List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate

This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total. These data have been taken from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.^[1]

Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023)^[1]

In the United States, violent crime consists of five types of criminal offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and gang violence.^[2]

Rate by crime

Data in this table are from the FBI and for the year 2024.^[1]

Location	Violent crime	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault
United States	359.1	5.0	37.5	60.6	256.1
District of Columbia	1,005.5	25.5	34.6	481.5	463.9
Alaska	724.1	6.9	122.1	82.0	513.0
New Mexico	717.1	10.5	53.8	65.3	587.5
Tennessee	592.3	7.9	37.4	58.4	488.6
Arkansas	579.4	7.3	70.0	38.6	463.5
Louisiana	519.8	10.8	33.7	39.4	436.0
California	486.0	4.5	36.6	119.1	325.8
Colorado	476.3	4.5	58.3	63.0	350.5
Missouri	462.0	7.8	45.2	51.5	357.5
Kansas	438.7	3.8	44.1	30.9	359.9
South Carolina	436.7	7.5	37.1	35.1	357.1
Michigan	434.3	5.2	56.5	31.3	341.3
Montana	423.5	2.7	59.2	19.1	342.5
Oklahoma	422.8	6.3	59.7	38.2	318.7
Arizona	421.9	4.9	40.0	64.6	312.4
Maryland	420.4	7.2	33.0	123.2	257.0
Nevada	402.0	6.1	51.8	63.1	281.0
Texas	389.4	5.2	50.0	63.5	270.7
New York	380.2	2.7	21.7	96.1	259.6
North Carolina	375.8	7.5	28.0	50.2	290.1
South Dakota	362.3	4.7	51.5	22.6	283.6
Delaware	360.8	5.7	15.7	47.0	292.4
Alabama	359.9	8.7	25.8	34.0	291.4
Oregon	331.0	3.7	41.2	57.0	229.1
Washington	326.1	3.8	37.8	67.5	217.0
Georgia	325.7	6.9	32.2	40.8	245.9
Massachusetts	314.7	1.8	27.6	36.0	249.3
Indiana	312.9	5.5	33.5	34.5	239.4
Ohio	293.7	5.0	45.7	45.5	197.4
Illinois	289.2	5.8	46.9	90.2	146.3
Wisconsin	278.5	4.2	34.8	39.4	200.1
Florida	267.1	3.9	27.9	38.2	197.1
Minnesota	256.6	2.9	36.8	48.9	168.0
North Dakota	254.3	2.6	49.8	27.4	174.5
West Virginia	248.8	5.3	48.0	9.7	185.8
Pennsylvania	245.6	5.0	27.8	51.4	161.4
Iowa	243.3	2.1	35.2	18.7	187.2
Idaho	230.6	1.6	44.7	7.0	177.3
Utah	229.6	2.6	58.0	27.3	141.7
Nebraska	220.5	2.1	43.5	20.5	154.5
Vermont	219.1	3.4	34.7	14.2	166.8
Virginia	217.9	4.8	27.8	33.1	152.2
New Jersey	217.7	2.3	17.3	49.3	148.8
Hawaii	217.7	1.6	38.9	41.3	136.0
Kentucky	213.1	6.1	32.4	35.1	139.5
Mississippi	210.5	7.4	29.3	18.5	155.4
Wyoming	203.4	2.4	58.0	7.1	135.8
Rhode Island	153.6	2.1	29.5	22.2	99.8
Connecticut	136.0	2.5	17.9	38.1	77.6
New Hampshire	110.1	1.0	33.7	12.6	62.8
Maine	100.1	2.3	31.7	11.0	55.0

Rate by year

Data in this table are from the FBI.^[1]

