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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.
24 maj 2024 · Homicide rates by state. In 2022, 12 states had homicide rates less than half the national average, while the top two states exceeded twice the national rate. (Data was unreliable in Vermont and Wyoming.)
In 2019, Mississippi had 15.4 murders per 100,000 people, which still made it the state with the highest murder rate. Louisiana has the second-highest murder rate of 19.9 murders per 100,000 residents.
The Southern states demonstrate significantly higher murder rates than the rest of the country, with Mississippi leading at a rate of 23.7 homicides per 100,000 people, followed by Louisiana at 21.3, and Alabama at 15.9. In stark contrast, the Northeast carries the lowest homicide rates.
12 lis 2024 · California reported the largest number of homicides to the FBI in 2023, at 1,929 for the year. Texas recorded the second-highest number of murders, with 1,845 for the year. Homicide...
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.
States are categorized from highest rate to lowest rate. Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may affect the level of mortality.
