Trump to deploy troops to Democrat cities U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military at short notice to Democrat-controlled cities such as Baltimore, Chicago and New York, claiming there are no Republican cities with high crime LARGEST CITIES CRIME RATES By party of Governor Seattle Denver Indianapolis Detroit Pennsylvania Portland Phoenix Memphis Baltimore Houston Los Angeles, Jun 9: Troops deployed Washington, Aug: Troops deployed San Antonio Crimes per 100,000 people Nashville Total crime ranking* *Violent and property crime Memphis Portland Detroit Seattle Baltimore Denver Nashville Philadelphia Houston San Antonio San Francisco Washington Charlotte Indianapolis Louisville Chicago Dallas Austin Oklahoma City San Jose Fort Worth Phoenix Columbus Las Vegas New York Boston Los Angeles San Diego Honolulu El Paso Tennessee Oregon Michigan Washington Maryland Colorado Tennessee Pennsylvania Texas Texas California DC N. Carolina Indiana Kentucky Illinois Texas Texas Oklahoma California Texas Arizona Ohio Nevada NY MA CA CA HI TX 9400.3 6246.4 6086.6 5782.7 5763.2 5754.6 5633.6 5456.9 5441.6 5217.8 4525.6 4513.9 4438.5 4213.9 4033.6 4012.2 4010.1 3708.8 3569.5 3194.7 3158.2 3125.0 3088.2 3052.5 3039.3 2649.6 2212.4 2082.3 1974.8 1772.4 National Guard in DC authorised to carry arms Violent crime ranking Memphis Detroit Baltimore Houston Nashville Denver Washington Philadelphia Indianapolis Phoenix 2501.3 1781.3 1606.2 1148.2 1124.1 993.0 925.9 908.7 877.9 799.6 Tennessee Michigan Maryland Texas Tennessee Colorado DC Pennsylvania Indiana Arizona Sources: FBI, Security.org Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS