Update: President Trump avoids Chicago, opts instead to order National Guard troops to “fight crime” in Memphis next, he told Fox during an appearance Friday morning. “Memphis is deeply troubled. We're gonna fix that just like we did Washington,” Trump said. “I would have preferred going to Chicago.”

In terms of violent crime, Memphis is nearly three times as dangerous as Washington, D.C., according to 2024 FBI crime statistics . Memphis recorded more than 15,000 instances with a population of 613,000 people last calendar year compared to 6,500 violent crimes in Washington, where more than 700,000 reside. Memphis ranked fourth in the nation for violent crime in 2024, behind New York City, Los Angeles and Houston.

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