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US states by property crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest property crime rate of 51 states in 2016, at 4,731.2 per 100,000 people. New Hampshire had the lowest, at 1,522.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 2,583 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 2,451.6 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest4,731.2District of Columbia
Lowest1,522.3New Hampshire
Median2,58351 states
United States2,451.6History

Map of states, 2016

Alabama: 2,947.4 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 3,354.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 3,000.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 3,282.6 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 2,550 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 2,751.2 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 1,808.3 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 2,767.9 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 4,731.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 2,681 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 2,979.6 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 2,964.5 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 1,747.4 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 2,051 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 2,539.3 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 2,104.5 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 2,830.1 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 2,202.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 3,297.2 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 1,646.9 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 2,319 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 1,559.7 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 1,915.2 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 2,130.7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 2,764.1 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 2,801.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 2,710.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 2,264.5 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 2,583 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 1,522.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 1,537.2 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 3,928.7 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 1,538.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 2,734.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 2,309.7 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 2,589.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 3,009.5 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 2,978.9 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 1,739.2 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 1,788.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 3,256.9 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 1,997.2 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 2,875.4 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 2,759 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 2,974.8 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 1,556.9 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 1,869.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 3,502.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 2,038.8 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 1,938.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 1,959.3 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2016. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2016

District of Columbia: 4,731.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia4,731.2New Mexico: 3,928.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico3,928.7Washington: 3,502.2 per 100,000 peopleWashington3,502.2Alaska: 3,354.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska3,354.7Louisiana: 3,297.2 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana3,297.2Arkansas: 3,282.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas3,282.6South Carolina: 3,256.9 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina3,256.9Oklahoma: 3,009.5 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma3,009.5Arizona: 3,000.8 per 100,000 peopleArizona3,000.8Georgia: 2,979.6 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia2,979.6Oregon: 2,978.9 per 100,000 peopleOregon2,978.9Utah: 2,974.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah2,974.8Hawaii: 2,964.5 per 100,000 peopleHawaii2,964.5Alabama: 2,947.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama2,947.4Tennessee: 2,875.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee2,875.4Kansas: 2,830.1 per 100,000 peopleKansas2,830.1Missouri: 2,801.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri2,801.8Delaware: 2,767.9 per 100,000 peopleDelaware2,767.9Mississippi: 2,764.1 per 100,000 peopleMississippi2,764.1Texas: 2,759 per 100,000 peopleTexas2,759Colorado: 2,751.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado2,751.2North Carolina: 2,734.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina2,734.8Montana: 2,710.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana2,710.8Florida: 2,681 per 100,000 peopleFlorida2,681Ohio: 2,589.3 per 100,000 peopleOhio2,589.3Nevada: 2,583 per 100,000 peopleNevada2,583California: 2,550 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia2,550Indiana: 2,539.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana2,539.3Maryland: 2,319 per 100,000 peopleMaryland2,319North Dakota: 2,309.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota2,309.7Nebraska: 2,264.5 per 100,000 peopleNebraska2,264.5Kentucky: 2,202.7 per 100,000 peopleKentucky2,202.7Minnesota: 2,130.7 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota2,130.7Iowa: 2,104.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa2,104.5Illinois: 2,051 per 100,000 peopleIllinois2,051West Virginia: 2,038.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia2,038.8South Dakota: 1,997.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota1,997.2Wyoming: 1,959.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming1,959.3Wisconsin: 1,938.6 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin1,938.6Michigan: 1,915.2 per 100,000 peopleMichigan1,915.2Virginia: 1,869.3 per 100,000 peopleVirginia1,869.3Connecticut: 1,808.3 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut1,808.3Rhode Island: 1,788.