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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2021, at 951.3 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 112.9 per 100,000 people. The median was 337.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 387 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest951.3District of Columbia
Lowest112.9Maine
Median337.351 states
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Map of states, 2021

Alabama: 348.3 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 759.1 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 425.6 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 702.4 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 481.2 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 480.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 168.6 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 419.2 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 951.3 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 337.3 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 349.8 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 274 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 240.8 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 344.8 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 332.6 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 295 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 444.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 269 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 662.7 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 112.9 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 435.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 301.1 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 491.1 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 308.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 255.4 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 524.3 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 469.8 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 297 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 432 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 129.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 183.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 820.8 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 308.3 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 419.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 276.4 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 317.4 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 438 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 341.3 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 281.8 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 200.5 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 513.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 391.8 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 671.8 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 453 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 259.1 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 194 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 225.5 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 335.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 291.5 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 325.4 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 223.8 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2021

District of Columbia: 951.3 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia951.3New Mexico: 820.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico820.8Alaska: 759.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska759.1Arkansas: 702.4 per 100,000 peopleArkansas702.4Tennessee: 671.8 per 100,000 peopleTennessee671.8Louisiana: 662.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana662.7Missouri: 524.3 per 100,000 peopleMissouri524.3South Carolina: 513.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina513.8Michigan: 491.1 per 100,000 peopleMichigan491.1California: 481.2 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia481.2Colorado: 480.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado480.4Montana: 469.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana469.8Texas: 453 per 100,000 peopleTexas453Kansas: 444.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas444.9Oklahoma: 438 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma438Maryland: 435.1 per 100,000 peopleMaryland435.1Nevada: 432 per 100,000 peopleNevada432Arizona: 425.6 per 100,000 peopleArizona425.6North Carolina: 419.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina419.5Delaware: 419.2 per 100,000 peopleDelaware419.2South Dakota: 391.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota391.8Georgia: 349.8 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia349.8Alabama: 348.3 per 100,000 peopleAlabama348.3Illinois: 344.8 per 100,000 peopleIllinois344.8Oregon: 341.3 per 100,000 peopleOregon341.3Florida: 337.3 per 100,000 peopleFlorida337.3Washington: 335.7 per 100,000 peopleWashington335.7Indiana: 332.6 per 100,000 peopleIndiana332.6Wisconsin: 325.4 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin325.4Ohio: 317.4 per 100,000 peopleOhio317.4Minnesota: 308.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota308.9New York: 308.3 per 100,000 peopleNew York308.3Massachusetts: 301.