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US states by violent crime rate

District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate of 51 states in 2024, at 1,015.6 per 100,000 people. Maine had the lowest, at 102.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 325.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 362.9 per 100,000 people. Source: FBI.

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Highest1,015.6District of Columbia
Lowest102.3Maine
Median325.851 states
United States362.9History

Map of states, 2024

Alabama: 372.9 per 100,000 peopleAlaska: 729.1 per 100,000 peopleArizona: 431.5 per 100,000 peopleArkansas: 586.8 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia: 475.3 per 100,000 peopleColorado: 494.5 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut: 139 per 100,000 peopleDelaware: 367.9 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia: 1,015.6 per 100,000 peopleFlorida: 275.2 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia: 319.7 per 100,000 peopleHawaii: 230.4 per 100,000 peopleIdaho: 235.7 per 100,000 peopleIllinois: 290.3 per 100,000 peopleIndiana: 325.8 per 100,000 peopleIowa: 242.6 per 100,000 peopleKansas: 460.7 per 100,000 peopleKentucky: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana: 523.5 per 100,000 peopleMaine: 102.3 per 100,000 peopleMaryland: 425.4 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts: 317.1 per 100,000 peopleMichigan: 436.9 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota: 259.5 per 100,000 peopleMississippi: 226.9 per 100,000 peopleMissouri: 467 per 100,000 peopleMontana: 429.9 per 100,000 peopleNebraska: 219.4 per 100,000 peopleNevada: 407.9 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire: 112 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey: 219.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico: 725.3 per 100,000 peopleNew York: 389.1 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina: 379.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota: 256.7 per 100,000 peopleOhio: 301 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma: 428.5 per 100,000 peopleOregon: 337.9 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania: 250.1 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island: 154.8 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina: 440.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota: 333.2 per 100,000 peopleTennessee: 602.4 per 100,000 peopleTexas: 394.5 per 100,000 peopleUtah: 232.8 per 100,000 peopleVermont: 225.3 per 100,000 peopleVirginia: 222.5 per 100,000 peopleWashington: 330.1 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia: 253.2 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin: 284.4 per 100,000 peopleWyoming: 205.9 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