Location	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
United States	383.4	380.8	398.5	387.0	380.7	379.5	359.1
District of Columbia	997.1	1,045.2	999.8	951.3	812.3	1,141.5	1,005.5
Alaska	891.7	865.0	837.8	759.1	758.9	733.6	724.1
New Mexico	842.8	824.0	778.3	820.8	780.5	746.9	717.1
Tennessee	630.4	598.9	672.7	671.8	621.6	636.5	592.3
Arkansas	561.6	580.8	671.9	702.4	645.3	623.3	579.4
Louisiana	543.3	559.7	639.4	662.7	628.6	562.1	519.8
California	447.5	442.1	442.0	481.2	499.5	506.9	486.0
Colorado	401.5	384.6	423.1	480.4	492.5	485.2	476.3
Missouri	501.4	499.6	542.7	524.3	488.0	471.0	462.0
Kansas	441.8	405.5	425.0	444.9	414.6	468.6	438.7
South Carolina	500.8	510.1	530.7	513.8	491.3	477.1	436.7
Michigan	452.5	438.6	478.0	491.1	461.0	460.8	434.3
Montana	380.9	417.9	469.8	469.8	417.9	448.7	423.5
Oklahoma	474.6	436.3	458.6	438.0	419.7	418.2	422.8
Arizona	475.7	447.1	484.8	425.6	431.5	433.8	421.9
Maryland	469.4	454.4	399.9	435.1	398.5	440.3	420.4
Nevada	552.1	496.1	460.3	432.0	454.0	433.7	402.0
Texas	412.9	421.8	446.5	453.0	431.9	407.3	389.4
New York	350.8	361.0	363.8	308.3	429.3	391.1	380.2
North Carolina	356.2	378.7	419.3	419.5	405.1	393.5	375.8
South Dakota	396.4	397.1	501.4	391.8	377.4	352.2	362.3
Delaware	422.5	422.7	431.9	419.2	383.5	394.0	360.8
Alabama	523.1	504.7	453.6	348.3	409.1	417.2	359.9
Oregon	290.4	293.7	291.9	341.3	342.4	332.0	331.0
Washington	315.3	303.3	293.7	335.7	375.6	359.3	326.1
Georgia	338.9	326.2	400.1	349.8	367.0	367.0	325.7
Massachusetts	340.3	328.7	308.8	301.1	322.0	320.9	314.7
Indiana	373.5	371.5	357.7	332.6	306.2	341.8	312.9
Ohio	294.8	296.0	308.8	317.4	293.6	301.3	293.7
Illinois	411.4	415.3	425.9	344.8	287.3	308.7	289.2
Wisconsin	299.0	297.1	323.4	325.4	297.0	298.0	278.5
Florida	385.9	378.2	383.6	337.3	258.9	292.7	267.1
Minnesota	221.2	237.5	277.5	308.9	280.6	262.9	256.6
North Dakota	284.1	301.4	329.0	276.4	279.6	279.8	254.3
West Virginia	299.9	318.9	355.9	291.5	277.9	268.9	248.8
Pennsylvania	305.4	306.0	389.5	281.8	279.9	267.9	245.6
Iowa	263.7	287.6	303.5	295.0	286.5	273.6	243.3
Idaho	239.7	232.6	242.6	240.8	241.4	240.4	230.6
Utah	239.4	236.9	260.7	259.1	241.8	231.4	229.6
Nebraska	289.9	304.6	334.1	297.0	282.8	232.7	220.5
Vermont	185.0	207.2	173.4	194.0	221.9	216.0	219.1
Virginia	204.2	209.4	208.7	225.5	234.0	241.6	217.9
New Jersey	208.6	206.7	195.4	183.5	202.9	225.3	217.7
Hawaii	255.0	264.5	254.2	274.0	259.6	232.1	217.7
Kentucky	217.9	220.7	259.1	269.0	214.1	229.2	213.1
Mississippi	266.0	261.2	291.2	255.4	245.0	201.9	210.5
Wyoming	213.8	215.0	234.2	223.8	201.9	193.7	203.4
Rhode Island	219.8	222.7	230.8	200.5	172.3	167.5	153.6
Connecticut	209.6	184.6	181.6	168.6	150.0	152.4	136.0
New Hampshire	177.6	158.1	146.4	129.7	125.6	115.0	110.1
Maine	112.0	116.1	108.6	112.9	103.3	103.8	100.1

See also

• Crime in the United States
  • List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate
  • List of United States cities by crime rate
  • United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
  • United States cities by crime rate (60,000-100,000)
  • Gun violence in the United States by state
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of cities by murder rate (List of United States cities by crime rate)
• Homicide in world cities
• Crime in Canada
• List of Mexican states by homicides