A recent Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report has revealed the U.S. cities with the highest rates of robberies.
Robberies, for the purposes of the report, are defined as "theft or attempted theft involving force or the threat of force". As of the middle of 2024, urban areas are "experiencing particularly high levels of this crime", according to a new report from Newsweek.
The CCJ's mid-year 2024 update shows a 6% average decrease in robbery rates across 34 U.S. cities from 2023 to 2024.
However, ten cities still face disproportionately high robbery rates: Baltimore, Minneapolis, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Seattle, Denver, and Little Rock.