15 Most Dangerous States...

Now that you've seen the 15 American cities with the highest levels of crime, check out the states that ranked the worst.

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The results of CQ Press's 15th annual crime city rankings are in. The report ranks over 300 American cities in six different areas -- murder, rape, burglary, robbery, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft. The end result of these rankings were used to compile our list of most dangerous cities in the U.S.

A year ago Detroit held the crown. Click through our gallery as we count down the 15 most dangerous cities in 2008 and see which place has dethroned Motor City as the most dangerous.

(Rankings are out of 385 or 397, depending on the statistics available. A "murder" rank of "4" would mean they have the 4th worst murder rate.)

No. 15: Youngstown, Ohio
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 85
Murder: 4
Rape: 58
Motor Vehicle Theft: 134
Robbery: 86
Burglary: 13

No. 14: Memphis, Tennessee
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 6
Murder: 33
Rape: 43
Motor Vehicle Theft: 63
Robbery: 6
Burglary: 6

No. 13: Miami Gardens, Florida
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 5
Murder: 24
Rape: 61
Motor Vehicle Theft: 39
Robbery: 12
Burglary: 32

No. 12: Baltimore, Maryland
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 13
Murder: 7
Rape: 263
Motor Vehicle Theft: 61
Robbery: 16
Burglary: 100

No. 11: Cleveland, Ohio
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 117
Murder: 30
Rape: 13
Motor Vehicle Theft: 10
Robbery: 2
Burglary: 15

No. 10: North Charleston, South Carolina
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 16
Murder: 16
Rape: 2
Motor Vehicle Theft: 40
Robbery: 11
Burglary: 67

No. 9: Richmond, California
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 57
Murder: 5
Rape: 205
Motor Vehicle Theft: 3
Robbery: 45
Burglary: 86

No. 8: Birmingham, Alabama
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 64
Murder: 10
Rape: 3
Motor Vehicle Theft: 48
Robbery: 10
Burglary: 7

No. 7: Gary, Indiana
Rankings in Crime
Assault:250
Murder: 2
Rape: 75
Motor Vehicle Theft: 74
Robbery: 89
Burglary: 25

No. 6: Flint, Michigan
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 1
Murder: 21
Rape: 6
Motor Vehicle Theft: 71
Robbery: 21
Burglary: 1

No. 5: Oakland, California
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 14
Murder: 14
Rape: 29
Motor Vehicle Theft: 1
Robbery: 3
Burglary: 95

No. 4: St. Louis, Missouri
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 3
Murder: 8
Rape: 35
Motor Vehicle Theft: 5
Robbery: 4
Burglary: 12

No. 3: Detroit, Michigan
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 2
Murder: 6
Rape: 150
Motor Vehicle Theft: 2
Robbery: 5
Burglary: 14

No. 2: Camden, New Jersey
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 9
Murder: 3
Rape: 15
Motor Vehicle Theft: 11
Robbery: 1
Burglary: 57

No. 1: New Orleans, Louisiana
Rankings in Crime
Assault: 18
Murder: 1
Rape: 90
Motor Vehicle Theft: 12
Robbery: 29
Burglary: 2

15 Most Dangerous States...