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Violent crime rate per 100,000: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Violent crime by type and state (FBI reported offenses): Violent crime, rate per 100,000 (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Violent crime by type and state (FBI reported offenses), ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-30
Download full table CSVSource: FBI, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (opens in a new tab)
Washington: 332Idaho: 236.8Montana: 427.9North Dakota: 257.9Minnesota: 259.4Michigan: 442.7Ohio: 312.2Pennsylvania: 251.4New York: 392Vermont: 226.8New Hampshire: 112.6Maine: 102.6Arizona: 433.5California: 478.4New Mexico: 744.3Texas: 398.1Louisiana: 504.4Mississippi: 214.8Alabama: 381Florida: 257.9Georgia: 328.3South Carolina: 440.8North Carolina: 382.8Virginia: 223.9District of Columbia: 1,016.6Maryland: 425.9Delaware: 368.6New Jersey: 221.6Connecticut: 139.3Rhode Island: 155Massachusetts: 317.8Oregon: 341.2Utah: 238Wyoming: 212.5Nevada: 408.8Colorado: 489.3South Dakota: 357.8Nebraska: 224.6Kansas: 474.7Oklahoma: 429.6Iowa: 247.3Missouri: 472.6Wisconsin: 287.8Illinois: 294.8Kentucky: 226.9Arkansas: 589.7Tennessee: 604.6West Virginia: 263.6Indiana: 349.3Alaska: 731.9Hawaii: 230.3

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 102.6 to 226.9
  • Group 2: 226.9 to 287.8
  • Group 3: 287.8 to 381
  • Group 4: 381 to 442.7
  • Highest: 442.7 to 1,016.6
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Caution against ranking: the FBI warns that rankings based on its Uniform Crime Reporting data “lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions”. Agency participation, reporting practices and local conditions vary, so differences between states partly reflect reporting rather than crime. Source: FBI, Caution Against Ranking (Hate Crime Statistics).

1District of Columbia1,016.6
2New Mexico744.3
3Alaska731.9
4Tennessee604.6
5Arkansas589.7
6Louisiana504.4
7Colorado489.3
8California478.4
9Kansas474.7
10Missouri472.6
11Michigan442.7
12South Carolina440.8
13Arizona433.5
14Oklahoma429.6
15Montana427.9
16Maryland425.9
17Nevada408.8
18Texas398.1
19New York392
20North Carolina382.8
21Alabama381
22Delaware368.6
23South Dakota357.8
24Indiana349.3
25Oregon341.2
26Washington332
27Georgia328.3
28Massachusetts317.8
29Ohio312.2
30Illinois294.8
31Wisconsin287.8
32West Virginia263.6
33Minnesota259.4
34Florida257.9
34North Dakota257.9
36Pennsylvania251.4
37Iowa247.3
38Utah238
39Idaho236.8
40Hawaii230.3
41Kentucky226.9
42Vermont226.8
43Nebraska224.6
44Virginia223.9
45New Jersey221.6
46Mississippi214.8
47Wyoming212.5
48Rhode Island155
49Connecticut139.3
50New Hampshire112.6
51Maine102.6

Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer API: summarized state offense data, Jan–Dec 2024 (retrieved 2026-10-30). Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by violent crime by type and state (FBI reported offenses): Violent crime, rate per 100,000 (derived) (2024). Data: FBI, Crime Data Explorer API, summarized state offense data (Uniform Crime Reporting Program), January–December 2024, retrieved 2026-10-30; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-violent-crime-by-type-and-state-fbi-reported-offenses-violent-crime-rate-per-100000-derived/

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