To calculate cities where women are at risk for becoming victims of both violent crimes and sexual assault, we analyzed data from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which tallies crime data for each of the country’s metropolitan statistical areas, regions that usually consist of a large city and its suburbs or clusters of closely linked smaller cities, and metropolitan divisions, which are core areas within some of the larger MSAs.
No. 10 Memphis, Tennessee
Population: 1,305,946
Violent crimes per 100,000: 1,006
Rapes per 100,000: 46
No. 9 Battle Creek, Michigan
Population: 136,146
Violent crimes per 100,000: 697
Rapes per 100,000: 75
No. 8 Lawton, Oklahoma
Population: 124,089
Violent crimes per 100,000: 771
Rapes per 100,000: 57
No. 7 Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Population: 107,341
Violent crimes per 100,000: 793
Rapes per 100,000: 56
No. 6 Flint Michgan
Population: 201,596
Violent crimes per 100,000: 827
Rapes per 100,000: 54
No. 5 Redding, California
Population: 93,000
Violent crimes per 100,000: 797
Rapes per 100,000: 66
No. 4 Springfield, Illinois
Population: 693,388
Violent crimes per 100,000: 856
Rapes per 100,000: 70
No. 3 Fairbanks, Alaska
Population: 208,388
Violent crimes per 100,000: 783
Rapes per 100,000: 193
No. 2 Anchorage, Alaska
Population: 131,703
Violent crimes per 100,000: 813
Rapes per 100,000: 86
No. 1 Saginaw, Michigan
Population: 397,398
Violent crimes per 100,000: 870
Rapes per 100,000: 76
