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Cities with largest population murder rate
as of 7/01/2005:

City	7/01/2005 Population	annual murder rate per 100,000
New York, N.Y.	8,143,197	6.6
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,844,829	12.6
Chicago, Ill.	2,842,518	15.6
Houston, Tex.	2,016,582	16.3
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,463,281	25.6
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,461,575	15.0
San Antonio, Tex.	1,256,509	41 (year total)
San Diego, Calif.	1,255,540	51 (year total)
Dallas, Tex.	1,213,825	16.4
San Jose, Calif.	912,332	26 (year total)
Detroit, Mich.	886,671	39.3

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I may have added an extra year 2002
but you get the idea:

Year	Population	Annual Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
2005	296,410,404	16,692
2004	293,656,842	16,148
2003	290,788,976	16,528
2002	287,973,924	16,229

Crime in the United States
by Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 1986 - 2005