# US states by violent crime rate, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `violent_crime_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants (https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads)
- 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: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 803 |
| 2 | Alaska | 729.3 |
| 3 | New Mexico | 621.6 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 531.8 |
| 5 | Louisiana | 515.1 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 492.3 |
| 7 | Kansas | 457.2 |
| 8 | California | 432.7 |
| 9 | Colorado | 421.7 |
| 10 | Montana | 419.1 |
| 11 | Missouri | 417.8 |
| 12 | Michigan | 416.2 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 407.7 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 387.6 |
| 15 | Nevada | 379.2 |
| 16 | Arizona | 377.9 |
| 17 | New York | 368.4 |
| 18 | Maryland | 358 |
| 19 | Alabama | 348.3 |
| 20 | Delaware | 346.9 |
| 21 | Texas | 344.9 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 330.3 |
| 23 | Oregon | 311.2 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 307.5 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 302.7 |
| 26 | Georgia | 296.9 |
| 27 | Washington | 283.9 |
| 28 | Ohio | 275.6 |
| 29 | Florida | 260.9 |
| 30 | Indiana | 254.4 |
| 31 | Illinois | 251 |
| 32 | West Virginia | 241.7 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | 240.3 |
| 34 | North Dakota | 238.1 |
| 35 | Utah | 235.7 |
| 36 | Iowa | 233.9 |
| 37 | Mississippi | 226.9 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | 226.8 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 223.5 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 218.4 |
| 41 | Idaho | 217.3 |
| 42 | Vermont | 214.4 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 212.1 |
| 44 | Virginia | 205.9 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 205.1 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 193.8 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 179.9 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 144.1 |
| 49 | New Hampshire | 117.6 |
| 50 | Connecticut | 109.6 |
| 51 | Maine | 93.2 |