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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2019, at 1,045.2 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 116.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 361 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest1,045.2District of Columbia
Lowest116.1Maine
Median36151 states

Map of states, 2019

Alabama: 504.7 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 865 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 447.1 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 580.8 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 442.1 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 384.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 184.6 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 422.7 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 1,045.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 378.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 326.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 264.5 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 415.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 371.5 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 287.6 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 405.5 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 220.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 559.7 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 116.1 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 454.4 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 328.7 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 438.6 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 261.2 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 499.6 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 417.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 304.6 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 496.1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 158.1 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 206.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 824 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 361 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 378.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 301.4 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 296 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 436.3 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 293.7 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 306 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 222.7 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 510.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 397.1 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 598.9 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 421.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 236.9 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 207.2 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 209.4 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 303.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 318.9 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 297.1 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 215 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2019. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2019

District of Columbia: 1,045.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,045.2Alaska: 865 per 100,000 peopleAlaska865New Mexico: 824 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico824Tennessee: 598.9 per 100,000 peopleTennessee598.9Arkansas: 580.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas580.8Louisiana: 559.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana559.7South Carolina: 510.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina510.1Alabama: 504.7 per 100,000 peopleAlabama504.7Missouri: 499.6 per 100,000 peopleMissouri499.6Nevada: 496.1 per 100,000 peopleNevada496.1Maryland: 454.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland454.4Arizona: 447.1 per 100,000 peopleArizona447.1California: 442.1 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia442.1Michigan: 438.6 per 100,000 peopleMichigan438.6Oklahoma: 436.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma436.3Delaware: 422.7 per 100,000 peopleDelaware422.7Texas: 421.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas421.8Montana: 417.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana417.9Illinois: 415.3 per 100,000 peopleIllinois415.3Kansas: 405.5 per 100,000 peopleKansas405.5South Dakota: 397.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota397.1Colorado: 384.6 per 100,000 peopleColorado384.6North Carolina: 378.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina378.7Florida: 378.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida378.2Indiana: 371.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana371.5New York: 361 per 100,000 peopleNew York361Massachusetts: 328.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts328.7Georgia: 326.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia326.2West Virginia: 318.9 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia318.9Pennsylvania: 306 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania306Nebraska: 304.6 per 100,000 peopleNebraska304.6Washington: 303.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington303.3North Dakota: 301.