Baltimore City Named Nation’s Deadliest City In 2017

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FBI crime statistics place Baltimore City’s homicide rate above that of any other U.S. city with a population over 500,000.
Among big U.S. cities, Baltimore was followed by Detroit, which recorded a homicide rate of 40 per 100,000 people; Memphis, Tennessee, with a rate of 28 per 100,000 and Chicago, with a rate of 24 per 100,000.
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