Baltimore and Washington homicide rates ranked No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, among the U.S. cities with a population of more than 500,000 people, according to data released by the FBI.
Baltimore saw 37 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2008, ahead of No. 2 Detroit, which had 34 per 100,000 residents.
The District of Columbia was the only major city not to turn in crime data to the FBI, but D.C. would rank third in the country with 31 slayings per 100,000 people
