This isn't a statistically perfect sample, but the following list of 16 cities is a decent cross-section of American urban areas and includes those located in the Northeast (5), South (4), Midwest (3), and West (4). This compares YTD changes in murders and major crime.
Collectively across the 16 cities, murders are down 11% (903 to 804) and major crimes are up 2% (210.2K to 214.7K). Ten cities are recording drops in murders, five have increases, and one is even. Nine cities have drops in major crime, while seven are recording increases.
Some cities are experiencing massive spikes in auto theft - in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC the increases are over 100% - which is skewing some major crime stats, but this isn't a universal trend; In LA, Denver, & Milwaukee, car theft is down substantially.
In Atlanta, murders are down 46% (54 to 29), but major crimes are up 2% (5.9K to 6K).
In Boston, murders are up 50% (8 to 12), but major crimes are down 5% (4.1K to 3.9K).
In Chicago, murders are down 10% (162 to 146), but major crimes are up 45% (14.3K to 20.9K).
In Dallas, murders are up 11% (90 to 100), but major crimes are down 4% (23.8 to 22.9).
In Denver, murders are down 8% (26 to 24) and major crimes are down 13% (15.6K to 13.6K).
In Little Rock, murders are down 30% (14 to 20), and major crimes are down 6% (4.2K to 3.9K).
In Los Angeles, murders are down 29% (107 to 76) and major crimes are down 5% (38.2K to 36.5K).
In Milwaukee, murders are down 28% (58 to 42) and major crimes are down 17% (8.9K to 7.2K).
In Minneapolis, murders are down 36% (22 to 14), but major crimes are up 7.6% (8.9K to 9.6K),
In New York, murders are down 7% (121 to 113), but major crimes are up 1% (34.2K to 34.4K)
In Philadelphia, murders are down 12% (145 to 127), but major crimes are up 20% (20.9K to 25.2K).
In Providence, murders are down 25% (4 to 3) and major crimes are down 23% (1.6K to 1.2K).
In Richmond, murders are up 6% (18 to 19), and major crimes are up 2% (2.6K to 2.7K).
In Salt Lake City, murders are up 67% (3 to 5), but major crimes are down 16% (4.3K to 3.6K).
In San Francisco, murders are even (13), and major crimes are down 10% (15.1K to 13.6K).
In Washington, DC, murders are up 29% (52 to 67) and major crimes are up 25% (7.6K to 9.5K).