Arches on each end of Yuma's Main Street proclaim "Gateway of the Great Southwest." (Sam McManis/Sacramento Bee/TNS)

 Sam McManis

3. Yuma

Yuma had 531.56 violent crimes per 100,000 in 2012, a population of 95,568 and five murders.

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