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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.)
2 mar 2022 · Homicide Mortality by State. Print. ¹ The number of deaths per 100,000 total population. Source: https://wonder.cdc.gov. States are categorized from highest rate to lowest rate.
12 lis 2024 · There were a total of 19,252 reported homicide cases in the U.S. in 2023. When looking at murder victims by gender and ethnicity, the vast majority were male, while just over half of the...
According to the FBI, there were 21,156 cases of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, defined as the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another, in 2022 - equivalent to a rate of...
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.
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.
