There were 16,692 murders, or homicides, in the United States in 2005. Murders accounted for 1.2 percent of all violent crimes that year.
Baltimore reported 234 murders for 2008. This was a decrease from the previous year when close to 300 deaths were listed.
Minneapolis reported 39 homicides in 2008.
322
a lot
400
As there are many unsolved murders this cannot be known.
New Orleans with 63.6 murders per 100,000
New Orleans 64 murders per 100,000 people
Lots!
15,241
The Prophet Murders was created in 2008.
New York,NY with 523 followed by Chicago at 510