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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2015, at 1,273.6 per 100,000 people. Vermont had the lowest, at 119.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 353.4 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 373.7 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest1,273.6District of Columbia
Lowest119.3Vermont
Median353.451 states
United States373.7History

Map of states, 2015

Alabama: 473 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 730.8 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 410.2 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 529.5 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 428 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 318.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 221.4 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 504.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 1,273.6 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 462.5 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 381.3 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 293.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 217.4 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 387.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 383.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 276.1 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 395 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 539.8 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 129.8 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 470.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 389.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 420.6 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 242.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 274 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 498.5 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 353.4 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 272.8 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 697.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 202.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 256 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 657.2 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 380.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 346.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 257.5 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 428.6 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 265.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 315.4 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 243 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 499.5 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 384.9 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 618.9 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 412.7 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 238.7 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 119.3 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 199.6 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 286.4 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 347.5 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 304.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 221.6 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2015. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

District of Columbia: 1,273.6 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,273.6Alaska: 730.8 per 100,000 peopleAlaska730.8Nevada: 697.6 per 100,000 peopleNevada697.6New Mexico: 657.2 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico657.2Tennessee: 618.9 per 100,000 peopleTennessee618.9Louisiana: 539.8 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana539.8Arkansas: 529.5 per 100,000 peopleArkansas529.5Delaware: 504.2 per 100,000 peopleDelaware504.2South Carolina: 499.5 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina499.5Missouri: 498.5 per 100,000 peopleMissouri498.5Alabama: 473 per 100,000 peopleAlabama473Maryland: 470.1 per 100,000 peopleMaryland470.1Florida: 462.5 per 100,000 peopleFlorida462.5Oklahoma: 428.6 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma428.6California: 428 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia428Michigan: 420.6 per 100,000 peopleMichigan420.6Texas: 412.7 per 100,000 peopleTexas412.7Arizona: 410.2 per 100,000 peopleArizona410.2Kansas: 395 per 100,000 peopleKansas395Massachusetts: 389.9 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts389.9Illinois: 387.5 per 100,000 peopleIllinois387.5South Dakota: 384.9 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota384.9Indiana: 383.7 per 100,000 peopleIndiana383.7Georgia: 381.3 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia381.3New York: 380.4 per 100,000 peopleNew York380.4Montana: 353.4 per 100,000 peopleMontana353.4West Virginia: 347.5 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia347.5North Carolina: 346.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina346.1Colorado: 318.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado318.4Pennsylvania: 315.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania315.4Wisconsin: 304.3 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin304.3Ohio: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleOhio296.2Hawaii: 293.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii293.4Washington: 286.4 per 100,000 peopleWashington286.4Iowa: 276.1 per 100,000 peopleIowa276.1Mississippi: 274 per 100,000 peopleMississippi274Nebraska: 272.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska272.8Oregon: 265.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon265.4North Dakota: 257.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota257.5New Jersey: 256 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey256Rhode Island: 243 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island243Minnesota: 242.