In America, an estimated 16,214 people were murdered in 2018. This was a 6.2% decrease from the 2017 estimate.

Here are murder rates in 65 major U.S. cities (cities with greater than 100,000 residents) for 2018. These rates are calculated using the FBI's 2018 Crime in the United States data.

The murder rate in Tucson is 8.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in South Bend is 8.8 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Anchorage is 8.9 per 100,000.

In 2015, Jerry Andrew Active was sentenced to 359 years in prison for murdering an elderly Anchorage couple and other crimes.

The murder rate in Allentown is 9 per 100,000.

Eric Frein evaded authorities for more than six weeks before he was captured for killing a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another. He was sentenced to the death penalty in 2017.

The murder rate in Springfield, Mo., is 9.5 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Clarksville is 9.6 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Wichita is 9.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Miami is 9.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Chattanooga is 10.5 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Stockton is 10.5 per 100,000.

In this photo, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox is wheeled into the hospital after she was stabbed during a courtroom recess by a man who was on trial for murdering his girlfriend.

The murder rate in Mobile is 10.6 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Knoxville is 10.6 per 100,000. 

In 2015, Zaevion Dobson, 15, was killed while shielding three friends from gunfire.

The murder rate in Beaumont is 10.9 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Fort Lauderdale is 11 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Topeka is 11.1 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Columbus is 11.1 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Dallas is 11.4 per 100,000. The murder rate declined by 1.1 from 2017 to 2018.

The murder rate in Savannah is 11.6 per 100,000.

Barbara O'Neal started the group Mothers of Murdered Sons in Savannah after her 20-year-old son, Alan, was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in 2011.

The murder rate in Houston is 11.8 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Hampton is 11.9 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Salinas is 12 per 100,000.

Delylah Tara, 3, and Shaun Tara, 6 were found dead in a storage unit In 2015. In 2018, their guardian, Tami Huntsman, was sentenced to life in prison for the two murders, which are thought to have taken place in Huntsman's Salinas apartment.

The murder rate in Columbia is 12 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Roanoke is 12 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Jacksonville is 12.2 per 100,000. Jacksonville's murder rate declined by 3.1 per 100,000 from 2017 to 2018.

Michael Dunn was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a teenager at a Jacksonville gas station.

The murder rate in Springfield, Mass., is 12.2 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Albuquerque is 12.3 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Greensboro is 12.6 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Nashville is 13.3 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Newport News is 13.4 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Toledo is 13.5 per 100,000.

In 2018, James Worley was sentenced to the death penalty for murdering 20-year-old University of Toledo student Sierah Joughin. Police discovered a hidden room outfitted with restraints inside a barn on Worley's property.

The murder rate in Orlando is 13.6 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Rochester is 14 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Montgomery is 14.6 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Norfolk is 14.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Tulsa is 14.9 per 100,000.

Josh Mills, pictured here, sits outside of the Tulsa home where friend Jeremy Lake was killed in 2014. Shannon Kepler, a white police officer, fatally shot Lake, who was black, while Lake was visiting his girlfriend, Kepler's daughter. Kepler is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for first-degree manslaughter.

The murder rate in Fort Wayne is 14.9 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Rockford is 15.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Syracuse is 16.1 per 100,000.

In 2016, Ryan Lawrence pleaded guilty to beating to death his 21-month-old daughter Maddox before burning her body and dumping her ashes in the Onondaga Creek.

The murder rate in Oakland is 16.3 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Milwaukee is 16.6 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in High Point is 16.9 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Hartford is 17.1 per 100,000. 

Denise Moreno speaks at the sentencing of her son, Tony Moreno, after he was convicted of throwing his 7-month-old son to his death from the Arrigoni Bridge.

The murder rate in Atlanta is 17.7 per 100,000 people. Atlanta's murder rate increased by 1 per 100,000 from 2017 to 2018.

The murder rate in Indianapolis is 18.5 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Pittsburgh is 18.8 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Cincinnati is 18.9 per 100,000. The murder rate declined in the city by nearly 5 per 100,000 from 2017 to 2018.

The murder rate in Akron is 19.2 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Peoria is 19.5 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Little Rock is 20.1 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Chicago is 20.7 per 100,000. 

In 2018, 563 people were murdered in the city.

The murder rate in Buffalo is 22.1 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Philadelphia is 22.1 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in North Charleston is 22.2 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in San Bernardino is 22.5 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Richmond is 22.6 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Washington, D.C., is 22.8 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in West Palm Beach is 24.2 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Shreveport is 25.7 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Dayton is 26.4 per 100,000.

The murder rate in Memphis is 28.5 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in New Orleans is 37.1 per 100,000. 

The murder rate in Detroit is 38.9 per 100,000 residents. 

In 2018, 261 people were murdered in that city. 

The murder rate in Baltimore is 51 per 100,000.

The murder rate in St. Louis is 60.9 per 100,000.

Though the city still has the highest murder rate in the country, 2018 marked the second consecutive year with a decline in total murders.