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts301.1Nebraska: 297 per 100,000 peopleNebraska297Iowa: 295 per 100,000 peopleIowa295West Virginia: 291.5 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia291.5Pennsylvania: 281.8 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania281.8North Dakota: 276.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota276.4Hawaii: 274 per 100,000 peopleHawaii274Kentucky: 269 per 100,000 peopleKentucky269Utah: 259.1 per 100,000 peopleUtah259.1Mississippi: 255.4 per 100,000 peopleMississippi255.4Idaho: 240.8 per 100,000 peopleIdaho240.8Virginia: 225.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia225.5Wyoming: 223.8 per 100,000 peopleWyoming223.8Rhode Island: 200.5 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island200.5Vermont: 194 per 100,000 peopleVermont194New Jersey: 183.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey183.5Connecticut: 168.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut168.6New Hampshire: 129.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire129.7Maine: 112.9 per 100,000 peopleMaine112.9District of Columbia: 951.3 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia951.3New Mexico: 820.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico820.8Alaska: 759.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska759.1Arkansas: 702.4 per 100,000 peopleArkansas702.4Tennessee: 671.8 per 100,000 peopleTennessee671.8Louisiana: 662.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana662.7Missouri: 524.3 per 100,000 peopleMissouri524.3South Carolina: 513.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina513.8Michigan: 491.1 per 100,000 peopleMichigan491.1California: 481.2 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia481.2Colorado: 480.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado480.4Montana: 469.8 per 100,000 peopleMontana469.8Texas: 453 per 100,000 peopleTexas453Kansas: 444.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas444.9Oklahoma: 438 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma438Maryland: 435.1 per 100,000 peopleMaryland435.1Nevada: 432 per 100,000 peopleNevada432Arizona: 425.6 per 100,000 peopleArizona425.6North Carolina: 419.5 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina419.5Delaware: 419.2 per 100,000 peopleDelaware419.2South Dakota: 391.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota391.8Georgia: 349.8 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia349.8Alabama: 348.3 per 100,000 peopleAlabama348.3Illinois: 344.8 per 100,000 peopleIllinois344.8Oregon: 341.3 per 100,000 peopleOregon341.3Florida: 337.3 per 100,000 peopleFlorida337.3Washington: 335.7 per 100,000 peopleWashington335.7Indiana: 332.6 per 100,000 peopleIndiana332.6Wisconsin: 325.4 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin325.4Ohio: 317.4 per 100,000 peopleOhio317.4Minnesota: 308.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota308.9New York: 308.3 per 100,000 peopleNew York308.3Massachusetts: 301.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts301.1Nebraska: 297 per 100,000 peopleNebraska297Iowa: 295 per 100,000 peopleIowa295West Virginia: 291.5 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia291.5Pennsylvania: 281.8 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania281.8North Dakota: 276.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota276.4Hawaii: 274 per 100,000 peopleHawaii274Kentucky: 269 per 100,000 peopleKentucky269Utah: 259.1 per 100,000 peopleUtah259.1Mississippi: 255.4 per 100,000 peopleMississippi255.4Idaho: 240.8 per 100,000 peopleIdaho240.8Virginia: 225.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia225.5Wyoming: 223.8 per 100,000 peopleWyoming223.8Rhode Island: 200.5 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island200.5Vermont: 194 per 100,000 peopleVermont194New Jersey: 183.5 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey183.5Connecticut: 168.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut168.6New Hampshire: 129.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire129.7Maine: 112.9 per 100,000 peopleMaine112.9
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2021
per 100,000 people		Change on 2020
1District of Columbia951.3-48.5 pts
2New Mexico820.8+42.5 pts
3Alaska759.1-78.7 pts
4Arkansas702.4+30.5 pts
5Tennessee671.8-0.9 pts
6Louisiana662.7+23.3 pts
7Missouri524.3-18.4 pts
8South Carolina513.8-16.9 pts
9Michigan491.1+13.1 pts
10California481.2+39.2 pts
11Colorado480.4+57.3 pts
12Montana469.80 pts
13Texas453+6.5 pts
14Kansas444.9+19.9 pts
15Oklahoma438-20.6 pts
16Maryland435.1+35.2 pts
17Nevada432-28.3 pts
18Arizona425.6-59.2 pts
19North Carolina419.5+0.2 pts
20Delaware419.2-12.7 pts
21South Dakota391.8-109.6 pts
22Georgia349.8-50.3 pts
23Alabama348.3-105.3 pts
24Illinois344.8-81.1 pts
25Oregon341.3+49.4 pts
26Florida337.3-46.3 pts
27Washington335.7+42 pts
28Indiana332.6-25.1 pts
29Wisconsin325.4+2 pts
30Ohio317.4+8.6 pts
31Minnesota308.9+31.4 pts
32New York308.3-55.5 pts
33Massachusetts301.1-7.7 pts
34Nebraska297-37.1 pts
35Iowa295-8.5 pts
36West Virginia291.5-64.4 pts
37Pennsylvania281.8-107.7 pts
38North Dakota276.4-52.6 pts
39Hawaii274+19.8 pts
40Kentucky269+9.9 pts
41Utah259.1-1.6 pts
42Mississippi255.4-35.8 pts
43Idaho240.8-1.8 pts
44Virginia225.5+16.8 pts
45Wyoming223.8-10.4 pts
46Rhode Island200.5-30.3 pts
47Vermont194+20.6 pts
48New Jersey183.5-11.9 pts
49Connecticut168.6-13 pts
50New Hampshire129.7-16.7 pts
51Maine112.9+4.3 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 951.3 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 112.9 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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