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island1,788.1Idaho: 1,747.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho1,747.4Pennsylvania: 1,739.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania1,739.2Maine: 1,646.9 per 100,000 peopleMaine1,646.9Massachusetts: 1,559.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts1,559.7Vermont: 1,556.9 per 100,000 peopleVermont1,556.9New York: 1,538.7 per 100,000 peopleNew York1,538.7New Jersey: 1,537.2 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey1,537.2New Hampshire: 1,522.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire1,522.3District of Columbia: 4,731.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia4,731.2New Mexico: 3,928.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico3,928.7Washington: 3,502.2 per 100,000 peopleWashington3,502.2Alaska: 3,354.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska3,354.7Louisiana: 3,297.2 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana3,297.2Arkansas: 3,282.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas3,282.6South Carolina: 3,256.9 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina3,256.9Oklahoma: 3,009.5 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma3,009.5Arizona: 3,000.8 per 100,000 peopleArizona3,000.8Georgia: 2,979.6 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia2,979.6Oregon: 2,978.9 per 100,000 peopleOregon2,978.9Utah: 2,974.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah2,974.8Hawaii: 2,964.5 per 100,000 peopleHawaii2,964.5Alabama: 2,947.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama2,947.4Tennessee: 2,875.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee2,875.4Kansas: 2,830.1 per 100,000 peopleKansas2,830.1Missouri: 2,801.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri2,801.8Delaware: 2,767.9 per 100,000 peopleDelaware2,767.9Mississippi: 2,764.1 per 100,000 peopleMississippi2,764.1Texas: 2,759 per 100,000 peopleTexas2,759Colorado: 2,751.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado2,751.2North Carolina: 2,734.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina2,734.8Montana: 2,710.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana2,710.8Florida: 2,681 per 100,000 peopleFlorida2,681Ohio: 2,589.3 per 100,000 peopleOhio2,589.3Nevada: 2,583 per 100,000 peopleNevada2,583California: 2,550 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia2,550Indiana: 2,539.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana2,539.3Maryland: 2,319 per 100,000 peopleMaryland2,319North Dakota: 2,309.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota2,309.7Nebraska: 2,264.5 per 100,000 peopleNebraska2,264.5Kentucky: 2,202.7 per 100,000 peopleKentucky2,202.7Minnesota: 2,130.7 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota2,130.7Iowa: 2,104.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa2,104.5Illinois: 2,051 per 100,000 peopleIllinois2,051West Virginia: 2,038.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia2,038.8South Dakota: 1,997.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota1,997.2Wyoming: 1,959.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming1,959.3Wisconsin: 1,938.6 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin1,938.6Michigan: 1,915.2 per 100,000 peopleMichigan1,915.2Virginia: 1,869.3 per 100,000 peopleVirginia1,869.3Connecticut: 1,808.3 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut1,808.3Rhode Island: 1,788.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island1,788.1Idaho: 1,747.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho1,747.4Pennsylvania: 1,739.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania1,739.2Maine: 1,646.9 per 100,000 peopleMaine1,646.9Massachusetts: 1,559.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts1,559.7Vermont: 1,556.9 per 100,000 peopleVermont1,556.9New York: 1,538.7 per 100,000 peopleNew York1,538.7New Jersey: 1,537.2 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey1,537.2New Hampshire: 1,522.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire1,522.3
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2016
per 100,000 people		Change on 2015
1District of Columbia4,731.2+40.7 pts
2New Mexico3,928.7+217.2 pts
3Washington3,502.2+18.1 pts
4Alaska3,354.7+534.3 pts
5Louisiana3,297.2-80.6 pts
6Arkansas3,282.6+12.1 pts
7South Carolina3,256.9-69.7 pts
8Oklahoma3,009.5+90.6 pts
9Arizona3,000.8-38.2 pts
10Georgia2,979.6-118.7 pts
11Oregon2,978.9+3.4 pts
12Utah2,974.8-27.8 pts
13Hawaii2,964.5-206 pts
14Alabama2,947.4-35.5 pts
15Tennessee2,875.4-97.2 pts
16Kansas2,830.1+75.8 pts
17Missouri2,801.8-58.3 pts
18Delaware2,767.9+62.1 pts
19Mississippi2,764.1-105.5 pts
20Texas2,759-81.8 pts
21Colorado2,751.2+107.6 pts
22North Carolina2,734.8-14.7 pts
23Montana2,710.8+68 pts
24Florida2,681-135.9 pts
25Ohio2,589.3-28 pts
26Nevada2,583-91.9 pts
27California2,550-78.4 pts
28Indiana2,539.3-59.9 pts
29Maryland2,319-58.8 pts
30North Dakota2,309.7-31.1 pts
31Nebraska2,264.5+15.2 pts
32Kentucky2,202.7-1.9 pts
33Minnesota2,130.7-94.3 pts
34Iowa2,104.5+32.5 pts
35Illinois2,051+49.6 pts
36West Virginia2,038.8-62.9 pts
37South Dakota1,997.2+46.1 pts
38Wyoming1,959.3+58.2 pts
39Wisconsin1,938.6-40.8 pts
40Michigan1,915.2-12.6 pts
41Virginia1,869.3-16.6 pts
42Connecticut1,808.3-22 pts
43Rhode Island1,788.1-110.1 pts
44Idaho1,747.4-1.8 pts
45Pennsylvania1,739.2-74 pts
46Maine1,646.9-185.5 pts
47Massachusetts1,559.7-128.7 pts
48Vermont1,556.9+109.2 pts
49New York1,538.7-67.7 pts
50New Jersey1,537.2-93.4 pts
51New Hampshire1,522.3-240.9 pts

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About this ranking

Estimated property crimes (burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft known to law enforcement (arson is not estimated)) per 100,000 inhabitants. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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.

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

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: property crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by property crime rate, 2016. 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/property-crime-rate/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Which state has the highest property crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 4,731.2 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest property crime rate?

New Hampshire, with 1,522.3 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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