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This is a list of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate. It is typically expressed in units of deaths per 100,000 individuals per year; a homicide rate of 4 in a population of 100,000 would mean 4 murders a year, or 0.004% out of the total. The data is from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), [5] and the Federal Bureau of ...
The average violent crime rate in the District of Columbia from 1960 through 1999 was 1,722 violent crimes per 100,000 population, [10] and violent crime, since peaking in the mid-1990s, decreased by 62.5% in the 1995–2018 period (property crime decreased 54.0% during the same period). However, violent crime is still more than twice the ...
Violent crime in the United States has been in decline since colonial times. The homicide rate has been estimated to be over 30 per 100,000 people in 1700, dropping to under 20 by 1800, and to under 10 by 1900, though these estimates, particularly the older ones, should be regarded as highly speculative.
In addition, the United States has a higher rate of firearm ownership than any other nation. The United States' gun homicide rate, while high compared to other developed nations, has been declining since the 1990s. [210] Homicide rates per 100,000 by state. US map. Gun Control has limited the availability of firearms to many individuals.
The average homicide rate in the United States was 5.3 murders per 100,000 people in 2016. This rate was as high as 10 per 100,000 in 1980 and 9 per 100,000 in early 90s.
In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [ 5 ] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [ 6 ]
National Library of Medicine, Examining the relationship between the prevalence of guns and homicide rates in the USA using a new and improved state-level gun ownership proxy, April 16, 2014
Violent crime rate by state (2022) [1] 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.