27. Boston
In 2023, Boston’s death rate was the lowest it had ever been, but we have a reason to consider Boston when creating a list of the US cities with highest homicide rates in 2024. As of now, 24 of the 37 murders reported to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office have led to arrests. The number of killings has gone down from 40 in 2022. Along with that, the DA’s office said that the number of killings in the city dropped by 20% from 2022 to 2023, from 180 to 144. Sixty-seven percent of the cases (24 cases) led to arrests. In 2023, Boston’s murder rate was lower than that of many other places with similar populations, such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Detroit, San Francisco, and Memphis.