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota301.4Wisconsin: 297.1 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin297.1Ohio: 296 per 100,000 peopleOhio296Oregon: 293.7 per 100,000 peopleOregon293.7Iowa: 287.6 per 100,000 peopleIowa287.6Hawaii: 264.5 per 100,000 peopleHawaii264.5Mississippi: 261.2 per 100,000 peopleMississippi261.2Minnesota: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota237.5Utah: 236.9 per 100,000 peopleUtah236.9Idaho: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleIdaho232.6Rhode Island: 222.7 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island222.7Kentucky: 220.7 per 100,000 peopleKentucky220.7Wyoming: 215 per 100,000 peopleWyoming215Virginia: 209.4 per 100,000 peopleVirginia209.4Vermont: 207.2 per 100,000 peopleVermont207.2New Jersey: 206.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey206.7Connecticut: 184.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut184.6New Hampshire: 158.1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire158.1Maine: 116.1 per 100,000 peopleMaine116.1District of Columbia: 1,045.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,045.2Alaska: 865 per 100,000 peopleAlaska865New Mexico: 824 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico824Tennessee: 598.9 per 100,000 peopleTennessee598.9Arkansas: 580.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas580.8Louisiana: 559.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana559.7South Carolina: 510.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina510.1Alabama: 504.7 per 100,000 peopleAlabama504.7Missouri: 499.6 per 100,000 peopleMissouri499.6Nevada: 496.1 per 100,000 peopleNevada496.1Maryland: 454.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland454.4Arizona: 447.1 per 100,000 peopleArizona447.1California: 442.1 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia442.1Michigan: 438.6 per 100,000 peopleMichigan438.6Oklahoma: 436.3 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma436.3Delaware: 422.7 per 100,000 peopleDelaware422.7Texas: 421.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas421.8Montana: 417.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana417.9Illinois: 415.3 per 100,000 peopleIllinois415.3Kansas: 405.5 per 100,000 peopleKansas405.5South Dakota: 397.1 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota397.1Colorado: 384.6 per 100,000 peopleColorado384.6North Carolina: 378.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina378.7Florida: 378.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida378.2Indiana: 371.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana371.5New York: 361 per 100,000 peopleNew York361Massachusetts: 328.7 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts328.7Georgia: 326.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia326.2West Virginia: 318.9 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia318.9Pennsylvania: 306 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania306Nebraska: 304.6 per 100,000 peopleNebraska304.6Washington: 303.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington303.3North Dakota: 301.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota301.4Wisconsin: 297.1 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin297.1Ohio: 296 per 100,000 peopleOhio296Oregon: 293.7 per 100,000 peopleOregon293.7Iowa: 287.6 per 100,000 peopleIowa287.6Hawaii: 264.5 per 100,000 peopleHawaii264.5Mississippi: 261.2 per 100,000 peopleMississippi261.2Minnesota: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota237.5Utah: 236.9 per 100,000 peopleUtah236.9Idaho: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleIdaho232.6Rhode Island: 222.7 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island222.7Kentucky: 220.7 per 100,000 peopleKentucky220.7Wyoming: 215 per 100,000 peopleWyoming215Virginia: 209.4 per 100,000 peopleVirginia209.4Vermont: 207.2 per 100,000 peopleVermont207.2New Jersey: 206.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey206.7Connecticut: 184.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut184.6New Hampshire: 158.1 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire158.1Maine: 116.1 per 100,000 peopleMaine116.1
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1District of Columbia1,045.2+48.1 pts
2Alaska865-26.7 pts
3New Mexico824-18.8 pts
4Tennessee598.9-31.5 pts
5Arkansas580.8+19.2 pts
6Louisiana559.7+16.4 pts
7South Carolina510.1+9.3 pts
8Alabama504.7-18.4 pts
9Missouri499.6-1.8 pts
10Nevada496.1-56 pts
11Maryland454.4-15 pts
12Arizona447.1-28.6 pts
13California442.1-5.4 pts
14Michigan438.6-13.9 pts
15Oklahoma436.3-38.3 pts
16Delaware422.7+0.2 pts
17Texas421.8+8.9 pts
18Montana417.9+37 pts
19Illinois415.3+3.9 pts
20Kansas405.5-36.3 pts
21South Dakota397.1+0.7 pts
22Colorado384.6-16.9 pts
23North Carolina378.7+22.5 pts
24Florida378.2-7.7 pts
25Indiana371.5-2 pts
26New York361+10.2 pts
27Massachusetts328.7-11.6 pts
28Georgia326.2-12.7 pts
29West Virginia318.9+19 pts
30Pennsylvania306+0.6 pts
31Nebraska304.6+14.7 pts
32Washington303.3-12 pts
33North Dakota301.4+17.3 pts
34Wisconsin297.1-1.9 pts
35Ohio296+1.2 pts
36Oregon293.7+3.3 pts
37Iowa287.6+23.9 pts
38Hawaii264.5+9.5 pts
39Mississippi261.2-4.8 pts
40Minnesota237.5+16.3 pts
41Utah236.9-2.5 pts
42Idaho232.6-7.1 pts
43Rhode Island222.7+2.9 pts
44Kentucky220.7+2.8 pts
45Wyoming215+1.2 pts
46Virginia209.4+5.2 pts
47Vermont207.2+22.2 pts
48New Jersey206.7-1.9 pts
49Connecticut184.6-25 pts
50New Hampshire158.1-19.5 pts
51Maine116.1+4.1 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2019 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 1,045.2 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 116.1 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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