4. Baltimore, Maryland
Violent crime rate: 1,780 per 100,000 residents
Did you know that the rate of crime rose about 4.1% nationwide from 2015 to 2016? The alarming thing about Baltimore is that the increase in the crime rate for Baltimore was about 15.4% which is almost the highest compared to other U.S. cities. There were about 1,780 violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents in Baltimore, where the national average for 2016 for the U.S. was a mere 386. As expected, most of the crimes committed in Baltimore last year were in the poverty-stricken areas of the city.
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