And there are no southern cities approaching NYC in population.
Lets take a look at per capita rates, not total numbers.
Fine with me.
Here are the top 30 cities in murder rates for 2000 (per capita out of every 100,000 residents) according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports published in 2001. Citites in Confederate states are in italics. Cities in Union states are plain. Cities in states that did not exist in 1861 are in bold
1 Gary, IN 59.4
2 Compton, CA 47.4
3 New Orleans, LA 43.3
4 Washington, DC 41.8
5 Detroit, MI 40.7
6 Baltimore, MD 40.3
7 Youngstown, OH 38.3
8 Richmond, VA 36.9
9 St. Louis, MO 36.3
10 Atlanta, GA 31.7
11 Birmingham, AL 31.1
12 Reading, PA 30.4
13 Richmond, CA 30.2
14 West Palm Beach, FL 28.3***
15 Camden, NJ 28.2
15 Shreveport, LA 28.2
17 Hammond, IN 27.8
18 Flint, MI 27.3
19 Kansas City, MO 25.2
20 Memphis, TN 23.2
21 Savannah, GA 22.8
22 Philadelphia, PA 22.0
23 Chicago, IL 21.9
24 Oakland, CA 21.4
25 Newark, NJ 21.3
26 Milwaukee, WI 20.9
27 Dallas, TX 20.6
28 Inglewood, CA 19.8
29 Norfolk, VA 18.9
30 Providence, RI 18.9
** West Palm Beach, FL - though West Palm Beach is geographically in a confederate state, its population is thoroughly yankee in origin
TOTALS FROM THE TOP 30:
Cities in Confederate states: 10
Cities in Union states: 20
Cities in states created after the war: 0
4 of the 20 Union state cities are in California, which was not in the vicinity of the major war theaters and is not technically a part of yankeeland. Take them away and that makes 16 union cities, 10 confederate cities, and 4 western cities in the top 30. Yankeeland still dominates with a clear majority of urban crime cesspools.