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US states by murder rate

District of Columbia had the highest murder rate of 51 states in 2024, at 25.8 per 100,000 people. New Hampshire had the lowest, at 1 per 100,000 people. The median was 4.9 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 5.1 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest25.8District of Columbia
Lowest1New Hampshire
Median4.951 states
United States5.1History

Map of states, 2024

Alabama: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 5.4 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 4.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 4.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 5.8 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 4 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 1.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 3.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 7.4 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 1.8 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 4.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 3 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 7 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 7.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 3.1 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 2.2 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 1 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 3 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 2.5 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 5.2 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 6.3 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 3.8 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 5.2 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 2.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 7.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 8.1 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 5.3 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 2.7 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 3.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 5 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 6 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 2.4 per 100,000 people
  • Under 2.4
  • 2.4 to 3.7
  • 3.7 to 4.9
  • 4.9 to 5.9
  • 5.9 to 7.5
  • 7.5 and over
per 100,000 people, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

District of Columbia: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia25.8New Mexico: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico10.6Louisiana: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana10.5Alabama: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleAlabama9.2Tennessee: 8.1 per 100,000 peopleTennessee8.1Missouri: 7.9 per 100,000 peopleMissouri7.9South Carolina: 7.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina7.8Arkansas: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas7.6North Carolina: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina7.6Maryland: 7.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland7.4Mississippi: 7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi7Alaska: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleAlaska6.9Georgia: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia6.9Kentucky: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleKentucky6.4Nevada: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleNevada6.4Oklahoma: 6.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma6.3West Virginia: 6 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia6Illinois: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIllinois5.9Indiana: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIndiana5.9Delaware: 5.8 per 100,000 peopleDelaware5.8Arizona: 5.4 per 100,000 peopleArizona5.4Texas: 5.3 per 100,000 peopleTexas5.3Ohio: 5.2 per 100,000 peopleOhio5.2Pennsylvania: 5.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania5.2Virginia: 5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia5Michigan: 4.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan4.9Colorado: 4.6 per 100,000 peopleColorado4.6South Dakota: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota4.3Wisconsin: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin4.3California: 4.2 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia4.2Florida: 4 per 100,000 peopleFlorida4Kansas: 3.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas3.9Oregon: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleOregon3.8Washington: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleWashington3.8Vermont: 3.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont3.5Montana: 3.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana3.1Minnesota: 3 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota3New York: 3 per 100,000 peopleNew York3Utah: 2.7 per 100,000 peopleUtah2.7North Dakota: 2.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota2.5Connecticut: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut2.4Hawaii: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii2.4New Jersey: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey2.4Wyoming: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleWyoming2.4Iowa: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleIowa2.3Maine: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine2.3Nebraska: 2.2 per 100,000 peopleNebraska2.2Rhode Island: 2.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island2.1Massachusetts: 1.8 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts1.8Idaho: 1.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho1.7New Hampshire: 1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire1District of Columbia: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia25.8New Mexico: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico10.6Louisiana: 10.5 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana10.5Alabama: 9.2 per 100,000 peopleAlabama9.2Tennessee: 8.1 per 100,000 peopleTennessee8.1Missouri: 7.9 per 100,000 peopleMissouri7.9South Carolina: 7.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina7.8Arkansas: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas7.6North Carolina: 7.6 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina7.6Maryland: 7.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland7.4Mississippi: 7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi7Alaska: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleAlaska6.9Georgia: 6.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia6.9Kentucky: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleKentucky6.4Nevada: 6.4 per 100,000 peopleNevada6.4Oklahoma: 6.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma6.3West Virginia: 6 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia6Illinois: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIllinois5.9Indiana: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleIndiana5.9Delaware: 5.8 per 100,000 peopleDelaware5.8Arizona: 5.4 per 100,000 peopleArizona5.4Texas: 5.3 per 100,000 peopleTexas5.3Ohio: 5.2 per 100,000 peopleOhio5.2Pennsylvania: 5.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania5.2Virginia: 5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia5Michigan: 4.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan4.9Colorado: 4.6 per 100,000 peopleColorado4.6South Dakota: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota4.3Wisconsin: 4.3 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin4.3California: 4.2 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia4.2Florida: 4 per 100,000 peopleFlorida4Kansas: 3.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas3.9Oregon: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleOregon3.8Washington: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleWashington3.8Vermont: 3.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont3.5Montana: 3.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana3.1Minnesota: 3 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota3New York: 3 per 100,000 peopleNew York3Utah: 2.7 per 100,000 peopleUtah2.7North Dakota: 2.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota2.5Connecticut: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut2.4Hawaii: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii2.4New Jersey: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey2.4Wyoming: 2.4 per 100,000 peopleWyoming2.4Iowa: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleIowa2.3Maine: 2.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine2.3Nebraska: 2.2 per 100,000 peopleNebraska2.2Rhode Island: 2.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island2.1Massachusetts: 1.8 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts1.8Idaho: 1.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho1.7New Hampshire: 1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire1
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2024
per 100,000 people		Change on 2023
1District of Columbia25.8-12.9 pts
2New Mexico10.6-1.2 pts
3Louisiana10.5-4.1 pts
4Alabama9.2-1.3 pts
5Tennessee8.1-1.9 pts
6Missouri7.9-1.5 pts
7South Carolina7.8-1.1 pts
8Arkansas7.6-2 pts
8North Carolina7.6-0.4 pts
10Maryland7.4-1.3 pts
11Mississippi7-0.2 pts
12Alaska6.9-1.1 pts
12Georgia6.9-0.6 pts
14Kentucky6.40 pts
14Nevada6.4-0.9 pts
16Oklahoma6.30 pts
17West Virginia60 pts
18Illinois5.9-0.7 pts
18Indiana5.9+0.2 pts
20Delaware5.8+1.4 pts
21Arizona5.4-1.1 pts
22Texas5.3-0.8 pts
23Ohio5.2-0.8 pts
23Pennsylvania5.2-1.5 pts
25Virginia5-1.2 pts
26Michigan4.9-1 pts
27Colorado4.6-0.8 pts
28South Dakota4.3+1.5 pts
28Wisconsin4.3-0.7 pts
30California4.2-0.8 pts
31Florida4-0.8 pts
32Kansas3.9-1.4 pts
33Oregon3.8-0.7 pts
33Washington3.8-1 pts
35Vermont3.5+0.9 pts
36Montana3.1-0.1 pts
37Minnesota3-0.2 pts
37New York3-0.3 pts
39Utah2.7+0.4 pts
40North Dakota2.5-1 pts
41Connecticut2.4-1.4 pts
41Hawaii2.4-0.1 pts
41New Jersey2.4-0.5 pts
41Wyoming2.4-0.8 pts
45Iowa2.3-0.2 pts
45Maine2.3-2 pts
47Nebraska2.2-1.3 pts
48Rhode Island2.1-0.5 pts
49Massachusetts1.8-0.3 pts
50Idaho1.7-0.8 pts
51New Hampshire1-0.8 pts

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About this ranking

Estimated murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement per 100,000 inhabitants. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rate per 100,000 inhabitants. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rate per 100,000 inhabitants (US states by murder rate, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by murder rate, 2024. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/murder-rate/us-states?period=2024. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rate per 100,000 inhabitants. US states by murder rate, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/murder-rate/us-states?period=2024.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by murder rate, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/murder-rate/us-states?period=2024 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest murder rate?

District of Columbia, with 25.8 per 100,000 people in 2024, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest murder rate?

New Hampshire, with 1 per 100,000 people in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

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