3Rockford

Out of all the cities across the United States, Rockford was one of just three cities that had an aggravated assault rate surpassing 1,000 incidents.

Although Rockford’s murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate was 13 per 100,000, which is considerably lower compared to several other hazardous cities, it was still almost three times higher than the national murder rate of 4.5 per 100,000 residents.