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota242.9Utah: 238.7 per 100,000 peopleUtah238.7Kentucky: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleKentucky223.5Wyoming: 221.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming221.6Connecticut: 221.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut221.4Idaho: 217.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho217.4New Hampshire: 202.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire202.4Virginia: 199.6 per 100,000 peopleVirginia199.6Maine: 129.8 per 100,000 peopleMaine129.8Vermont: 119.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont119.3District of Columbia: 1,273.6 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,273.6Alaska: 730.8 per 100,000 peopleAlaska730.8Nevada: 697.6 per 100,000 peopleNevada697.6New Mexico: 657.2 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico657.2Tennessee: 618.9 per 100,000 peopleTennessee618.9Louisiana: 539.8 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana539.8Arkansas: 529.5 per 100,000 peopleArkansas529.5Delaware: 504.2 per 100,000 peopleDelaware504.2South Carolina: 499.5 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina499.5Missouri: 498.5 per 100,000 peopleMissouri498.5Alabama: 473 per 100,000 peopleAlabama473Maryland: 470.1 per 100,000 peopleMaryland470.1Florida: 462.5 per 100,000 peopleFlorida462.5Oklahoma: 428.6 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma428.6California: 428 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia428Michigan: 420.6 per 100,000 peopleMichigan420.6Texas: 412.7 per 100,000 peopleTexas412.7Arizona: 410.2 per 100,000 peopleArizona410.2Kansas: 395 per 100,000 peopleKansas395Massachusetts: 389.9 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts389.9Illinois: 387.5 per 100,000 peopleIllinois387.5South Dakota: 384.9 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota384.9Indiana: 383.7 per 100,000 peopleIndiana383.7Georgia: 381.3 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia381.3New York: 380.4 per 100,000 peopleNew York380.4Montana: 353.4 per 100,000 peopleMontana353.4West Virginia: 347.5 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia347.5North Carolina: 346.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina346.1Colorado: 318.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado318.4Pennsylvania: 315.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania315.4Wisconsin: 304.3 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin304.3Ohio: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleOhio296.2Hawaii: 293.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii293.4Washington: 286.4 per 100,000 peopleWashington286.4Iowa: 276.1 per 100,000 peopleIowa276.1Mississippi: 274 per 100,000 peopleMississippi274Nebraska: 272.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska272.8Oregon: 265.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon265.4North Dakota: 257.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota257.5New Jersey: 256 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey256Rhode Island: 243 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island243Minnesota: 242.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota242.9Utah: 238.7 per 100,000 peopleUtah238.7Kentucky: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleKentucky223.5Wyoming: 221.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming221.6Connecticut: 221.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut221.4Idaho: 217.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho217.4New Hampshire: 202.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire202.4Virginia: 199.6 per 100,000 peopleVirginia199.6Maine: 129.8 per 100,000 peopleMaine129.8Vermont: 119.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont119.3
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2015
per 100,000 people		Change on 2014
1District of Columbia1,273.6+31 pts
2Alaska730.8+95.3 pts
3Nevada697.6+61.9 pts
4New Mexico657.2+59.5 pts
5Tennessee618.9+8.2 pts
6Louisiana539.8+23.9 pts
7Arkansas529.5+49.3 pts
8Delaware504.2+16.1 pts
9South Carolina499.5+1.7 pts
10Missouri498.5+55.2 pts
11Alabama473+45.3 pts
12Maryland470.1+22.1 pts
13Florida462.5+3.6 pts
14Oklahoma428.6+14.8 pts
15California428+31.6 pts
16Michigan420.6-8.5 pts
17Texas412.7+6 pts
18Arizona410.2+17.5 pts
19Kansas395+42.4 pts
20Massachusetts389.9-5.2 pts
21Illinois387.5+16.6 pts
22South Dakota384.9+56.6 pts
23Indiana383.7+18.4 pts
24Georgia381.3-4.5 pts
25New York380.4-4.3 pts
26Montana353.4+24.9 pts
27West Virginia347.5+31.1 pts
28North Carolina346.1+17 pts
29Colorado318.4+10.6 pts
30Pennsylvania315.4+0.4 pts
31Wisconsin304.3+13.2 pts
32Ohio296.2+10.5 pts
33Hawaii293.4+56.7 pts
34Washington286.4+0.6 pts
35Iowa276.1+3.3 pts
36Mississippi274-4.3 pts
37Nebraska272.8-3.4 pts
38Oregon265.4+6.2 pts
39North Dakota257.5-12.9 pts
40New Jersey256-4.9 pts
41Rhode Island243+23.1 pts
42Minnesota242.9+13.8 pts
43Utah238.7+19.2 pts
44Kentucky223.5+8.3 pts
45Wyoming221.6+26.2 pts
46Connecticut221.4-17.1 pts
47Idaho217.4+7 pts
48New Hampshire202.4+4.7 pts
49Virginia199.6+1.2 pts
50Maine129.8+2.2 pts
51Vermont119.3+16.7 pts

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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.

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: violent 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: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by violent crime rate, 2015. 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/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2015. 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: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by violent crime rate, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 1,273.6 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Vermont, with 119.3 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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