9. Cleveland, Ohio
Number of Convictions From 1976 to 2021: 1,043
According to a 2019 report from the University of Illinois, Cleveland recorded 171 federal public corruption convictions between 2010 and 2017. Over the longer period from 1976 to 2017, the city saw a total of 991 convictions for public corruption. However, based on the latest available data, Cleveland ranks 9th in our list of the 16 most corrupt cities in the US with 1,043 recorded convictions from 1976 to 2021.
