Violent crime rate

Estimated violent crimes (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement) per 100,000 inhabitants. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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Per 100,000 inhabitants of the population the FBI uses, as published by the FBI, not Invokely population figures. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

Rankings

US states by violent crime rate, 2025

Top 15. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

District of Columbia: 803 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia803Alaska: 729.3 per 100,000 peopleAlaska729.3New Mexico: 621.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico621.6Arkansas: 531.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas531.8Louisiana: 515.1 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana515.1Tennessee: 492.3 per 100,000 peopleTennessee492.3Kansas: 457.2 per 100,000 peopleKansas457.2California: 432.7 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia432.7Colorado: 421.7 per 100,000 peopleColorado421.7Montana: 419.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana419.1Missouri: 417.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri417.8Michigan: 416.2 per 100,000 peopleMichigan416.2Oklahoma: 407.7 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma407.7South Carolina: 387.6 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina387.6Nevada: 379.2 per 100,000 peopleNevada379.2District of Columbia: 803 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia803Alaska: 729.3 per 100,000 peopleAlaska729.3New Mexico: 621.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico621.6Arkansas: 531.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas531.8Louisiana: 515.1 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana515.1Tennessee: 492.3 per 100,000 peopleTennessee492.3Kansas: 457.2 per 100,000 peopleKansas457.2California: 432.7 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia432.7Colorado: 421.7 per 100,000 peopleColorado421.7Montana: 419.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana419.1Missouri: 417.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri417.8Michigan: 416.2 per 100,000 peopleMichigan416.2Oklahoma: 407.7 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma407.7South Carolina: 387.6 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina387.6Nevada: 379.2 per 100,000 peopleNevada379.2
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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