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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2017, at 1,002.7 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 120.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 361.2 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest1,002.7District of Columbia
Lowest120.6Maine
Median361.251 states

Map of states, 2017

Alabama: 522.4 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 856.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 505.7 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 566 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 453.3 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 372.2 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 229.2 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 457.3 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 1,002.7 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 408.1 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 356.5 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 251.2 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 239.2 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 395 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 287.5 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 400.4 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 231.1 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 556.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 120.6 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 503.3 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 354.3 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 449.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 256.2 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 531.2 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 373.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 311.8 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 560.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 195.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 231.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 778.6 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 361.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 370.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 282.5 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 457.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 280.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 313 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 234.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 506.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 429.8 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 655 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 437.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 242.2 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 173.3 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 210.4 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 302.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 361.2 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 321.8 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 234.6 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2017. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2017

District of Columbia: 1,002.7 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,002.7Alaska: 856.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska856.7New Mexico: 778.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico778.6Tennessee: 655 per 100,000 peopleTennessee655Arkansas: 566 per 100,000 peopleArkansas566Nevada: 560.6 per 100,000 peopleNevada560.6Louisiana: 556.3 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana556.3Missouri: 531.2 per 100,000 peopleMissouri531.2Alabama: 522.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama522.4South Carolina: 506.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina506.1Arizona: 505.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona505.7Maryland: 503.3 per 100,000 peopleMaryland503.3Oklahoma: 457.4 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma457.4Delaware: 457.3 per 100,000 peopleDelaware457.3California: 453.3 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia453.3Michigan: 449.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan449.9Texas: 437.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas437.8Illinois: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleIllinois436.2South Dakota: 429.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota429.8Florida: 408.1 per 100,000 peopleFlorida408.1Kansas: 400.4 per 100,000 peopleKansas400.4Indiana: 395 per 100,000 peopleIndiana395Montana: 373.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana373.9Colorado: 372.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado372.2North Carolina: 370.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina370.4West Virginia: 361.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia361.2New York: 361.1 per 100,000 peopleNew York361.1Georgia: 356.5 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia356.5Massachusetts: 354.3 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts354.3Wisconsin: 321.8 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin321.8Pennsylvania: 313 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania313Nebraska: 311.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska311.8Washington: 302.8 per 100,000 peopleWashington302.8Ohio: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleOhio296.8Iowa: 287.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa287.5North Dakota: 282.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota282.5Oregon: 280.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon280.4Mississippi: 256.2 per 100,000 peopleMississippi256.2Hawaii: 251.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii251.2Utah: 242.2 per 100,000 peopleUtah242.2Minnesota: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota239.7Idaho: 239.2 per 100,000 peopleIdaho239.2Wyoming: 234.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming234.6Rhode Island: 234.2 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island234.2New Jersey: 231.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey231.8Kentucky: 231.1 per 100,000 peopleKentucky231.1Connecticut: 229.2 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut229.2Virginia: 210.4 per 100,000 peopleVirginia210.4New Hampshire: 195.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire195.7Vermont: 173.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont173.3Maine: 120.6 per 100,000 peopleMaine120.6District of Columbia: 1,002.7 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,002.7Alaska: 856.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska856.7New Mexico: 778.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico778.6Tennessee: 655 per 100,000 peopleTennessee655Arkansas: 566 per 100,000 peopleArkansas566Nevada: 560.6 per 100,000 peopleNevada560.6Louisiana: 556.3 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana556.3Missouri: 531.2 per 100,000 peopleMissouri531.2Alabama: 522.4 per 100,000 peopleAlabama522.4South Carolina: 506.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina506.1Arizona: 505.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona505.7Maryland: 503.3 per 100,000 peopleMaryland503.3Oklahoma: 457.4 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma457.4Delaware: 457.3 per 100,000 peopleDelaware457.3California: 453.3 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia453.3Michigan: 449.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan449.9Texas: 437.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas437.8Illinois: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleIllinois436.2South Dakota: 429.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota429.8Florida: 408.1 per 100,000 peopleFlorida408.1Kansas: 400.4 per 100,000 peopleKansas400.4Indiana: 395 per 100,000 peopleIndiana395Montana: 373.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana373.9Colorado: 372.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado372.2North Carolina: 370.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina370.4West Virginia: 361.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia361.2New York: 361.1 per 100,000 peopleNew York361.1Georgia: 356.5 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia356.5Massachusetts: 354.3 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts354.3Wisconsin: 321.8 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin321.8Pennsylvania: 313 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania313Nebraska: 311.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska311.8Washington: 302.8 per 100,000 peopleWashington302.8Ohio: 296.8 per 100,000 peopleOhio296.8Iowa: 287.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa287.5North Dakota: 282.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota282.5Oregon: 280.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon280.4Mississippi: 256.2 per 100,000 peopleMississippi256.2Hawaii: 251.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii251.2Utah: 242.2 per 100,000 peopleUtah242.2Minnesota: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota239.7Idaho: 239.2 per 100,000 peopleIdaho239.2Wyoming: 234.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming234.6Rhode Island: 234.2 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island234.2New Jersey: 231.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey231.8Kentucky: 231.1 per 100,000 peopleKentucky231.1Connecticut: 229.2 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut229.2Virginia: 210.4 per 100,000 peopleVirginia210.4New Hampshire: 195.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire195.7Vermont: 173.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont173.3Maine: 120.6 per 100,000 peopleMaine120.6
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1District of Columbia1,002.7-200.8 pts
2Alaska856.7+52.1 pts
3New Mexico778.6+79.2 pts
4Tennessee655+16.5 pts
5Arkansas566+11.7 pts
6Nevada560.6-117.3 pts
7Louisiana556.3-8.7 pts
8Missouri531.2+10.4 pts
9Alabama522.4-10 pts
10South Carolina506.1-0.7 pts
11Arizona505.7+34.7 pts
12Maryland503.3+21.6 pts
13Oklahoma457.4+2.1 pts
14Delaware457.3-52.7 pts
15California453.3+8.5 pts
16Michigan449.9-11 pts
17Texas437.8+4 pts
18Illinois436.2-0.5 pts
19South Dakota429.8+7.8 pts
20Florida408.1-21.3 pts
21Kansas400.4-0.8 pts
22Indiana395-4.7 pts
23Montana373.9-0.2 pts
24Colorado372.2+28.1 pts
25North Carolina370.4-1.4 pts
26West Virginia361.2-1.5 pts
27New York361.1-13.5 pts
28Georgia356.5-33.9 pts
29Massachusetts354.3-26.4 pts
30Wisconsin321.8+14.9 pts
31Pennsylvania313-2.9 pts
32Nebraska311.8+15 pts
33Washington302.8-0.7 pts
34Ohio296.8-10.9 pts
35Iowa287.5-5.4 pts
36North Dakota282.5+30.4 pts
37Oregon280.4+11.6 pts
38Mississippi256.2-25.5 pts
39Hawaii251.2+9.6 pts
40Utah242.2-1.1 pts
41Minnesota239.7-2.2 pts
42Idaho239.2+8.5 pts
43Wyoming234.6-10.1 pts
44Rhode Island234.2-4.9 pts
45New Jersey231.8-11.7 pts
46Kentucky231.1-4.5 pts
47Connecticut229.2+1.5 pts
48Virginia210.4-9.4 pts
49New Hampshire195.7-4.1 pts
50Vermont173.3+36.8 pts
51Maine120.6-3.4 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.

How to cite

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2017 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 1,002.7 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 120.6 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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