Cities With 200,000 or More Population Ranked Infant death rate Crime rate per Cities ranked by per 1,000 live 100,000 population 1992 population births, 1988 1991 ----------------------- ------------------------------- Rate Rank Rate Rank New York, NY 13.2 24 9,236 48 Los Angeles, CA 10.1 55 9,730 40 Chicago, IL 15.2 13 NA NA Houston, TX 11.3 39 10,824 29 Philadelphia, PA 17.5 7 6,835 71 San Diego, CA 8.1 70 8,537 57 Dallas, TX 9.3 63 15,066 6 Phoenix, AZ 10.9 45 9,958 38 Detroit, MI 21.0 2 12,263 14 San Antonio, TX 9.5 61 12,291 13 San Jose, CA 7.8 72 5,364 76 Indianapolis, IN 12.6 28 7,357 67 San Francisco, CA 8.4 66 9,384 46 Baltimore, MD 18.0 5 11,371 19 Jacksonville, FL 11.3 39 10,591 31 Columbus, OH 14.2 19 10,145 36 Milwaukee, WI 12.1 32 9,044 51 Memphis, TN 17.6 6 10,184 35 Washington, DC 23.2 1 10,768 30 Boston, MA 13.9 20 10,837 27 El Paso, TX 8.2 69 9,630 42 Seattle, WA 12.4 30 12,248 15 Cleveland, OH 17.0 8 8,945 52 Nashville-Davidson, TN 10.7 49 8,665 55 Austin, TX 8.4 66 11,295 21 New Orleans, LA 12.7 27 10,830 28 Denver, CO 10.7 49 7,625 63 Fort Worth, TX 9.9 57 16,973 3 Oklahoma City, OK 11.8 35 11,073 25 Portland, OR 11.0 44 11,182 24 Long Beach, CA 9.9 57 9,131 50 Kansas City, MO 13.2 24 13,198 8 Virginia Beach, VA 13.5 23 5,863 75 Charlotte, NC 13.7 22 12,643 11 Tucson, AZ 10.9 45 10,401 33 Albuquerque, NM 10.0 56 10,284 34 Atlanta, GA 16.5 10 18,953 1 St. Louis, MO 14.6 16 16,031 5 Sacramento, CA 10.4 51 10,098 37 Fresno, CA 9.0 64 12,031 17 Tulsa, OK 10.4 51 8,887 54 Oakland, CA 13.2 24 12,186 16 Honolulu CDP, HI 4.9 77 5,959 74 Miami, FL 7.2 73 18,394 2 Pittsburgh, PA 14.7 15 8,219 58 Cincinnati, OH 11.1 43 9,722 41 Minneapolis, MN 11.3 39 11,282 22 Omaha, NE 11.6 37 7,081 69 Toledo, OH 10.9 45 9,503 44 Buffalo, NY 14.6 16 9,555 43 Wichita, KS 9.4 62 9,830 39 Mesa, AZ 8.7 65 7,595 64 Colorado Springs, CO 10.8 48 7,441 65 Las Vegas, NV 5.5 76 7,431 66 Santa Ana, CA 7.1 74 7,654 62 Tampa, FL 11.7 36 16,557 4 Arlington, TX 8.0 71 9,480 45 Anaheim, CA 6.0 75 7,152 68 Louisville, KY 16.8 9 6,425 73 St. Paul, MN 10.3 53 7,892 60 Newark, NJ 19.8 3 14,806 7 Corpus Christi, TX 8.4 66 10,443 32 Birmingham, AL 19.2 4 12,586 12 Norfolk, VA 15.5 11 9,251 47 Anchorage, AK 11.4 38 6,687 72 Aurora, CO 9.7 59 8,631 56 Riverside, CA 9.7 59 8,935 53 St. Petersburg, FL 11.9 34 11,023 26 Rochester, NY 12.0 33 11,196 23 Lexington-Fayette, KY 12.6 28 7,018 70 Jersey City, NJ 13.9 20 9,201 49 Baton Rouge, LA 14.6 16 13,118 9 Akron, OH 11.3 39 8,066 59 Raleigh, NC 12.2 31 7,790 61 Stockton, CA 10.3 53 11,326 20 Richmond, VA 15.5 11 11,611 18 Mobile, AL 15.1 14 12,863 10