In 2020, the Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area had the highest rate of aggravated assault in the United States, with 1,123.2 aggravated assault cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The Memphis metro area had the second most, with 1,109.7 cases of aggravated assault per 100,000 inhabitants.
Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020
(per 100,000 population)
* The source only includes data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) where at least 75 percent of the agencies within the MSA reported data and for which the principal city/cities submitted 12 months of complete data for 2020. Accordingly, the following large MSAs are not included: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, St Louis, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Indianapolis.
Number depicted here shows only crimes which are known to police.
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FBI. (September 27, 2021). Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/
FBI. "Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. September 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/
FBI. (2021). Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/
FBI. "Metropolitan Areas with The Highest Aggravated Assault Rate in The United States in 2020 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/
FBI, Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Metropolitan areas with the highest aggravated assault rate in the United States in 2020 (per 100,000 population) [Graph], FBI, September 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/605626/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-highest-aggravated-assault-rate/
