433,452	24	98	878	430	2100	2465	1219
10	Colorado Springs	378,403	6	89	137	297	899	3050	297
11	Columbus	751,887	14	82	477	200	1956	3759	706
12	Dallas	1,276,214	13	39	507	336	1657	3322	957
13	Denver	592,881	7	48	160	352	873	1779	607
14	Detroit	905,783	34	36	675	1179	1967	2080	1815
15	El Paso	612,374	3	30	74	355	339	2428	450
16	Fort Worth	701,345	7	50	243	356	1286	3360	391
17	Fresno	475,723	8	17	207	353	877	2965	794
18	Honolulu	906,349	2	22	102	157	703	2369	434
19	Houston	2,238,895	13	33	474	587	1204	3064	680
20	Indianapolis	808,329	14	59	498	634	1765	3522	797
21	Jacksonville	806,080	14	33	364	585	1490	3741	500
22	Kansas City	451,454	25	55	463	845	1654	3647	963
23	Las Vegas	1,353,175	9	54	364	557	1101	1985	843
24	Long Beach	467,055	9	26	318	324	659	1507	615
25	Los Angeles	3,850,920	10	25	349	306	512	1518	587
26	Lousiville	629,679	11	35	280	358	1156	3100	416
27	Memphis	672,046	21	54	712	1138	2362	4843	806
28	Mesa	672,046	4	35	144	319	627	2759	448
29	Miami	427,740	15	10	565	746	1155	3177	857
30	Milwaukee	602,131	12	35	533	640	1064	3922	1086
31	Minneapolis	376,753	10	97	532	629	1484	3391	640
32	Nashville	602,181	13	50	396	937	1051	3946	375
33	New York	8,345,075	6	11	266	298	238	1410	149
34	Oakland	401,587	29	84	827	1028	1118	2220	2013
35	Oklahoma City	552,452	10	58	276	634	1670	3519	706
36	Omaha	437,238	10	41	217	337	726	2949	623
37	Philadelphia	1,441,117	23	72	667	679	891	2823	629
38	Phoenix	1,585,838	11	30	304	315	1184	3070	960
39	Portland	553,023	5	45	205	368	779	3905	604
40	Raleigh	388,661	9	24	264	281	796	2361	244
41	Sacramento	467,065	10	36	377	574	1117	2649	1051
42	San Antonio	1,351,244	9	31	203	475	1399	5229	592
43	San Diego	1,271,655	4	30	159	283	609	1726	840
44	San Fransisco	798,144	12	21	515	297	677	3150	721
45	San Jose	945,197	3	23	119	240	366	1440	553
46	Seattle	598,077	5	21	270	281	1087	3786	614
47	Tucson	528,917	12	47	274	471	na	1098	60
48	Tulsa	382,954	13	66	286	920	1756	3589	600
49	Virginia Beach	434,163	3	17	124	97	442	2314	148
50	Washington, D.C.	591,833	31	31	702	610	639	3174	1046
51	Top 50 Cities	48,868,848	11	32	369	461	930	2,671	614

SOURCE » Uniform Crime Report, Federal Bureau of Investigation

NOTES » Chicago, Ill. UCR data was not reported for forcible rape. » The FBI UCR program found that burglary data for Tucson, Ariz. was over-reported, therefore burglary data is not being used.

Definitions:

Murder: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. Murder is labeled "murder and non-negligent homicide" in the UCR.

Rape: Any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person against their will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded. Rape is labeled "forcible rape" in the UCR.

Robbery: The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Assault: The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. The UCR Program further specifies that this type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by other means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Attempted aggravated assault that involves the display of--or threat to use--a gun, knife, or other weapon is included in this crime category because serious personal injury would likely result if the assault were completed. When aggravated assault and larceny-theft occur together, the offense falls under the category of robbery. Assault is labeled "aggravated assault" in the UCR.

Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. To classify an offense as a burglary, the use of force to gain entry need not have occurred. The UCR Program has three sub classifications for burglary: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no force is used, and attempted forcible entry. The UCR definition of "structure" includes apartment, barn, house trailer or houseboat when used as a permanent dwelling, office, railroad car (but not automobile), stable, and vessel (i.e., ship).

Larceny: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles, motor vehicle parts and accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article that is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, check fraud, etc., are excluded. Larceny is labeled "larceny-theft" in the UCR.

Vehicle Theft: The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. In the UCR Program, a motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle that runs on land surfaces and not on rails. Examples of motor vehicles include sport utility vehicles, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motor scooters, all-terrain vehicles, and snowmobiles. Motor vehicle theft does not include farm equipment, bulldozers, airplanes, construction equipment, or water craft such as motorboats, sailboats, houseboats, or jet skis. The taking of a motor vehicle for temporary use by persons having lawful access is excluded from this definition. Vehicle theft is labeled "motor vehicle theft" in the UCR.

Definitions are from the 2008 UCR.

Detailed information on the data collection and compilation procedures used by the FBI is available at the Uniform Crime Report website.