[antidemoncrat]

St Luis 2017 205 murders

Chicago murder rate 650 murders in 2017

Huh?

[Rurudyne]

Per capita.

St Louis has apparently lost a lot of population.

[Bon mots]

The murder rate is based upon the percentage of the general population...

So 50 murders in a town of, say 100;
is worse than 50 murders in a town of 200.
(50 murders in a town of 50 would be worse of all!)

Poor Chicago can't help but feel left out lately...

[DoodleDawg]

St Luis 2017 205 murders

Chicago murder rate 650 murders in 2017 Huh?

St. Louis population - 308,000. Chicago population - 2.7 million. It's per capita.

[Bon mots]

It also looks like Tijuana made the list - coming in at number 5!

I guess that will make people forget about the donkey shows...

^{Is that donkey winking too?}

[Charles Henrickson]

Chicago has many times more the population of St. Louis. Murder rate is less per capita. I grew up in the city of Chicago, and I live in St. Louis County (not City). The stats are for the city populations.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Chicago would have to have almost 2,000 murders per year to equal St. Louis.

[octex]

Those are murder rates per 100,000 population.

In 2017, Chicago was 2.7 million and St. Louis was about 308,000. That explains why St.Louis is ranked higher.