Top 20 U.S. Cities with the Highest Murders in 2024

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17. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Murders in 2024: 69

Data Source: Official

Milwaukee is Wisconsin’s most populous city and had a population of 575,722 in 2022. By mid April, data from the Milwaukee Police Department showed that there were 30 homicides in the city, so there appears to be a pickup in homicides since then. Milwaukee’s violent crime rate is one in 66, and the April year to date murder data had marked a 39% annual drop. The latest data has narrowed this down to a 17.9% drop.

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