(36.45). 123 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA. (21.88). 4 Sheboygan, WI. (64.73). 64 Auburn, AL. (35.87). 124 Jacksonville,
Rank Order - Metro Area
2012 Metropolitan Crime Rate Rankings* (continued)
RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
METROPOLITAN AREA Logan, UT-ID Provo-Orem, UT Appleton, WI Sheboygan, WI State College, PA Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Nassau-Suffolk, NY M.D. Edison, NJ M.D. Harrisonburg, VA Green Bay, WI Eau Claire, WI Rockingham County, NH M.D. Lebanon, PA Elmira, NY Lake Co.-Kenosha Co., IL-WI M.D. Elizabethtown, KY Wausau, WI Kingston, NY Dubuque, IA Bethesda-Frederick, MD M.D. Lancaster, PA Williamsport, PA Boise City-Nampa, ID Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA Portland, ME Lynchburg, VA Corvallis, OR Cambridge-Newton, MA M.D. Ogden-Clearfield, UT Bangor, ME Poughkeepsie, NY Binghamton, NY Holland-Grand Haven, MI Blacksburg, VA Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Cedar Rapids, IA Charlottesville, VA Fond du Lac, WI Pocatello, ID Utica-Rome, NY Boulder, CO Iowa City, IA Punta Gorda, FL Madison, WI Palm Coast, FL Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Missoula, MT Ames, IA Allentown, PA-NJ Santa Ana-Anaheim, CA M.D. Winchester, VA-WV Great Falls, MT Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Gainesville, GA Naples-Marco Island, FL Sandusky, OH Bowling Green, KY Casper, WY Warren-Farmington Hills, MI M.D. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
SCORE (84.15) (67.17) (65.68) (64.73) (64.20) (64.10) (62.93) (61.66) (61.03) (60.22) (59.06) (58.24) (58.10) (57.80) (57.75) (56.01) (55.15) (54.21) (53.28) (52.50) (52.13) (52.07) (51.36) (50.77) (50.28) (49.93) (49.87) (49.74) (49.10) (48.15) (48.03) (47.69) (47.53) (47.33) (46.85) (46.74) (46.71) (45.69) (45.68) (45.57) (45.26) (44.09) (44.05) (42.95) (42.61) (42.32) (42.00) (41.81) (41.68) (41.43) (40.76) (40.44) (40.18) (39.96) (39.06) (38.62) (38.60) (37.97) (37.75) (36.93)
RANK 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 76 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 101 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 118 120
METROPOLITAN AREA Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Dalton, GA Idaho Falls, ID Auburn, AL Manchester-Nashua, NH Bloomington, IN Altoona, PA Owensboro, KY Greeley, CO Evansville, IN-KY Janesville, WI Columbus, IN Syracuse, NY Wenatchee, WA Bismarck, ND Olympia, WA Pittsburgh, PA Lafayette, IN Salem, OR San Luis Obispo, CA Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Carson City, NV Cheyenne, WY Bend, OR Jefferson City, MO Johnson City, TN Johnstown, PA Raleigh-Cary, NC Roanoke, VA Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Lewiston-Auburn, ME Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Glens Falls, NY Asheville, NC Midland, TX Ocean City, NJ Racine, WI San Angelo, TX Napa, CA Billings, MT Bellingham, WA Manhattan, KS Michigan City-La Porte, IN Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA Sherman-Denison, TX Decatur, AL Lawrence, KS Austin-Round Rock, TX Richmond, VA Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Rochester, NY Abilene, TX Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Sioux Falls, SD College Station-Bryan, TX York-Hanover, PA Bloomington-Normal, IL Boston (greater), MA-NH Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Medford, OR
SCORE (36.89) (36.63) (36.45) (35.87) (35.85) (35.36) (35.23) (34.98) (34.92) (34.84) (34.36) (34.23) (33.89) (33.67) (33.41) (33.24) (33.24) (33.14) (32.70) (32.16) (32.04) (31.94) (31.89) (31.68) (31.43) (31.41) (30.77) (30.69) (30.55) (30.44) (30.40) (30.37) (30.28) (29.94) (29.90) (28.97) (28.56) (28.47) (28.32) (27.60) (26.85) (26.85) (26.74) (26.49) (26.41) (26.28) (26.10) (25.52) (25.11) (24.64) (24.12) (23.99) (23.57) (23.49) (23.21) (23.07) (22.38) (22.33) (22.33) (22.32)
RANK 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 128 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
