3. Memphis, Tennessee
Violent crime rate: 1,820 per 100,000 residents
Next on our list of most lawless places in the US, is Memphis. Like Cleveland and many other major U.S. cities, Memphis has a pretty large poor population. An estimate puts the poverty rate in Memphis about 27.6% and an unemployment rate at 6%. From what we have learned going through these statistics, Memphis has all the elements of being a crime-prone city which it is today. The police depart in Memphis is optimistic that with a larger police force, it will be able to control the soaring crime rate in the city.
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