Crime City Dangerous United States Statistics Rate York

Local, state, and federal "agencies" (government departments) "track" (record; monitory) "crime statistics" for cities across the country. "Crime statistics are data about the number and types of crimes that are "committed" (made to happen by criminals). The crime statistics for different cities are often compared to identify the safest and most dangerous cities in the United States.

The "FBI" (Federal Bureau of Investigation, a federal agency) "releases" (makes available to the public) each year "Uniform Crime Reports" that provide "aggregated" (total) statistics for crime in the United States. In 2012, the rate for "violent crime" (crimes that hurt people, such as murder, rape, robbery, and "assault" (attacks)) was 386.9 "per" (for every) 100,000 people, and the rate for "property crime" (crimes that do not hurt people, but involve stealing things of value) was 2,859.2 per 100,000 people.

It's difficult to compare the crime statistics for cities to determine which ones are the safest or most dangerous. Nevertheless, some cities have reputations for being more dangerous than others. New York City is "commonly" (by many people) thought to be the most dangerous city in the United States. However, in September 2013, many "news outlets" (newspapers, magazines, and other types of media that report news) reported that Chicago had "surpassed" (gone beyond) New York as the "murder capital" (the place where the greatest number of murders occurs) in the United States. Apparently Chicago had more "homicides" (murders) than any other American city in 2012, even though New York City has "three times more" (300% of the number of) residents.

However, another city is even more dangerous than New York City or Chicago. Flint, Michigan had the highest crime rate in the United States. With a population of only 101,632, the city had 63 murders in 2012. That "works out to" (is calculated as) a crime rate of one murder per every 1,613 residents.