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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2016, at 1,203.5 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 124 per 100,000 people. The median was 374.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 397.5 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest1,203.5District of Columbia
Lowest124Maine
Median374.151 states
United States397.5History

Map of states, 2016

Alabama: 532.4 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 804.6 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 471 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 554.3 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 444.8 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 344.1 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 227.7 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 510 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 1,203.5 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 390.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 241.6 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 230.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 436.7 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 399.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 401.2 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 235.6 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 565 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 124 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 481.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 380.7 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 460.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 281.7 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 520.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 374.1 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 677.9 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 199.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 243.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 699.4 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 374.6 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 371.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 252.1 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 307.7 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 455.3 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 268.8 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 315.9 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 239.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 506.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 422 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 638.5 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 433.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 243.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 136.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 303.5 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 362.7 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 306.9 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 244.7 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: 1,203.5 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,203.5Alaska: 804.6 per 100,000 peopleAlaska804.6New Mexico: 699.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico699.4Nevada: 677.9 per 100,000 peopleNevada677.9Tennessee: 638.5 per 100,000 peopleTennessee638.5Louisiana: 565 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana565Arkansas: 554.3 per 100,000 peopleArkansas554.3Alabama: 532.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama532.4Missouri: 520.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri520.8Delaware: 510 per 100,000 peopleDelaware510South Carolina: 506.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina506.8Maryland: 481.7 per 100,000 peopleMaryland481.7Arizona: 471 per 100,000 peopleArizona471Michigan: 460.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan460.9Oklahoma: 455.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma455.3California: 444.8 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia444.8Illinois: 436.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois436.7Texas: 433.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas433.8Florida: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleFlorida429.4South Dakota: 422 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota422Kansas: 401.2 per 100,000 peopleKansas401.2Indiana: 399.7 per 100,000 peopleIndiana399.7Georgia: 390.4 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia390.4Massachusetts: 380.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts380.7New York: 374.6 per 100,000 peopleNew York374.6Montana: 374.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana374.1North Carolina: 371.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina371.8West Virginia: 362.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia362.7Colorado: 344.1 per 100,000 peopleColorado344.1Pennsylvania: 315.9 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania315.9Ohio: 307.7 per 100,000 peopleOhio307.7Wisconsin: 306.9 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin306.9Washington: 303.5 per 100,000 peopleWashington303.5Nebraska: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska296.8Iowa: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleIowa292.9Mississippi: 281.7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi281.7Oregon: 268.8 per 100,000 peopleOregon268.8North Dakota: 252.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota252.1Wyoming: 244.7 per 100,000 peopleWyoming244.7New Jersey: 243.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey243.5Utah: 243.3 per 100,000 peopleUtah243.3Minnesota: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota241.9Hawaii: 241.6 per 100,000 peopleHawaii241.6Rhode Island: 239.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island239.1Kentucky: 235.6 per 100,000 peopleKentucky235.6Idaho: 230.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho230.7Connecticut: 227.7 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut227.7Virginia: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleVirginia219.8New Hampshire: 199.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire199.8Vermont: 136.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont136.5Maine: 124 per 100,000 peopleMaine124District of Columbia: 1,203.5 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,203.5Alaska: 804.6 per 100,000 peopleAlaska804.6New Mexico: 699.4 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico699.4Nevada: 677.9 per 100,000 peopleNevada677.9Tennessee: 638.5 per 100,000 peopleTennessee638.5Louisiana: 565 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana565Arkansas: 554.3 per 100,000 peopleArkansas554.3Alabama: 532.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama532.4Missouri: 520.8 per 100,000 peopleMissouri520.8Delaware: 510 per 100,000 peopleDelaware510South Carolina: 506.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina506.8Maryland: 481.7 per 100,000 peopleMaryland481.7Arizona: 471 per 100,000 peopleArizona471Michigan: 460.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan460.9Oklahoma: 455.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma455.3California: 444.8 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia444.8Illinois: 436.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois436.7Texas: 433.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas433.8Florida: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleFlorida429.4South Dakota: 422 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota422Kansas: 401.2 per 100,000 peopleKansas401.2Indiana: 399.7 per 100,000 peopleIndiana399.7Georgia: 390.4 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia390.4Massachusetts: 380.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts380.7New York: 374.6 per 100,000 peopleNew York374.6Montana: 374.1 per 100,000 peopleMontana374.1North Carolina: 371.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina371.8West Virginia: 362.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia362.7Colorado: 344.1 per 100,000 peopleColorado344.1Pennsylvania: 315.9 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania315.9Ohio: 307.7 per 100,000 peopleOhio307.7Wisconsin: 306.9 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin306.9Washington: 303.5 per 100,000 peopleWashington303.5Nebraska: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska296.8Iowa: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleIowa292.9Mississippi: 281.7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi281.7Oregon: 268.8 per 100,000 peopleOregon268.8North Dakota: 252.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota252.1Wyoming: 244.7 per 100,000 peopleWyoming244.7New Jersey: 243.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey243.5Utah: 243.3 per 100,000 peopleUtah243.3Minnesota: 241.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota241.9Hawaii: 241.6 per 100,000 peopleHawaii241.6Rhode Island: 239.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island239.1Kentucky: 235.6 per 100,000 peopleKentucky235.6Idaho: 230.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho230.7Connecticut: 227.7 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut227.7Virginia: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleVirginia219.8New Hampshire: 199.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire199.8Vermont: 136.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont136.5Maine: 124 per 100,000 peopleMaine124
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 Columbia1,203.5-70.1 pts
2Alaska804.6+73.8 pts
3New Mexico699.4+42.2 pts
4Nevada677.9-19.7 pts
5Tennessee638.5+19.6 pts
6Louisiana565+25.2 pts
7Arkansas554.3+24.8 pts
8Alabama532.4+59.4 pts
9Missouri520.8+22.3 pts
10Delaware510+5.8 pts
11South Carolina506.8+7.3 pts
12Maryland481.7+11.6 pts
13Arizona471+60.8 pts
14Michigan460.9+40.3 pts
15Oklahoma455.3+26.7 pts
16California444.8+16.8 pts
17Illinois436.7+49.2 pts
18Texas433.8+21.1 pts
19Florida429.4-33.1 pts
20South Dakota422+37.1 pts
21Kansas401.2+6.2 pts
22Indiana399.7+16 pts
23Georgia390.4+9.1 pts
24Massachusetts380.7-9.2 pts
25New York374.6-5.8 pts
26Montana374.1+20.7 pts
27North Carolina371.8+25.7 pts
28West Virginia362.7+15.2 pts
29Colorado344.1+25.7 pts
30Pennsylvania315.9+0.5 pts
31Ohio307.7+11.5 pts
32Wisconsin306.9+2.6 pts
33Washington303.5+17.1 pts
34Nebraska296.8+24 pts
35Iowa292.9+16.8 pts
36Mississippi281.7+7.7 pts
37Oregon268.8+3.4 pts
38North Dakota252.1-5.4 pts
39Wyoming244.7+23.1 pts
40New Jersey243.5-12.5 pts
41Utah243.3+4.6 pts
42Minnesota241.9-1 pts
43Hawaii241.6-51.8 pts
44Rhode Island239.1-3.9 pts
45Kentucky235.6+12.1 pts
46Idaho230.7+13.3 pts
47Connecticut227.7+6.3 pts
48Virginia219.8+20.2 pts
49New Hampshire199.8-2.6 pts
50Vermont136.5+17.2 pts
51Maine124-5.8 pts

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About this ranking

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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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, 2016) [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: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by violent 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/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2016. 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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 1,203.5 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 124 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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