Murder Capitals Of America: 2 Florida Cities On List

ORLANDO, FL - Two Florida cities have been listed as "Murder Capitals of America" for 2018. Orlando ranked 20th on the list and Lake Worth made the list at No. 30. The list was prepared by NeighborhoodScout, a web-based platform from Location, Inc., and includes 30 cities in America with the highest number of murders per 1,000 residents.

NeighborhoodScout compiled its list, which includes cities with a population of 25,000 or more, using crime data from the FBI on number of murders. The data was then compared to the population of each city provided by the US Census Bureau.

In Orlando, a city with about 277,000 people, there were 84 murders in 2016 (the latest full year for which FBI data is available). That's a murder rate of 0.30 per 1,000 residents. Lake Hart was ranked as the safest neighborhood in Orlando, according to the report.

In Lake Worth, a city with about 37,800 people, there were 10 murders in 2016 for a murder rate of 0.26 per 1,000 residents. The safest neighborhood in Lake Worth: Hagen Ranch Road and Northtree Club Drive.

East St. Louis ranked as the top murder capital with 27 murders in 2016 for a murder rate of 1.00 per 1,000 residents.

The top 20 Murder Capitals of America, according to NeighborhoodScout, include:

1. East St. Louis, IL
2. Chester, PA
3. Camden, NJ
4. St. Louis, MO
5. Gary, IN
6. West Memphis, AR
7. Baltimore, MD
8. Flint, MI
9. Detroit, MI
10. New Orleans, LA
11. Salisbury, NC
12. Danville, VA
13. Wilmington, DE
14. Compton, CA
15. Newark, NJ
16. Cleveland, OH
17. Petersburg, VA
18. Jackson, MS
19. Goldsboro, NC
20. Orlando, FL

Click here to see the full list of NeighborhoodScout's Murder Capitals of America.

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