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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.
17 sie 2024 · 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.
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.
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.
23 lut 2024 · States with the highest and lowest crime rates. New Mexico had the highest violent crime rate of any state at 780.5 incidences per 100,000 residents, followed by Alaska (758.9), Arkansas (645.3), Louisiana (628.6), and Tennessee (621.6).
24 paź 2022 · See the map of violent crime rate by state in 2020, based on FBI data. The District of Columbia had the highest rate, while Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont had the lowest.
U.S. News ranks states based on violent crime rate. See which states have the lowest violent crime rates.
