# Violent crimes

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

## Key facts

- Violent crimes in the United States was 1.12 million in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
- California had the highest violent crimes of 51 states in 2025, at 170,300, and Wyoming the lowest, at 1,059. Source: the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 1979 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `violent_crimes`
- Unit: count
- Note: Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/violent_crimes

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | count | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2025 | 1,119,768 | Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crimes/us-states.md) (51 places)