Crime Rates for Selected North American Cities, 2004 Per 100,000
| Homicide | Rank | Robbery | Rank | Break-In | Rank | New Orleans, LA | 56.0 | 1 | 390 | 16 | 1112 | 18 | Detroit, MI | 42.1 | 2 | 596 | 8 | 1334 | 10 | Washington D.C. | 35.8 | 3 | 552 | 9 | 712 | 24 | Saint Louis, MO | 33.7 | 4 | 785 | 1 | 1880 | 2 | Atlanta, GA | 26.0 | 5 | 725 | 3 | 1564 | 4 | Philadelphia, PA | 22.2 | 6 | 657 | 5 | 710 | 25 | Dallas, TX | 20.2 | 7 | 608 | 7 | 1882 | 1 | Cincinnati, OH | 20.1 | 8 | 756 | 2 | 1753 | 3 | Kansas City, MO | 19.9 | 9 | 431 | 14 | 1556 | 5 | Miami, FL | 17.9 | 10 | 615 | 6 | 1442 | 6 | Buffalo, NY | 17.9 | 11 | 520 | 11 | 1371 | 8 | Chicago, IL | 15.5 | 12 | 552 | 10 | 847 | 20 | Denver, CO | 15.4 | 13 | 256 | 22 | 1299 | 13 | Milwaukee, WI | 14.7 | 14 | 432 | 13 | 767 | 23 | Phoenix, AZ | 14.1 | 15 | 261 | 21 | 1154 | 14 | Los Angeles, CA | 13.4 | 16 | 367 | 17 | 600 | 26 |
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