Denver, Colorado has the 11th-highest homicide rate in the nation, according to a recent study by WalletHub.
The study ranked the 40 most populated cities in the United States based on homicides per capita and the change in the number of homicides within the past few years.
“In order to determine which cities have the biggest homicide rate problems, WalletHub compared 40 of the largest U.S. cities based on per capita homicides in Q3 2023, as well as per capita homicides in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2022 and Q3 2021,” says the WalletHub website.
The city’s homicide rate is also significantly higher than the national average, which is 6.9 per 100,000 residents. In fact, Denver has a higher homicide rate than many other major cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
The top three include cities with the highest homicide rates are Washington D.C., Memphis, TN, and Detroit, MI and Chesapeake, VA comes in as the safest place in the U.S.