District of Columbia: 1,015.6 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,015.6Alaska: 729.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska729.1New Mexico: 725.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico725.3Tennessee: 602.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee602.4Arkansas: 586.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas586.8Louisiana: 523.5 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana523.5Colorado: 494.5 per 100,000 peopleColorado494.5California: 475.3 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia475.3Missouri: 467 per 100,000 peopleMissouri467Kansas: 460.7 per 100,000 peopleKansas460.7South Carolina: 440.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina440.3Michigan: 436.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan436.9Arizona: 431.5 per 100,000 peopleArizona431.5Montana: 429.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana429.9Oklahoma: 428.5 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma428.5Maryland: 425.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland425.4Nevada: 407.9 per 100,000 peopleNevada407.9Texas: 394.5 per 100,000 peopleTexas394.5New York: 389.1 per 100,000 peopleNew York389.1North Carolina: 379.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina379.2Alabama: 372.9 per 100,000 peopleAlabama372.9Delaware: 367.9 per 100,000 peopleDelaware367.9Oregon: 337.9 per 100,000 peopleOregon337.9South Dakota: 333.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota333.2Washington: 330.1 per 100,000 peopleWashington330.1Indiana: 325.8 per 100,000 peopleIndiana325.8Georgia: 319.7 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia319.7Massachusetts: 317.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts317.1Ohio: 301 per 100,000 peopleOhio301Illinois: 290.3 per 100,000 peopleIllinois290.3Wisconsin: 284.4 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin284.4Florida: 275.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida275.2Minnesota: 259.5 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota259.5North Dakota: 256.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota256.7West Virginia: 253.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia253.2Pennsylvania: 250.1 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania250.1Iowa: 242.6 per 100,000 peopleIowa242.6Idaho: 235.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho235.7Utah: 232.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah232.8Hawaii: 230.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii230.4Mississippi: 226.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi226.9Kentucky: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleKentucky225.8Vermont: 225.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont225.3Virginia: 222.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia222.5New Jersey: 219.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey219.7Nebraska: 219.4 per 100,000 peopleNebraska219.4Wyoming: 205.9 per 100,000 peopleWyoming205.9Rhode Island: 154.8 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island154.8Connecticut: 139 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut139New Hampshire: 112 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire112Maine: 102.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine102.3District of Columbia: 1,015.6 per 100,000 peopleDistrict of Columbia1,015.6Alaska: 729.1 per 100,000 peopleAlaska729.1New Mexico: 725.3 per 100,000 peopleNew Mexico725.3Tennessee: 602.4 per 100,000 peopleTennessee602.4Arkansas: 586.8 per 100,000 peopleArkansas586.8Louisiana: 523.5 per 100,000 peopleLouisiana523.5Colorado: 494.5 per 100,000 peopleColorado494.5California: 475.3 per 100,000 peopleCalifornia475.3Missouri: 467 per 100,000 peopleMissouri467Kansas: 460.7 per 100,000 peopleKansas460.7South Carolina: 440.3 per 100,000 peopleSouth Carolina440.3Michigan: 436.9 per 100,000 peopleMichigan436.9Arizona: 431.5 per 100,000 peopleArizona431.5Montana: 429.9 per 100,000 peopleMontana429.9Oklahoma: 428.5 per 100,000 peopleOklahoma428.5Maryland: 425.4 per 100,000 peopleMaryland425.4Nevada: 407.9 per 100,000 peopleNevada407.9Texas: 394.5 per 100,000 peopleTexas394.5New York: 389.1 per 100,000 peopleNew York389.1North Carolina: 379.2 per 100,000 peopleNorth Carolina379.2Alabama: 372.9 per 100,000 peopleAlabama372.9Delaware: 367.9 per 100,000 peopleDelaware367.9Oregon: 337.9 per 100,000 peopleOregon337.9South Dakota: 333.2 per 100,000 peopleSouth Dakota333.2Washington: 330.1 per 100,000 peopleWashington330.1Indiana: 325.8 per 100,000 peopleIndiana325.8Georgia: 319.7 per 100,000 peopleGeorgia319.7Massachusetts: 317.1 per 100,000 peopleMassachusetts317.1Ohio: 301 per 100,000 peopleOhio301Illinois: 290.3 per 100,000 peopleIllinois290.3Wisconsin: 284.4 per 100,000 peopleWisconsin284.4Florida: 275.2 per 100,000 peopleFlorida275.2Minnesota: 259.5 per 100,000 peopleMinnesota259.5North Dakota: 256.7 per 100,000 peopleNorth Dakota256.7West Virginia: 253.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Virginia253.2Pennsylvania: 250.1 per 100,000 peoplePennsylvania250.1Iowa: 242.6 per 100,000 peopleIowa242.6Idaho: 235.7 per 100,000 peopleIdaho235.7Utah: 232.8 per 100,000 peopleUtah232.8Hawaii: 230.4 per 100,000 peopleHawaii230.4Mississippi: 226.9 per 100,000 peopleMississippi226.9Kentucky: 225.8 per 100,000 peopleKentucky225.8Vermont: 225.3 per 100,000 peopleVermont225.3Virginia: 222.5 per 100,000 peopleVirginia222.5New Jersey: 219.7 per 100,000 peopleNew Jersey219.7Nebraska: 219.4 per 100,000 peopleNebraska219.4Wyoming: 205.9 per 100,000 peopleWyoming205.9Rhode Island: 154.8 per 100,000 peopleRhode Island154.8Connecticut: 139 per 100,000 peopleConnecticut139New Hampshire: 112 per 100,000 peopleNew Hampshire112Maine: 102.3 per 100,000 peopleMaine102.3
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from FBI. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2024
per 100,000 people		Change on 2023
1District of Columbia1,015.6-125.9 pts
2Alaska729.1-4.5 pts
3New Mexico725.3-21.6 pts
4Tennessee602.4-34.1 pts
5Arkansas586.8-36.5 pts
6Louisiana523.5-38.6 pts
7Colorado494.5+9.3 pts
8California475.3-31.6 pts
9Missouri467-4 pts
10Kansas460.7-7.9 pts
11South Carolina440.3-36.8 pts
12Michigan436.9-23.9 pts
13Arizona431.5-2.3 pts
14Montana429.9-18.8 pts
15Oklahoma428.5+10.3 pts
16Maryland425.4-14.9 pts
17Nevada407.9-25.8 pts
18Texas394.5-12.8 pts
19New York389.1-2 pts
20North Carolina379.2-14.3 pts
21Alabama372.9-44.3 pts
22Delaware367.9-26.1 pts
23Oregon337.9+5.9 pts
24South Dakota333.2-19 pts
25Washington330.1-29.2 pts
26Indiana325.8-16 pts
27Georgia319.7-47.3 pts
28Massachusetts317.1-3.8 pts
29Ohio301-0.3 pts
30Illinois290.3-18.4 pts
31Wisconsin284.4-13.6 pts
32Florida275.2-17.5 pts
33Minnesota259.5-3.4 pts
34North Dakota256.7-23.1 pts
35West Virginia253.2-15.7 pts
36Pennsylvania250.1-17.8 pts
37Iowa242.6-31 pts
38Idaho235.7-4.7 pts
39Utah232.8+1.4 pts
40Hawaii230.4-1.7 pts
41Mississippi226.9+25 pts
42Kentucky225.8-3.4 pts
43Vermont225.3+9.3 pts
44Virginia222.5-19.1 pts
45New Jersey219.7-5.6 pts
46Nebraska219.4-13.3 pts
47Wyoming205.9+12.2 pts
48Rhode Island154.8-12.7 pts
49Connecticut139-13.4 pts
50New Hampshire112-3 pts
51Maine102.3-1.5 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/violent-crime-rate/us-states?period=2024 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest violent crime rate?

District of Columbia, with 1,015.6 per 100,000 people in 2024, according to FBI.

Which state has the lowest violent crime rate?

Maine, with 102.3 per 100,000 people in 2024.

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