` The book provides the means by which individuals can compare local communities to other similar communities based on comparison to the national level of reported crime as well as crime rates per 100,000 of individual types of reported crime , violent and property crime categories , and overall , '' the company says in a statement accompanying the data . New Orleans had 209 murders in 2007 , according to CQ Press . New Orleans followed by Newark , New Jersey ; Philadelphia ; St. Louis ; Sacramento , California . FBI warns that competing cities against each other can be ` ` simplistic ''
New Orleans had 209 murders in 2007 , according to CQ Press . New Orleans followed by Newark , New Jersey ; Philadelphia ; St. Louis ; Sacramento , California . FBI warns that competing cities against each other can be ` ` simplistic ''