How great is the need for crime scene cleaning services?

Crime scene cleanup services are needed in any area that has a population of humans. Suicides, homicides, residential accidents, industrial accidents, unattended deaths (i. e., decomposition or “decomps”), meth labs, and hoarder homes all happen where you have people. These are an everyday occurrence. Wherever you have people, you have a need for crime scene cleanup; it is a given. Just like these areas need gas stations, grocery stores, hospitals and funeral homes, they also have a need for crime scene cleanup companies.

Crime scene cleanup is needed in the following states and cities within the United States:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia (Washington DC), Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The largest 100 cities in the United States where crime scene cleanup is needed (in descending order of population):

New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA; Dallas, TX; San Jose, CA; Austin, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Indianapolis, IN; San Francisco, CA; Columbus, OH; Fort Worth, TX; Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; El Paso, TX; Memphis, TN; Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Washington D.C.; Nashville TN; Baltimore, MD; Louisville, KY; Portland, OR; Oklahoma City, OK; Milwaukee, WI; Las Vegas, NV; Albuquerque, NM; Tucson, AZ; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA; Long Beach, CA; Kansas City, MO; Mesa, AZ; Virginia Beach, VA; Atlanta, GA; Colorado Springs, CO; Raleigh, NC; Omaha, NE; Miami, FL; Oakland, CA; Tulsa, OK; Minneapolis, MN; Cleveland, OH; Wichita, KS; Arlington, TX; New Orleans, LA; Bakersfield, CA; Tampa, FL; Honolulu, HI; Anaheim, CA; Aurora, CO; Santa Ana, CA; St. Louis, MO; Riverside, CA; Corpus Christi, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Lexington, KY; Anchorage, AK; Stockton, CA; Cincinnati, OH; St. Paul, MN; Toledo, OH; Newark, NJ; Greensboro, NC; Plano, TX; Henderson, NV; Lincoln, NE; Buffalo, NY; Fort Wayne, IN; Jersey City, NJ; Chula Vista, CA; Orlando, FL; St. Petersburg, FL; Norfolk, VA; Chandler, AZ; Laredo, TX; Madison, WI; Durham, NC; Lubbock, TX; Winston-Salem, NC; Garland, TX; Glendale, AZ; Hialeah, FL; Reno, NV; Baton Rouge, LA; Irvine, CA; Chesapeake, VA; Irving, TX; Scottsdale, AZ; North Las Vegas, NV; Fremont, CA; Gilbert, AZ; San Bernardino, CA; Boise, ID; and Birmingham, AL.

Surprisingly, murder rates have very little to do with the need for crime scene cleanup. A lot of homicides happen in the bad parts of town where property owners don’t care about having the scene properly decontaminated. Think about it – do you really think a slum lord is going to call in a professional crime scene cleanup company to clean up and decontaminate after a murder in a crack house? That’s not going to happen. He will just have his employees do the cleaning and just paint over everything.

The bulk of work for a crime scene cleanup company is suicides and human decompositions (unattended deaths) in middle-class suburban homes. Smart and financially successful company owners add on hoarder property cleanup and meth lab decon, and they stay very busy. Our research shows that there are $100,000.00 worth of crime scene cleanup, hoarder property cleaning, and meth lab decontamination jobs that need to be done in the United States every single day.