PHOENIX - Three major cities in Arizona have been ranked among the deadliest in the nation.
According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association’s Violent Crimes Survey, Phoenix, Tucson and Mesa came in among the top 60 cities in the U.S. for high murder rates.
The deadliest city in Arizona was Phoenix, which had a murder rate of 4.3 per every 100,000 people, according to the study.
That makes Phoenix the 37th most deadly city in the U.S.
Tucson came in at No. 43, with a murder rate of 3.8 per every 100,000 people.
Mesa is the third-deadliest city in Arizona, according to the survey, with a murder rate of 1.9 per every 100,000.
Thankfully, we fell well below the most deadly city in the nation: St. Louis with a murder rate of 29.1 per 100,000 people, according to the survey.
