For 2018, did Detroit have more homicides per capita than Los Angeles and St. Louis combined? - St. Louis: 186 homicides, 302K residents, ~62 homs/100K pop -

For 2018, did Detroit have more homicides per capita than Los Angeles and St. Louis combined? - St. Louis: 186 homicides, 302K residents, ~62 homs/100K pop - Los Angeles: 259 homicides, 3.99M residents, ~6.5 homs/100K pop - Detroit: 261 homicides, 672K residents, ~38.8 homs/100K pop - STL + LA: 445 homicides, 4.292M residents, ~10.4 homs/100K pop. Does Detroit have more homicides per capita than Los Angeles and St. Louis combined? Yeah, technically. Are you more likely to be murdered in Los Angeles and St. Louis combined? That's meaningless, as Los Angeles and St. Louis is not a relevant unit to that question.