[todd8]

No, the actual values are quite different. From [1], the same source:

    City        Violent Crime/100k   Property Crime/100k

    Detroit        1759.6                     4093.6
    DC             1202.6                     4516.2
    Houston         966.7                     4397.5
    Chicago         903.8                     2946.3
    San Francisco   776.8                     6138.0
    Boston          706.8                     2316.1
    Los Angeles     634.8                     2359.6
    Seattle         598.7                     5522.0
    NYC             585.8                     1518.7
    Portland        472.8                     5234.8
    Raleigh         392.3                     3063.0
    Austin          372.5                     3771.0

(I added a few cities that are frequently on HN and rearranged them.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b....

[jotux]

You are correct. Unfortunately I can't go back and delete my erroneous post or edit it.

I misinterpreted the "total" column as total events, and divided them by the population. Hopefully people looking at my original post will continue to read down to your reply, and this correction.

[todd8]

Yes, I wondered about the heading labeled "total" as well! It was a bit confusing to be there next to the actual population of the city number. I had recently looked up the NYC crime rate though and I figured out the "total" column was actually the total/100k.