What city has highest gun crime rate in US?

California had the highest number of gun murders last year (2011) - 1,790, which is 68% of all murders that year and equivalent to 3.25 per 100,000 people in the state.

In firearm murder rates per 100,000 people, District of Columbia comes out top - with 12 firearms murders per 100,000 men, women and children in the state.

There were 77 firearms murders in DC in 2010, down 22% on 2009

- DC is followed by Louisiana (10.16) and Mississippi (7.46)

- DC is also top for firearms robberies per 100,000 people - with 242.56

Source: 2011 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics (2012 not currently available)