Cost of living vs. violent crime
Each point is a MapsToIt city with an available FBI violent crime rate. The horizontal axis is the ACS-derived housing cost index (100 = U.S. average). The vertical axis is violent offenses per 100,000 residents. Dot size scales with population.
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Sample cities on this chart
159 cities plot below after excluding FBI data gaps and curated launch estimates. A short sample of lower-housing-cost cities:
- Cleveland, OHHousing index 49 · violent crime 1516.6 / 100k · 367,523 people
- Toledo, OHHousing index 50 · violent crime 952.1 / 100k · 268,461 people
- Detroit, MIHousing index 51 · violent crime 1965.3 / 100k · 636,644 people
- Akron, OHHousing index 53 · violent crime 900.5 / 100k · 189,526 people
- Rockford, ILHousing index 55 · violent crime 1174.2 / 100k · 147,649 people
- Evansville, INHousing index 56 · violent crime 612.6 / 100k · 116,441 people
- Rochester, NYHousing index 58 · violent crime 748.4 / 100k · 209,720 people
- Peoria, ILHousing index 60 · violent crime 1043.7 / 100k · 112,126 people
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year (housing cost index inputs); FBI Crime Data Explorer / CIUS agency rates per 100k. Citywide crime can misrepresent neighborhoods — see methodology. Related: cost rankings · compare cities.