It's not exactly an honor any US city wants to claim, but 10 of them have been dubbed the "murder capitals" of America, per 24/7 Wall St. The site, which notes a recent spike in murders (nearly 1,400 more across the nation in 2016 than in 2015), looked at the FBI's 2016 "Crime in the United States Report" to compare cities' murder rates per 100,000 citizens. What's contributing to individual cities' rising homicide rates: domestic violence, drug trafficking, an uptick in gang violence, and mass shooting events, like Orlando's in June 2016. Here, the top 10 cities, with their corresponding murder rates:
10. North Charleston, SC; 29 per 100,000
9. Memphis, Tenn.; 29.9 per 100,000
8. Orlando, Fla.; 30.2 per 100,000
7. Jackson, Miss.; 34.1 per 100,000
6. Cleveland; 35 per 100,000
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5. Newark, NJ; 35.5 per 100,000
4. New Orleans; 43.8 per 100,000
3. Detroit; 45.2 per 100,000
2. Baltimore; 51.4 per 100,000
1. St. Louis; 59.8 per 100,000
See what other cities made the list. (The 10 safest, and least safe, cities in America.)
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