Still, there appears to be some relationship, as the majority of the 15 cities on this list where violent crime soared either reported a similar rise in property crime, or property crime was already a serious problem in the area. Anniston’s current rate of nearly 700 violent crimes per 100,000 people is 15th worst among U.S. metro areas. There were 678 robberies, murders, rapes, and aggravated assaults in the Louisiana metropolitan area per 100,000 residents in 2011, 11th worst in the nation. The violent crime rate in 2011 of 298 incidents per 100,000 metro area residents was lower than the nationwide rate that year of 387 per 100,000 Americans. In just five years, the violent crime rate in the metro area rose to 413 incidents per 100,000 residents, now higher than the national rate of 373 incidents per 100,000 people. A high violent crime rate does not necessarily mean the nonviolent crime rate is also high, but metropolitan areas with high rates of one often experience elevated rates of the other. In Monroe, Louisiana, the violent crime rate increased from 640 reported incidents per 100,000 people in 2011, which was 16th highest at the time, to 1,160 incidents per 100,000 people in 2015 — the highest. While most metropolitan areas with populations of less than 150,000 had fewer than four homicides in 2015, St. Joseph had 12, up from only four in 2011. While property crime nationwide fell by 11.7% over the past five years, it increased in 11 of the 15 metropolitan areas on this list. Houma-Thibodaux, LA 
 
 > 5-yr. violent crime rate change: +41.8% 
 
 > 2011 violent crime rate: 314.6 per 100,000 
 
 > 2015 violent crime rate: 446.1 per 100,000 
 
 > Murders in 2015: 17 
 
 While Houma-Thibodaux had one of the largest five-year spikes in violent crime of any metro area, most of the increase occurred over one year.
– You might want to be a bit extra vigilant when visiting these US cities, according to 24/7 Wall St. The site determined the metropolitan areas with the fastest-rising crime based on differences in violent crime rates from 2011 to 2015. Household income, employment, education, and poverty rates were also considered. Here's the top 10: Monroe, La. Missoula, Mont. Sioux Falls, SD San Luis Obispo, Calif. Odessa, Texas El Centro, Calif. Milwaukee, Wis. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa Springfield, Mo. Mansfield, Ohio Click for the full list or see the least safe cities for women.