METROPOLITAN AREA Morristown, TN Hartford, CT Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA Jacksonville, NC Worcester, MA Reading, PA El Paso, TX Erie, PA New York (greater), NY-NJ-PA Bridgeport-Stamford, CT Monroe, MI Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Peabody, MA M.D. Houma, LA Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Fort Wayne, IN Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, FL Eugene-Springfield, OR Prescott, AZ Columbia, MO Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA San Jose, CA Kokomo, IN Lincoln, NE Ann Arbor, MI Terre Haute, IN Kingsport, TN-VA Hickory, NC Norwich-New London, CT St. Joseph, MO-KS Wichita Falls, TX Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Bay City, MI Grand Junction, CO Washington (greater) DC-VA-MD-WV Mansfield, OH Port St. Lucie, FL Warner Robins, GA Cumberland, MD-WV Flagstaff, AZ San Diego, CA Hanford-Corcoran, CA Burlington, NC Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Joplin, MO Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Davenport, IA-IL McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Camden, NJ M.D. New York-W. Plains NY-NJ M.D. Chico, CA Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Las Cruces, NM Athens-Clarke County, GA Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Dothan, AL Canton, OH Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Lansing-East Lansing, MI
SCORE (22.32) (21.91) (21.88) (21.86) (21.56) (21.41) (20.72) (20.57) (20.57) (19.81) (19.68) (19.58) (18.95) (18.94) (18.63) (18.58) (18.49) (18.24) (18.18) (17.77) (17.45) (16.59) (16.30) (15.99) (15.91) (15.64) (15.50) (15.19) (14.91) (14.01) (13.90) (13.78) (13.47) (13.19) (12.98) (12.94) (12.80) (12.17) (11.95) (11.91) (11.04) (10.71) (10.67) (10.47) (10.38) (10.08) (9.91) (9.82) (9.60) (8.87) (8.73) (8.57) (8.51) (8.50) (8.49) (8.12) (7.62) (6.20) (6.16) (4.61)
Note: All listings are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (M.S.A.s) except for those ending with "M.D." Listings with "M.D." are Metropolitan Divisions which are smaller parts of eleven large M.S.A.s. See explanatory note at beginning of metropolitan area section.
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Rank Order - Metro Area (continued) RANK 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 192 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 206 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 225 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243
METROPOLITAN AREA Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Yuma, AZ Hinesville, GA Fort Smith, AR-OK El Centro, CA Lakeland, FL Pittsfield, MA Reno-Sparks, NV Barnstable Town, MA Tyler, TX Danville, VA Tampa-St Petersburg, FL Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV M.D. Valdosta, GA Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Salisbury, MD Springfield, OH Salt Lake City, UT Wilmington, NC Kankakee-Bradley, IL Peoria, IL Springfield, MO Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA M.D. Charleston, WV New Haven-Milford, CT Denver-Aurora, CO Lexington-Fayette, KY Pascagoula, MS Clarksville, TN-KY Lafayette, LA Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC Ocala, FL San Francisco-S. Mateo, CA M.D. Trenton-Ewing, NJ Los Angeles (greater), CA Akron, OH Yuba City, CA Laredo, TX Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Dayton, OH Boston-Quincy, MA M.D. Longview, TX Muncie, IN Riverside-San Bernardino, CA Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Champaign-Urbana, IL Seattle (greater), WA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX M.D. Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL Springfield, MA Rome, GA Tuscaloosa, AL Dallas (greater), TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX M.D. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Knoxville, TN Colorado Springs, CO West Palm Beach, FL M.D. Santa Fe, NM Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Cleveland, TN Louisville, KY-IN
