FBI crime statistics released Monday show that Detroit remained the most dangerous big city in the nation last year, despite a decline in violent crime including murders, Christine MacDonald writes in The Detroit News:
Detroit had 316 murders in 2013, a rate of 45 per 100,000 people. That’s the highest rate among cities with populations over 100,000, followed by New Orleans (41), Newark, N.J. (40), St. Louis (38) and Baltimore (37).
Detroit reported 14,504 violent crimes. That’s also the highest per capita rate in the nation, according to the annual report.
Even so, murders declined 18 percent from 2012 and violent crime fell 3 percent in Detroit. Nationwide, murders are down 4.4 percent and violent crime is down 4.1 percent, according to the FBI.
