true, idk i just searched 20 biggest murican cities on wikipedia and i was doing it in a rush so i forgot about places like baltimore, memphis, st.louis
Atlanta proper is a small part of a larger cluster of cities in the Atlanta MSA. For example, the homicide rate in Douglassville, GA would be somewhere between Columbus and Indianapolis.
* make it a bar graph instead of a line. Lines typically shows change over time, rather than location.
* any way to make both measures % of the population? It may tell a more accurate story and most likely won't contradict your point