SCORE (4.42) (4.41) (4.36) (4.26) (3.96) (3.81) (3.56) (3.38) (3.34) (2.91) (2.53) (1.77) (1.77) (1.66) (1.39) (0.91) (0.88) (0.78) (0.65) (0.64) (0.02) 0.07 0.91 1.23 1.34 1.60 1.60 1.94 2.90 3.65 4.11 4.26 4.45 4.56 4.99 5.02 5.05 5.43 5.45 5.75 5.82 5.98 6.32 6.52 6.63 6.63 7.60 7.67 7.70 7.75 7.91 8.07 8.09 8.25 9.38 9.42 10.73 11.33 11.77 12.00 12.27 12.30 12.33
RANK 244 244 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 271 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306
METROPOLITAN AREA Jonesboro, AR South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Sacramento, CA Victoria, TX Spartanburg, SC Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Savannah, GA San Antonio, TX Chattanooga, TN-GA Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ M.D. Newark-Union, NJ-PA M.D. Huntsville, AL Milwaukee, WI Madera, CA Goldsboro, NC Topeka, KS Spokane, WA Pensacola, FL Atlantic City, NJ Fort Lauderdale, FL M.D. Los Angeles County, CA M.D. Jacksonville, FL Waco, TX St. Louis, MO-IL Longview, WA Corpus Christi, TX Dover, DE Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Winston-Salem, NC Lima, OH Brunswick, GA Rapid City, SD Farmington, NM Gary, IN M.D. Fairbanks, AK Atlanta, GA Odessa, TX Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Gainesville, FL Amarillo, TX Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Monroe, LA Montgomery, AL Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Philadelphia (greater) PA-NJ-MD-DE Greenville, SC Nashville-Davidson, TN Salinas, CA Decatur, IL Tacoma, WA M.D. Columbus, OH Merced, CA Tucson, AZ Orlando, FL Visalia-Porterville, CA Alexandria, LA Houston, TX Gadsden, AL Kansas City, MO-KS Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Rocky Mount, NC Wichita, KS Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
SCORE 13.32 13.32 13.62 13.77 13.99 14.00 14.63 14.72 14.94 15.52 15.88 17.07 17.09 17.12 17.76 18.07 18.11 18.14 19.08 19.22 19.39 19.73 20.27 20.33 20.37 20.96 21.01 21.02 21.02 21.09 21.40 21.43 21.73 21.74 21.99 22.25 22.46 22.60 22.96 24.14 24.32 24.53 24.72 25.45 25.84 26.20 26.90 27.06 28.71 29.27 30.27 30.50 30.82 30.94 31.01 32.35 32.39 32.55 34.11 34.23 34.88 36.02 36.81
RANK 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
METROPOLITAN AREA Lubbock, TX Redding, CA Macon, GA Miami (greater), FL Philadelphia, PA M.D. Tallahassee, FL San Francisco (greater), CA Pueblo, CO Baton Rouge, LA Augusta, GA-SC Albany, GA Saginaw, MI Baltimore-Towson, MD Florence, SC Toledo, OH Battle Creek, MI Bakersfield, CA Indianapolis, IN Yakima, WA Tulsa, OK Albuquerque, NM Columbus, GA-AL Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Modesto, CA Oklahoma City, OK Springfield, IL Rockford, IL Hot Springs, AR Anniston-Oxford, AL Birmingham-Hoover, AL Sumter, SC Jackson, MS Detroit (greater), MI Anchorage, AK Danville, IL Fresno, CA Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Fayetteville, NC Anderson, SC Lawton, OK Oakland-Fremont, CA M.D. Miami-Dade County, FL M.D. Jackson, TN Mobile, AL Little Rock, AR Myrtle Beach, SC New Orleans, LA Stockton, CA Memphis, TN-MS-AR Flint, MI Pine Bluff, AR Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI M.D. Chicago (greater), IL-IN-WI** Chicago-Joilet-Naperville, IL M.D.** Duluth, MN-WI** Fargo, ND-MN** Grand Forks, ND-MN** La Crosse, WI-MN** Mankato-North Mankato, MN** Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI** Rochester, MN** St. Cloud, MN**
SCORE 37.56 38.30 38.31 38.74 38.79 38.91 39.12 39.13 40.23 41.58 43.13 43.32 43.41 43.48 43.78 43.83 44.52 45.59 45.64 46.28 46.40 46.88 47.25 47.78 48.00 48.31 48.61 48.93 49.71 49.76 54.17 54.80 55.46 56.31 56.66 56.92 56.98 57.12 60.74 62.07 63.44 66.56 66.93 67.19 84.03 84.55 86.99 89.39 106.78 118.27 120.08 182.19 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Source: CQ Press using reported data from the F.B.I. "Crime in the United States 2011" *Includes murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. A negative score (in parentheses) indicates a composite crime number below the national rate, a positive number is above the national rate. **Not available.
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