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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 50 states in 2022, at 815.4 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 105.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 360.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 388.7 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest815.4District of Columbia
Lowest105.5Maine
Median360.350 states
United States388.7History

Map of states, 2022

Alabama: 438.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 767.1 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 446.2 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 653.2 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 503.6 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 500.4 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 153.6 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 392.4 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 815.4 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 371.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 276.2 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 290.5 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 311.3 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 290.7 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 446.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 219.9 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 639.7 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 105.5 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 424.5 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 324.2 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 463.3 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 283.3 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 243.9 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 494.4 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 428.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 284.7 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 459.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 128.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 776.8 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 405.3 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 298 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 427 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 349.4 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 287.2 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 499 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 379 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 637.4 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 378.9 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 293.7 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 303.6 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 204.3 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2022

District of Columbia: 815.4 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia815.4New Mexico: 776.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico776.8Alaska: 767.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska767.1Arkansas: 653.2 per 100,000 peopleArkansas653.2Louisiana: 639.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana639.7Tennessee: 637.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee637.4California: 503.6 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia503.6Colorado: 500.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado500.4South Carolina: 499 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina499Missouri: 494.4 per 100,000 peopleMissouri494.4Michigan: 463.3 per 100,000 peopleMichigan463.3Nevada: 459.3 per 100,000 peopleNevada459.3Kansas: 446.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas446.9Arizona: 446.2 per 100,000 peopleArizona446.2Alabama: 438.1 per 100,000 peopleAlabama438.1Texas: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleTexas436.2New York: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleNew York429.4Montana: 428.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana428.9Oklahoma: 427 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma427Maryland: 424.5 per 100,000 peopleMaryland424.5North Carolina: 405.3 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina405.3Delaware: 392.4 per 100,000 peopleDelaware392.4South Dakota: 379 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota379Washington: 378.9 per 100,000 peopleWashington378.9Georgia: 371.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia371.2Oregon: 349.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon349.4Massachusetts: 324.2 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts324.2Indiana: 311.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana311.3Wisconsin: 303.6 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin303.6Ohio: 298 per 100,000 peopleOhio298West Virginia: 293.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia293.7Florida: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleFlorida292.9Iowa: 290.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa290.7Illinois: 290.5 per 100,000 peopleIllinois290.5Pennsylvania: 287.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania287.2Nebraska: 284.7 per 100,000 peopleNebraska284.7Minnesota: 283.3 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota283.3Hawaii: 276.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii276.2Idaho: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho248.7Mississippi: 243.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi243.9Utah: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah243.8Virginia: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia237.5Vermont: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont223.5Kentucky: 219.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky219.9New Jersey: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey217.9Wyoming: 204.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming204.3Rhode Island: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island173.4Connecticut: 153.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut153.6New Hampshire: 128.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire128.6Maine: 105.5 per 100,000 peopleMaine105.5District of Columbia: 815.4 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia815.4New Mexico: 776.8 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico776.8Alaska: 767.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska767.1Arkansas: 653.2 per 100,000 peopleArkansas653.2Louisiana: 639.7 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana639.7Tennessee: 637.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee637.4California: 503.6 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia503.6Colorado: 500.4 per 100,000 peopleColorado500.4South Carolina: 499 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina499Missouri: 494.4 per 100,000 peopleMissouri494.4Michigan: 463.3 per 100,000 peopleMichigan463.3Nevada: 459.3 per 100,000 peopleNevada459.3Kansas: 446.9 per 100,000 peopleKansas446.9Arizona: 446.2 per 100,000 peopleArizona446.2Alabama: 438.1 per 100,000 peopleAlabama438.1Texas: 436.2 per 100,000 peopleTexas436.2New York: 429.4 per 100,000 peopleNew York429.4Montana: 428.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana428.9Oklahoma: 427 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma427Maryland: 424.5 per 100,000 peopleMaryland424.5North Carolina: 405.3 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina405.3Delaware: 392.4 per 100,000 peopleDelaware392.4South Dakota: 379 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota379Washington: 378.9 per 100,000 peopleWashington378.9Georgia: 371.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia371.2Oregon: 349.4 per 100,000 peopleOregon349.4Massachusetts: 324.2 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts324.2Indiana: 311.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana311.3Wisconsin: 303.6 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin303.6Ohio: 298 per 100,000 peopleOhio298West Virginia: 293.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia293.7Florida: 292.9 per 100,000 peopleFlorida292.9Iowa: 290.7 per 100,000 peopleIowa290.7Illinois: 290.5 per 100,000 peopleIllinois290.5Pennsylvania: 287.2 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania287.2Nebraska: 284.7 per 100,000 peopleNebraska284.7Minnesota: 283.3 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota283.3Hawaii: 276.2 per 100,000 peopleHawaii276.2Idaho: 248.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho248.7Mississippi: 243.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi243.9Utah: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah243.8Virginia: 237.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia237.5Vermont: 223.5 per 100,000 peopleVermont223.5Kentucky: 219.9 per 100,000 peopleKentucky219.9New Jersey: 217.9 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey217.9Wyoming: 204.3 per 100,000 peopleWyoming204.3Rhode Island: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island173.4Connecticut: 153.6 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut153.6New Hampshire: 128.6 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire128.6Maine: 105.5 per 100,000 peopleMaine105.5
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2022
per 100,000 people		Change on 2021
1District of Columbia815.4-135.9 pts
2New Mexico776.8-44 pts
3Alaska767.1+8 pts
4Arkansas653.2-49.2 pts
5Louisiana639.7-23 pts
6Tennessee637.4-34.4 pts
7California503.6+22.4 pts
8Colorado500.4+20 pts
9South Carolina499-14.8 pts
10Missouri494.4-29.9 pts
11Michigan463.3-27.8 pts
12Nevada459.3+27.3 pts
13Kansas446.9+2 pts
14Arizona446.2+20.6 pts
15Alabama438.1+89.8 pts
16Texas436.2-16.8 pts
17New York429.4+121.1 pts
18Montana428.9-40.9 pts
19Oklahoma427-11 pts
20Maryland424.5-10.6 pts
21North Carolina405.3-14.2 pts
22Delaware392.4-26.8 pts
23South Dakota379-12.8 pts
24Washington378.9+43.2 pts
25Georgia371.2+21.4 pts
26Oregon349.4+8.1 pts
27Massachusetts324.2+23.1 pts
28Indiana311.3-21.3 pts
29Wisconsin303.6-21.8 pts
30Ohio298-19.4 pts
31West Virginia293.7+2.2 pts
32Florida292.9-44.4 pts
33Iowa290.7-4.3 pts
34Illinois290.5-54.3 pts
35Pennsylvania287.2+5.4 pts
36Nebraska284.7-12.3 pts
37Minnesota283.3-25.6 pts
38Hawaii276.2+2.2 pts
39Idaho248.7+7.9 pts
40Mississippi243.9-11.5 pts
41Utah243.8-15.3 pts
42Virginia237.5+12 pts
43Vermont223.5+29.5 pts
44Kentucky219.9-49.1 pts
45New Jersey217.9+34.4 pts
46Wyoming204.3-19.5 pts
47Rhode Island173.4-27.1 pts
48Connecticut153.6-15 pts
49New Hampshire128.6-1.1 pts
50Maine105.5-7.4 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. 1 states with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, rate per 100,000 inhabitants, US states by violent crime rate, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2022 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 815.4 per 100,000 people in 2022, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 105.5 per 100,000 people in 2022.

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