Pennsylvania City Among the Highest Homicide Rates in America
When moving to a new state, the first thing people often do it look up local crime rates to see which areas are safest and which have the worst rates for crime. Now, a new study has determined that Pennsylvania has one city that has among the highest homicide rates in America.
Wallethub has released a new study that lists the cities with the biggest homicide rates in America. “The homicide rate in the U.S. experienced a rapid increase during the past few years, so much so that President Joe Biden made tackling the problem a priority,” the study states. “Alarmingly, homicide rates have risen by an average of roughly 10% in 45 of the most populated U.S. cities between Q1 2021 and Q1 2023, and are still rising.”
To find out which cities have the biggest homicide rate problems, “WalletHub compared 45 of the largest U.S. cities based on per capita homicides in Q1 2023, as well as per capita homicides in Q1 2023 vs. Q1 2022 and Q1 2021.” They add that “data from this study is based in some cases on preliminary police department crime data, which is subject to reclassification upon further investigation.”
Before we get to our city, let’s look at the city with the No. 1 highest homicide rate in America. According to Wallethub, that’s Memphis, Tennessee. That’s definitely not what I expected. According to the study, Memphis has a total score of 94.10. No. 2 is New Orleans, Louisiana. Then, No. 3 is Richmond, Virginia; No. 4 is Washington, D.C.; and No. 5 is Detroit, Michigan.
So, which Pennsylvania city has one of America’s highest homicide rates? It’s Philadelphia, which falls at No. 13 on the tally with a total score of 45.02. At least that’s well before the No. 1 worst city, which was Memphis. Find the full tally of all the cities with the highest homicide rates in America here.
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