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As of 2018 Detroit had the fourth highest murder rate among major cities in the United States after St. Louis and Baltimore and the 42nd highest murder rate in the world. [1] [2] The rate of robberies in Detroit declined by 67% between 1985 and 2014 while the rate of aggravated assaults increased. [3]
Several times during Young's tenure Detroit was named the arson capital of the U.S., and repeatedly the murder capital of the United States. Often Detroit was listed by FBI crime statistics as the "most dangerous city in America" during his administration. Crime rates in Detroit peaked in 1991 at more than 2,700 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
The following article is a list of cities sorted by homicide rates in the world, excluding active war zones. The homicide rate of a city is an imprecise tool for comparison, as the population within city borders may not best represent an urban or metropolitan area with varying rates in different areas.
Detroit, a city long plagued with one of the highest murder rates in the country, is on track to end the year with the fewest homicides it has had in almost 60 years. ... Detroit officials said ...
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system.
Detroit: 1967-07-25/26: 3: Three civilians shot and killed by police at the Algiers Hotel during the 1967 Detroit riot, dramatized in the 2017 film Detroit: Robison family murders: Good Hart: 1968-06-25: 6: Mass murder of family from suburban Detroit while vacationing at cottage [3] Hazelwood massacre: Detroit: 1971-06-14: 8: Execution-style ...
Suspect arrested more than two weeks after Samantha Woll’s Detroit murder. Thursday 9 November 2023 10:03, Graeme Massie.
In 2019, 43,686 crimes were reported in the U.S. state of Michigan.Crime statistics vary widely by location. For example, Dearborn has a murder rate of only 2.1 per 100,000 while sharing borders with Detroit (43.5 per 100,000) and Inkster (24.2 per 100,000), some of the highest rates in the state.