Violent crimes by metropolitan areas (per 100 000)
| Year | Homicide, N (per 100 000) | Rape, N (per 100 000) | Robbery, N (per 100 000) | Aggravated assault, N (per 100 000) | Total violent crime, N (per 100 000) | |
| New York | 2016 | 335 (4.0) | 2372 (28.1) | 15 544 (184.1) | 30 873 (365.6) | 49 124 (561.8) |
| Los Angeles | 2018 | 258 (3.1) | 2528 (29.9) | 10 327 (122.3) | 17 013 (201.5) | 30 126 (356.8) |
| Chicago | 2018 | 563 (6.7) | 1798 (21.3) | 9684 (114.7) | 15 312 (181.3) | 27 357 (324.0) |
| Houston | 2018 | 276 (3.3) | 1261 (14.9) | 8761 (103.8) | 13 764 (163.0) | 24 062 (285.0) |
| Phoenix | 2018 | 132 (1.6) | 1086 (12.9) | 3112 (36.9) | 7780 (92.1) | 12 110 (143.4) |
| Philadelphia | 2018 | 351 (4.2) | 1095 (13.0) | 5262 (62.3) | 7712 (91.3) | 14 420 (170.8) |
| San Antonio | 2018 | 107 (1.3) | 1346 (15.9) | 1767 (20.9) | 6427 (76.1) | 9647 (114.3) |
| San Diego | 2018 | 35 (0.4) | 605 (7.2) | 1439 (17.0) | 3281 (38.9) | 5360 (63.5) |
| Dallas | 2018 | 155 (1.8) | 828 (9.8) | 3987 (47.2) | 5452 (64.6) | 10 422 (123.4) |
| San Jose | 2018 | 28 (0.3) | 615 (7.3) | 1593 (18.9) | 2208 (26.1) | 4444 (52.6) |
| Austin | 2018 | 32 (0.4) | 787 (9.3) | 1021 (12.1) | 1880 (22.3) | 3720 (44.1) |
| Jacksonville | 2018 | 110 (1.3) | 535 (6.3) | 1323 (15.7) | 3413 (40.4) | 5381 (63.7) |
| San Francisco | 2018 | 46 (0.5) | 354 (4.2) | 3165 (37.5) | 2579 (30.5) | 6144 (72.8) |
| Columbus | 2018 | 99 (1.2) | 820 (9.7) | 1922 (22.8) | 1575 (18.7) | 4416 (52.3) |
| Indianapolis | 2018 | 182 (2.2) | 677 (8.0) | 3081 (36.5) | 7250 (85.9) | 11 170 (132.3) |