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Most dangerous cities in the US

Monroe, LA

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 29.4

– Your chance of being  a victim: 1 in 34

With a crime rate of 90 per one thousand residents, Monroe has one of the highest crime rates in America

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Memphis, TN

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 24.2

– Your chance of being  a victim: 1 in 41

With a crime rate of 82 per one thousand residents, Memphis has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes

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Saginaw, MI

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 23.8

– Your chance of being  a victim: 1 in 42

Saginaw's rate for property crime is 17 per one thousand population. This makes Saginaw a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime

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Detroit, MI

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 22.6

– Your chance of being a victim: 1 in 44

for the entire city of Detroit, the murder rate did increase slightly, but the rate of murder and other violent crimes continued to decline throughout Detroit, including in the Fifth Precinct

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St. Louis, MO

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 20

– Your chance of being a victim: 1 in 50

St. Louis has quietly lowered its murder count in another way: classifying more than three dozen killings as what are termed justifiable homicides

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Alexandria, LA

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 18,8

– Your chance of being a victim: 1 in 53

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Based on FBI crime data, Alexandria is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Virginia, Alexandria has a crime rate that is higher than 78% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes

Pine Bluff, AR

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 18.1

– Your chance of being a victim: 1 in 55

According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crimes in Pine Bluff is one in 55.

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Little Rock, AR

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 18.1

– Your chance of being a victim: 1 in 55

Violent crime in Little Rock is up from this time last year. It has actually risen 17%, which is grim considering Little Rock saw it's second-highest year of murders in 2021.

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Albany, GA

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 17.7

– Your chance of being  a victim: 1 in 56

With a population of 69,647, Albany has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size

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South Bend, IN

– Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 17.1

– Your chance of being  a victim: 1 in 59

With a population of 103,453, South Bend has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size

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