Washington DC, Washington, DC Has the Most Crime of Any Big City in America (2026)

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Cities with the Most Crime, read from the other end of our safest cities list. Same readings, same sources, 107 cities, the 100 largest metro areas and every city we cover.

By The Honest Local · 107 cities · every value links to its public source

0Washington DC, Washington, DC leads on The Honest Local Safety Score, 107 cities, the 100 largest metro areas and every city we coverViolent crime and property crime, per person, blended into one number.

The top five cities Safety Score out of 100, and the readings behind it

No. 1Washington DC, Washington, DC0806 violent per 100k
No. 2Albuquerque, New Mexico1.6648 violent per 100k
No. 3Denver, Colorado7.1438 violent per 100k
No. 4Colorado Springs, Colorado7.8438 violent per 100k
No. 5Wichita, Kansas9.4476 violent per 100k

Cities with the Most Crime on the map

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The FBI's violent crime rate blended with its property crime rate, per 100,000 residents, for the latest full year, read at the state level.

Cities with the Most Crime, all 107

The full ranking crime score, 0 to 100

	Place	Safety Scoreout of 100	Violent crime	Property crimeper 100k
1	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	0	8060	31780
2	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	1.6	6482	23511
3	Denver, Coloradobig city	7.1	43812	22353
4	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	7.8	43812	22353
5	Wichita, Kansasbig city	9.4	4768	192210
6	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	10.6	46510	185912
7	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	11.3	46510	185912
8	Stockton, Californiabig city	15.2	43514	182117
9	San Jose, Californiabig city	15.8	43514	182117
10	San Francisco, Californiabig city	16.5	43515	182118
11	San Diego, Californiabig city	17.1	43516	182119
12	Reno, Nevadabig city	17.5	38430	20295
13	Sacramento, Californiabig city	17.8	43516	182119
14	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	18.1	38430	20296
15	Riverside, Californiabig city	18.4	43517	182120
16	Oxnard, California	19	43517	182121
17	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	19.7	43518	182121
18	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	20	41225	183915
19	Fresno, Californiabig city	20.3	43519	182122
20	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	20.7	41226	183916
21	Little Rock, Arkansas	21	5353	166939
22	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	21	43519	182123
23	Fayetteville, Arkansas	21.7	5354	166939
24	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	22.9	4995	166141
25	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	23.5	4996	166141
26	Knoxville, Tennessee	24.2	4997	166142
27	Chattanooga, Tennessee	24.9	4997	166143
28	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	25.8	36538	185314
29	Portland, Oregonbig city	27.5	31951	21844
30	St. Louis, Missouribig city	29.1	42623	168936
31	Kansas City, Missouribig city	29.7	42623	168936
32	Greenville, SC	30	38927	171533
33	Columbia, South Carolina	30.6	38928	171534
34	Charleston, South Carolina	31.3	38928	171534
35	Vancouver, Washington	32.6	29258	20177
36	San Antonio, Texasbig city	32.9	34942	181324
37	Spokane, Washington	33.2	29259	20178
38	McAllen, Texas	33.6	34943	181325
39	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	33.9	29259	20178
40	Houston, Texasbig city	34.2	34943	181325
41	El Paso, Texasbig city	34.9	34944	181326
42	Dallas, Texasbig city	35.5	34945	181327
43	Austin, Texasbig city	36.2	34945	181327
44	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	37.5	33147	181128
45	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	38.1	33147	181129
46	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	38.7	33148	181130
47	Syracuse, New York	39	36834	156745
48	Durham, North Carolinabig city	39.4	33148	181130
49	Rochester, New York	39.7	36834	156745
50	Charlotte, NCbig city	40	33149	181131
51	Poughkeepsie, New York	40.3	36835	156746
52	Asheville, North Carolina	40.7	33150	181132
53	Tucson, Arizonabig city	41	38332	154150
54	New York, New Yorkbig city	41	36836	156747
55	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	41.6	36836	156747
56	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	41.7	38332	154151
57	Albany, New York	42.3	36837	156748
58	Huntsville, AL	45.8	35339	150152
59	Birmingham, Alabama	46.5	35340	150153
60	Grand Rapids, Michigan	48.1	43121	130076
61	Detroit, Michiganbig city	48.7	43121	130076
62	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	57.4	25866	155649
63	Toledo, Ohiobig city	57.7	28861	147155
64	Savannah, Georgia	58.1	30152	140464
65	Dayton, Ohio	58.4	28861	147156
66	Augusta, Georgia	58.7	30153	140465
67	Columbus, Ohiobig city	59	28862	147156
68	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	59.4	30154	140465
69	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	59.7	28863	147157
70	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	60.3	28863	147157
71	Akron, Ohio	61	28864	147158
72	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	64.2	21491	168237
73	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	68.1	30057	125279
74	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	71.3	22681	142961
75	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	73.3	22978	136068
76	Worcester, Massachusetts	73.9	30155	103693
77	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	73.9	22979	136069
78	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	74.5	30156	103694
79	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	74.6	22387	140463
80	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	74.6	22979	136070
81	Allentown, Pennsylvania	75.2	22980	136070
82	Tampa, Floridabig city	76.4	24867	107786
83	Salt Lake City, Utah	77.1	22583	131972
84	Sarasota, Florida	77.1	24868	107787
85	Provo, Utah	77.8	22583	131972
86	Orlando, Floridabig city	77.8	24868	107787
87	Miami, Floridabig city	78.4	24869	107788
88	Ogden, Utah	78.4	22584	131973
89	Des Moines, Iowa	78.7	23877	120581
90	Melbourne, Florida	79.1	24870	107788
91	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	79.4	21092	139467
92	Lakeland, Florida	79.7	24870	107789
93	Jackson, Mississippi	79.7	22485	131574
94	Richmond, Virginia	80	21093	139467
95	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	80.4	24871	107790
96	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	80.9	24872	107790
97	Daytona Beach, Florida	81.7	24872	107791
98	Cape Coral, Florida	82.3	24873	107792
99	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	83.6	21490	128277
100	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	84.5	24574	103395
101	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	85.2	24575	103396
102	New Haven, Connecticut	89.7	11197	115982
103	Hartford, Connecticut	90.4	11198	115983
104	Bridgeport, Connecticut	91	11199	115983
105	Boise, Idaho	93.9	22188	624100
106	Providence, Rhode Island	96.8	14696	92198
107	Portland, Maine	98.4	95100	96297

Sources and method

FBI Crime Data Explorer, state summaries · 2025

How we got this. The Safety Score is The Honest Local’s own recipe. Each source ranks every place on its own from 0 to 100 and the score is the average, so a place has to do well on all of them to lead. The FBI publishes both a violent crime rate and a property crime rate for every state, so we blend the two instead of leaning on violent crime alone. Safe ought to account for burglary and theft too, not just the rarer, more severe crimes. Each rate ranks every state against every other state and the average of the two ranks is the score that decides the list. The plain violent crime rate is still what we show you. We read each state's own figures straight from the FBI, monthly rates per 100,000 people summed over the latest full calendar year, never a city standing in for its state. Cities carry their state's rates for now, because the FBI doesn't yet give us a clean city by city breakdown, and each city's row says so. It refreshes once a year, when the FBI publishes the prior year. For Washington DC, Washington, DC, that means FBI Crime Data Explorer, District of Columbia (state summary, monthly rates summed); state-level figure for Washington DC; the FBI publishes no city figure yet.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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