City-Level Data: Black-White Gap in Homicide Arrests By Decade
Source: Uniform Crime Report Data

Note: This table reports the ratio of black versus white annual murder arrests in each listed city, averaged for each decade. Thus, "12.0" signifies a ratio of 12:1, meaning that, on average, murder arrest rates for blacks for that decade were 12 times greater than for whites.

City	1960s Avg. Ratio	1970s Avg. Ratio	1980s Avg. Ratio	1990s Avg. Ratio
Akron, Ohio	12.01	13.98	4.36	7.51
Albuquerque, N.M.	10.14	9.07	4.36	4.39
Atlanta, Ga.	5.67	3.51	4.11	10.05
Austin, Texas	5.16	6.11	2.46	5.09
Baltimore, Md.	5.32	7.13	6.12	7.56
Birmingham, Ala.	9.78	4.21	3.76	4.98
Boston, Mass.	7.86	5.23	4.82	6.13
Buffalo, N.Y.	12.77	8.49	5.22	7.28
Charlotte, N.C.	9.70	9.22	8.24	11.70
Chicago, Ill.	9.60	11.40	3.63	3.72
Cincinnati, Ohio	8.83	5.90	5.12	7.33
Cleveland, Ohio	6.32	4.56	3.98	5.23
Colorado Springs, Colo.	24.30	12.97	5.34	7.60
Columbus, Ohio	8.40	7.19	4.71	8.95
Corpus Christi, Texas	3.23	4.42	3.13	1.73
Dallas, Texas	8.16	5.46	3.05	3.59
Dayton, Ohio	5.81	4.40	3.53	5.17
Denver, Colo.	7.31	4.84	3.77	3.54
Des Moines, Iowa	12.31	7.99	11.32	6.69
Detroit, Mich.	5.97	6.09	3.59	1.94
El Paso, Texas	9.92	2.50	1.31	3.01
Flint, Mich.	9.64	4.15	6.41	4.55
Fort Wayne, Ind.	56.53	8.65	10.86	13.20
Fort Worth, Texas	5.88	4.29	2.58	4.40
Fresno, Calif.	10.60	3.57	3.32	3.15
Gary, Ind.	6.89	6.64	3.80	2.29
Grand Rapids, Mich.	14.34	20.59	12.07	10.23
Greensboro, N.C.	7.88	3.04	2.94	10.10
Houston, Texas	5.30	3.91	2.35	2.35
Kansas City, Mo.	11.49	11.72	8.44	9.26
Knoxville, Tenn.	7.17	5.17	5.06	11.44
Lincoln, Neb.	Not Avail.	46.41	16.64	9.33
Little Rock, Ark.	9.36	7.57	7.46	12.53
Long Beach, Calif.	7.07	8.96	4.06	3.35
Los Angeles, Calif.	5.87	5.42	3.82	2.26
Louisville, Ky.	7.59	5.27	5.11	5.54
Lubbock, Texas	12.85	7.43	4.74	5.15
Madison, Wis.	12.62	33.92	11.80	8.97
Memphis, Tenn.	8.69	7.22	6.05	6.91
Miami, Fla.	17.52	9.89	3.50	4.48
Milwaukee, Wis.	13.97	6.32	7.21	9.06
Minneapolis, Minn.	20.45	17.14	13.43	15.65
Montgomery, Ala.	12.59	7.63	9.39	8.71
New Orleans, La.	5.67	3.26	4.07	11.84
Norfolk, Va.	7.99	6.14	5.22	10.47
Oakland, Calif.	5.90	5.03	4.41	4.23
Oklahoma City, Okla.	7.00	5.64	4.11	6.11
Omaha, Neb.	8.78	15.76	9.72	12.43
Philadelphia, Pa.	13.38	13.15	5.63	4.63
Phoenix, Ariz.	13.68	11.09	5.40	5.93
Pittsburgh, Pa.	10.18	10.79	9.10	15.38
Portland, Ore.	16.87	8.02	6.60	11.02
Providence, R.I.	11.79	5.83	3.29	4.79
Raleigh, N.C.	12.29	10.56	12.17	14.45
Richmond, Va.	8.23	5.55	7.16	9.30
Riverside, Calif.	13.11	4.73	3.88	5.16
Rochester, N.Y.	16.24	14.22	5.98	5.87
Sacramento, Calif.	6.07	4.45	2.81	3.91
Salt Lake City, Utah	38.51	12.15	10.24	13.13
San Antonio, Texas	3.54	3.27	2.23	3.17
San Diego, Calif.	10.54	7.94	4.98	3.58
San Francisco, Calif.	6.72	6.49	4.62	4.51
San Jose, Calif.	16.48	6.79	3.38	2.10
Santa Ana, Calif.	9.75	5.30	2.26	1.27
Shreveport, La.	15.91	8.64	8.24	10.34
Spokane, Wash.	18.04	9.34	12.05	12.54
St. Louis, Mo.	5.45	7.93	7.19	11.06
St. Paul, Minn.	28.71	21.94	25.36	15.39
St. Petersburg, Fla.	14.50	11.46	9.06	10.59
Stockton, Calif.	8.26	3.70	4.27	1.66
Syracuse, N.Y.	20.15	20.05	8.03	10.86
Tacoma, Wash.	11.27	12.93	7.46	9.41
Tampa, Fla.	10.02	5.39	5.02	5.20
Toledo, Ohio	11.55	9.65	6.69	9.12
Tucson, Ariz.	19.07	12.01	3.90	3.26
Tulsa, Okla.	7.32	9.80	6.39	7.94
Virginia Beach, Va.	19.51	6.71	2.99	4.77
Washington, D.C.	5.48	6.46	11.20	15.15
Wichita, Kan.	17.76	10.22	11.58	12.04
Worcester, Mass.	4.19	4.95	4.69	7.48