With a crime rate of 95 per one thousand residentsMemphis has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 11. Within Tennesseemore than 100% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Memphis. In factafter researching dangerous places to liveNeighborhoodScout found Memphis to be one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S.A.

Separatelyit is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 610,919Memphis has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Memphis does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizescompared to places with a similar populationit fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Memphis.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Memphis does for violent crimes specificallyand then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Memphis.

For Memphiswe found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nationacross communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rapemurder and non-negligent manslaughterarmed robberyand aggravated assaultincluding assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime datayour chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Memphis is one in 40.

Significantlybased on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the cityNeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Memphis experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of populationfrom the largest to the smallest.

In additionNeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Memphis is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglarylarceny over fifty dollarsmotor vehicle theftand arson. In Memphisyour chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 14which is a rate of 70 per one thousand population.

Importantlywe found that Memphis has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizesfrom the smallest to the largest. In factyour chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Memphis is one in 62.