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This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
Between 2021 and 2022, violent crime decreased in 35 states and Washington, DC. The greatest annual increases were in New York (39.2%), Alabama (17.4%), and Vermont (14.4%), while the largest decreases in violent crime rates occurred in Florida (23.3), Kentucky (20.4%), and Illinois (16.7%).
U.S. News ranks states based on violent crime rate. See which states have the lowest violent crime rates.
Crime rates in the state are driven up by high concentrations of violence in some cities. Both the Pine Bluff and Little Rock metropolitan areas' violent crime rates -- at 1,098 and 939 incidents for every 100,000 residents, respectively -- are far higher than the national average.
The FBI’s crime statistics estimates, based on reported data for 2023, show that national violent crime decreased an estimated 3.0% in 2023 compared to 2022 estimates: Murder and non-negligent...
Crime rates vary across the country, but our analysis reveals the most and least dangerous states in the U.S. The states with the worst crime rates are New Mexico and Arkansas.
The five states with the highest Reported Crime Rates (per 100k) after New Mexico and Louisiana are; Colorado, South Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Washington. In contrast, New Hampshire reports the lowest crime rate, with only 2,344 incidents per 100k.
This page lists key statistics from the latest annual crime report published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report, published on October 16, 2023, includes data on crime at the national, state, and local levels for 2022 along with comparisons against previous years.
This map visualizes the rate of violent crime per 100,000 individuals by U.S. state in 2022, with the figures from the FBI. The data is current as of October 2023. The FBI national crime statistics for 2022 are based on data received from 16,100 of 18,930 participating law enforcement agencies in the country that year.
In 2022, the District of Columbia had the highest reported violent crime rate in the United States, with 812.3 violent crimes per 100,000 of the population. Maine had the lowest reported...