America is now ranked in the bottom third of all nations in safety.

There are 195 countries in the world, spread over the 7 different continents and other islands. In safety America is ranked 128th.

According to World Population Review:

The United States is the 128th safest country in the world according to the Global Peace Index. The US’s safety rank has decreased each year since 2016. A large factor in determining the safety index of countries is their murder rate.

The murder rate varies greatly between cities in the United States. Violent crime rates escalated after World War II and peaked between the 1970s and 1990s.

Here is World Population Review’s list of the 20 cities with the highest murder rate in 2023.

The twenty cities in the United States with the highest murder rates (murders per 100,000 people) are:

1. 1. St. Louis, MO (69.4)
   2. Baltimore, MD (51.1)
   3. New Orleans, LA (40.6)
   4. Detroit, MI (39.7)
   5. Cleveland, OH (33.7)
   6. Las Vegas, NV (31.4)
   7. Kansas City, MO (31.2)
   8. Memphis, TN (27.1)
   9. Newark, NJ (25.6)
   10. Chicago, IL (24)
   11. Cincinnati, OH (23.8)
   12. Philadelphia, PA (20.2)
   13. Milwaukee, WI (20.0)
   14. Tulsa, OK (18.6)
   15. Pittsburgh, PA (18.4)
   16. Indianapolis, IN (17.7)
   17. Louisville, KY (17.5)
   18. Oakland, CA (17.1)
   19. Washington D.C. (17.0)
   20. Atlanta, GA (16.7)

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