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BALTIMORE – FBI crime statistics place Baltimore’s homicide rate above that of any other U.S. city with a population over 500,000.

Citing crime data released Monday, The Baltimore Sun reports that the 342 homicides in the city last year yielded a homicide rate of 56 per 100,000 people.

Among big U.S. cities, Baltimore was followed by Detroit, which recorded a homicide rate of 40 per 100,000 people; Memphis, Tennessee, with a rate of 28 per 100,000 and Chicago, with a rate of 24 per 100,000.

But some smaller cities reported higher homicide rates. St. Louis has a population of slightly over 300,000 and registered a homicide rate of 66 per 100,000.

So far this year, Baltimore has homicides are down 16 percent from last year.

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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com