# US states by murders, 2025

All 51 values come from Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `murders`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
- Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/federal-bureau-of-investigation
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/murders/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 1,465 |
| 2 | California | 1,370 |
| 3 | Florida | 748 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 723 |
| 5 | Georgia | 629 |
| 6 | Illinois | 556 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 543 |
| 8 | Ohio | 530 |
| 9 | New York | 473 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 473 |
| 11 | Alabama | 444 |
| 12 | Missouri | 443 |
| 13 | Michigan | 442 |
| 14 | Louisiana | 404 |
| 15 | Virginia | 369 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 355 |
| 17 | Arizona | 343 |
| 18 | Maryland | 329 |
| 19 | Indiana | 266 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 235 |
| 21 | Washington | 233 |
| 22 | Colorado | 219 |
| 23 | Mississippi | 209 |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 204 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 196 |
| 26 | New Mexico | 182 |
| 27 | New Jersey | 178 |
| 28 | Nevada | 157 |
| 29 | Kansas | 142 |
| 30 | Minnesota | 129 |
| 31 | Kentucky | 127 |
| 32 | Oregon | 124 |
| 33 | District of Columbia | 116 |
| 34 | Massachusetts | 102 |
| 35 | Utah | 93 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 70 |
| 37 | West Virginia | 67 |
| 38 | Iowa | 52 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 46 |
| 40 | Alaska | 45 |
| 41 | Delaware | 43 |
| 42 | Idaho | 42 |
| 43 | Montana | 30 |
| 44 | South Dakota | 28 |
| 45 | Maine | 20 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 19 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 17 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 17 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 16 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 12 |
| 51 | Vermont | 10 |