From a forthcoming article from Crime in America.Net based on a new US Department of Justice study on homicides.
Orlando, FL has the largest percentage increase in homicides from 2014-2015 for the 56 cities studied.
The cities that contributed the largest number of homicides to the total increase in 2015 are below. Together, the increases in these cities constituted 66.7 percent of the total increase in the 56-city sample. Those cities include:
Cleveland
Nashville
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
Kansas City
Houston
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Source: Documenting and Explaining the 2015 Homicide Rise: Research Directions
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/249895.pdf
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Top Ten Violent Crime Counties in the United States
Based on Department of Justice Victimization Data
Violent Crime Rates-2010-2012. Published in December, 2015
- Sacramento County, CA—44.1
- Allegany County, PA—42.4
- Philadelphia County, PA—41.4
- Honolulu County, HI—39.4
- Pima County, AZ—36.1
- Dallas County, TX–35.9
- Riverside County, CA—34.4
- Alameda County, CA—33.5
- Marion County, IN—30.6
- Salt Lake County, UT—29.7 and Milwaukee County, WI—29.7
Source: https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2015/12/19/top-ten-violent-crime-counties-in-the-united-states/
Top Ten Violent Crime Metro Areas in the United States
Based on Department of Justice Victimization Data
Violent Crime Rates-2010-2012. Published in December, 2015
- Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA—42.8
- Denver-Aurora-Bloomfield County, CO—40.2
- Pittsburg, PA—37.5
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA—36.2
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR—34.9
- Kansas City, MO/KS—33.9
- St. Louis, MO/IL—33.5
- Baltimore-Towson, MD—30.8
- Oklahoma City, OK—30.7
- Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI/MA—30.2