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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2018, at 997.1 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 112 per 100,000 people. The median was 350.8 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest997.1District of Columbia
Lowest112Maine
Median350.851 states

Map of states, 2018

Alabama: 523.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 891.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 475.7 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 561.6 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 447.5 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 401.5 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 209.6 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 422.5 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 997.1 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 385.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 338.9 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 255 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 411.4 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 373.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 263.7 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 441.8 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 543.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 112 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 469.4 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 340.3 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 452.5 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 221.2 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 266 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 501.4 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 380.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 289.9 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 552.1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 177.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 208.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 842.8 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 350.8 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 356.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 284.1 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 294.8 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 474.6 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 290.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 305.4 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 500.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 396.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 630.4 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 412.9 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 239.4 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 185 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 204.2 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 315.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 299.9 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 299 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 213.8 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2018. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2018

District of Columbia: 997.1 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia997.1Alaska: 891.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska891.7New Mexico: 842.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico842.8Tennessee: 630.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee630.4Arkansas: 561.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas561.6Nevada: 552.1 per 100,000 peopleNevada552.1Louisiana: 543.3 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana543.3Alabama: 523.1 per 100,000 peopleAlabama523.1Missouri: 501.4 per 100,000 peopleMissouri501.4South Carolina: 500.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina500.8Arizona: 475.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona475.7Oklahoma: 474.6 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma474.6Maryland: 469.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland469.4Michigan: 452.5 per 100,000 peopleMichigan452.5California: 447.5 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia447.5Kansas: 441.8 per 100,000 peopleKansas441.8Delaware: 422.5 per 100,000 peopleDelaware422.5Texas: 412.9 per 100,000 peopleTexas412.9Illinois: 411.4 per 100,000 peopleIllinois411.4Colorado: 401.5 per 100,000 peopleColorado401.5South Dakota: 396.4 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota396.4Florida: 385.9 per 100,000 peopleFlorida385.9Montana: 380.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana380.9Indiana: 373.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana373.5North Carolina: 356.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina356.2New York: 350.8 per 100,000 peopleNew York350.8Massachusetts: 340.3 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts340.3Georgia: 338.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia338.9Washington: 315.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington315.3Pennsylvania: 305.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania305.4West Virginia: 299.9 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia299.9Wisconsin: 299 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin299Ohio: 294.8 per 100,000 peopleOhio294.8Oregon: 290.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon290.4Nebraska: 289.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska289.9North Dakota: 284.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota284.1Mississippi: 266 per 100,000 peopleMississippi266Iowa: 263.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa263.7Hawaii: 255 per 100,000 peopleHawaii255Idaho: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho239.7Utah: 239.4 per 100,000 peopleUtah239.4Minnesota: 221.2 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota221.2Rhode Island: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island219.8Kentucky: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky217.9Wyoming: 213.8 per 100,000 peopleWyoming213.8Connecticut: 209.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut209.6New Jersey: 208.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey208.6Virginia: 204.2 per 100,000 peopleVirginia204.2Vermont: 185 per 100,000 peopleVermont185New Hampshire: 177.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire177.6Maine: 112 per 100,000 peopleMaine112District of Columbia: 997.1 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia997.1Alaska: 891.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska891.7New Mexico: 842.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico842.8Tennessee: 630.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee630.4Arkansas: 561.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas561.6Nevada: 552.1 per 100,000 peopleNevada552.1Louisiana: 543.3 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana543.3Alabama: 523.1 per 100,000 peopleAlabama523.1Missouri: 501.4 per 100,000 peopleMissouri501.4South Carolina: 500.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina500.8Arizona: 475.7 per 100,000 peopleArizona475.7Oklahoma: 474.6 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma474.6Maryland: 469.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland469.4Michigan: 452.5 per 100,000 peopleMichigan452.5California: 447.5 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia447.5Kansas: 441.8 per 100,000 peopleKansas441.8Delaware: 422.5 per 100,000 peopleDelaware422.5Texas: 412.9 per 100,000 peopleTexas412.9Illinois: 411.4 per 100,000 peopleIllinois411.4Colorado: 401.5 per 100,000 peopleColorado401.5South Dakota: 396.4 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota396.4Florida: 385.9 per 100,000 peopleFlorida385.9Montana: 380.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana380.9Indiana: 373.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana373.5North Carolina: 356.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina356.2New York: 350.8 per 100,000 peopleNew York350.8Massachusetts: 340.3 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts340.3Georgia: 338.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia338.9Washington: 315.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington315.3Pennsylvania: 305.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania305.4West Virginia: 299.9 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia299.9Wisconsin: 299 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin299Ohio: 294.8 per 100,000 peopleOhio294.8Oregon: 290.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon290.4Nebraska: 289.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska289.9North Dakota: 284.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota284.1Mississippi: 266 per 100,000 peopleMississippi266Iowa: 263.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa263.7Hawaii: 255 per 100,000 peopleHawaii255Idaho: 239.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho239.7Utah: 239.4 per 100,000 peopleUtah239.4Minnesota: 221.2 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota221.2Rhode Island: 219.8 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island219.8Kentucky: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky217.9Wyoming: 213.8 per 100,000 peopleWyoming213.8Connecticut: 209.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut209.6New Jersey: 208.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey208.6Virginia: 204.2 per 100,000 peopleVirginia204.2Vermont: 185 per 100,000 peopleVermont185New Hampshire: 177.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire177.6Maine: 112 per 100,000 peopleMaine112
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2018
per 100,000 people		Change on 2017
1District of Columbia997.1-5.6 pts
2Alaska891.7+35 pts
3New Mexico842.8+64.2 pts
4Tennessee630.4-24.6 pts
5Arkansas561.6-4.4 pts
6Nevada552.1-8.5 pts
7Louisiana543.3-13 pts
8Alabama523.1+0.7 pts
9Missouri501.4-29.8 pts
10South Carolina500.8-5.3 pts
11Arizona475.7-30 pts
12Oklahoma474.6+17.2 pts
13Maryland469.4-33.9 pts
14Michigan452.5+2.6 pts
15California447.5-5.8 pts
16Kansas441.8+41.4 pts
17Delaware422.5-34.8 pts
18Texas412.9-24.9 pts
19Illinois411.4-24.8 pts
20Colorado401.5+29.3 pts
21South Dakota396.4-33.4 pts
22Florida385.9-22.2 pts
23Montana380.9+7 pts
24Indiana373.5-21.5 pts
25North Carolina356.2-14.2 pts
26New York350.8-10.3 pts
27Massachusetts340.3-14 pts
28Georgia338.9-17.6 pts
29Washington315.3+12.5 pts
30Pennsylvania305.4-7.6 pts
31West Virginia299.9-61.3 pts
32Wisconsin299-22.8 pts
33Ohio294.8-2 pts
34Oregon290.4+10 pts
35Nebraska289.9-21.9 pts
36North Dakota284.1+1.6 pts
37Mississippi266+9.8 pts
38Iowa263.7-23.8 pts
39Hawaii255+3.8 pts
40Idaho239.7+0.5 pts
41Utah239.4-2.8 pts
42Minnesota221.2-18.5 pts
43Rhode Island219.8-14.4 pts
44Kentucky217.9-13.2 pts
45Wyoming213.8-20.8 pts
46Connecticut209.6-19.6 pts
47New Jersey208.6-23.2 pts
48Virginia204.2-6.2 pts
49Vermont185+11.7 pts
50New Hampshire177.6-18.1 pts
51Maine112-8.6 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 997.1 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 112 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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