It’s not New York City, Chicago, or Los Angeles. But rather the U.S. city with the highest per capita murder rate is New Orleans, followed by Baltimore, Maryland, and Birmingham, Alabama, according to a new survey.

Police records from cities with populations over 200,000 revealed a surprising result in the murder rates of the top 31 cities. New York and Los Angeles are near the bottom of the list, while Chicago is in the middle. The data were compiled by AH Analytics from Jan. 1 through June 20 of this year.

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