Your link uses FBI Uniform Crime Rates. Some facts about FBI UCR: 1) The FBI web site recommends against using its data for ranking because these rankings lea

Your link uses FBI Uniform Crime Rates. Some facts about FBI UCR: 1) The FBI web site recommends against using its data for ranking because these rankings lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting cities and counties, along with their residents https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/caution-against-ranking https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-... 2) they are submitted voluntarily by police departments 3) many police departments don't even participate: "This year about 7,000 police agencies, covering about 35% of the U.S. population, were missing." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/10/08/the-problem-with-the-fbi-s-missing-crime-data https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/10/08/the-problem-wi... 4) From your own Wiki link: "Often, one obtains very different results depending on whether crime rates are measured for the city jurisdiction or the metropolitan area." 5) The BJS reports that 45% of violent crimes and 36% of property crimes go unreported to police. And I don't know that we can assume the rates of not reporting crimes are consistent across metros. https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/ms-in-criminal-justice/resource/criminal-justice-update-five-facts-about-crime-in-the-us https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/ms-in-crimin...