HOMICIDE IN SELECTED AMERICAN MSAs
The following is a table of American Metropolitan Statistical Areas* similar in size to the city (apx 2.5 million) and CMA (apx 4.5 million) of Toronto. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations, from which the following data is derived, defines "homicide" as all acts of murder and non-negligent manslaughter. (note: Chicago and Cleveland do not report homicide statistics to the FBI)
| MSA | State | AvgT | AvgR |
T05 | R05 | T04 | R04 |
T03 | R03 | T02 | R02 |
T01 | R01 |
| New York |
NY |
0869.3 |
04.68 |
0 |
0 |
0931 |
05.0 |
0967 |
05.2 |
0756 |
04.1 |
0823 |
04.4 |
| Los Angeles |
CA |
1118.3 |
10.05 |
0 |
0 |
1119 |
08.6 |
1118 |
08.7 |
1162 |
11.8 |
1074 |
11.1 |
| Chicago |
IL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Philadelphia |
PA |
0430.7 |
08.03 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0480 |
08.3 |
0401 |
07.8 |
0411 |
08.0 |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth |
TX |
0397.0 |
07.20 |
0 |
0 |
0414 |
07.3 |
0384 |
06.9 |
0374 |
06.8 |
0416 |
07.8 |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale |
FL |
0320.5 |
06.03 |
0 |
0 |
0370 |
06.8 |
0333 |
06.3 |
0294 |
05.6 |
0285 |
05.4 |
| Washington |
DC |
0434.3 |
08.58 |
0 |
0 |
0405 |
07.9 |
0461 |
09.1 |
0475 |
09.4 |
0396 |
07.9 |
| Houston |
TX |
0384.8 |
08.18 |
0 |
0 |
0414 |
08.0 |
0407 |
08.0 |
0365 |
08.4 |
0353 |
08.3 |
| Atlanta |
GA |
0367.0 |
08.25 |
0 |
0 |
0378 |
08.1 |
0399 |
08.7 |
0357 |
08.3 |
0334 |
07.9 |
| Detroit |
MI |
0467.8 |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0449 |
10.0 |
0449 |
10.0 |
0491 |
10.9 |
0482 |
10.8 |
| Boston |
MA |
0095.3 |
02.43 |
0 |
0 |
0114 |
02.6 |
0086 |
01.9 |
0091 |
02.6 |
0090 |
02.6 |
| San Francisco-Oakland |
CA |
0299.3 |
07.07 |
0 |
0 |
0309 |
07.3 |
0302 |
07.2 |
0287 |
06.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
CA |
0246.8 |
07.10 |
0 |
0 |
0258 |
07.0 |
0258 |
07.3 |
0253 |
07.5 |
0218 |
06.6 |
| Phoenix |
AZ |
0301.5 |
08.58 |
0 |
0 |
0296 |
08.0 |
0329 |
09.2 |
0283 |
08.2 |
0298 |
08.9 |
| Seattle |
WA |
0105.5 |
03.35 |
0 |
0 |
0102 |
03.2 |
0110 |
03.5 |
0102 |
03.3 |
0108 |
03.4 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul |
MN |
0088.3 |
02.90 |
0 |
0 |
0094 |
03.0 |
0091 |
03.0 |
0091 |
03.0 |
0077 |
02.6 |
| San Diego |
CA |
0109.0 |
03.73 |
0 |
0 |
0127 |
04.3 |
0130 |
04.4 |
0087 |
03.0 |
0092 |
03.2 |
| St. Louis |
MO |
0178.5 |
06.45 |
0 |
0 |
0205 |
07.4 |
0152 |
05.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Baltimore |
MD |
0322.5 |
12.30 |
0 |
0 |
0329 |
12.5 |
0341 |
13.0 |
0317 |
12.0 |
0303 |
11.7 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg |
FL |
0126.5 |
05.03 |
0 |
0 |
0116 |
04.5 |
0134 |
05.3 |
0134 |
05.3 |
0122 |
05.0 |
| Pittsburgh |
PA |
0105.5 |
04.40 |
0 |
0 |
0090 |
03.7 |
0116 |
04.8 |
0114 |
04.8 |
0102 |
04.3 |
| Denver |
CO |
0115.8 |
05.10 |
0 |
0 |
0152 |
06.1 |
0123 |
05.3 |
0102 |
04.6 |
0096 |
04.4 |
| Cleveland |
OH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cincinnati |
OH |
0090.3 |
04.83 |
0 |
0 |
0099 |
04.8 |
0105 |
05.1 |
0082 |
04.9 |
0075 |
04.5 |
| Portland |
OR |
0046.8 |
02.35 |
0 |
0 |
0060 |
02.9 |
0040 |
02.0 |
0041 |
02.1 |
0046 |
02.4 |
| Sacramento |
CA |
0094.0 |
05.18 |
0 |
0 |
0102 |
05.1 |
0101 |
05.2 |
0087 |
05.2 |
0086 |
05.2 |
| Kansas City |
MO |
0152.0 |
07.90 |
0 |
0 |
0152 |
07.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*the U.S. Census Bureau restructured various MSAs in the year 2002 - as a result figures for certain MSAs in 2002 and 2001 may differ slightly from the years following