Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012

Updated on March 18, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, among US states and DC, District of Columbia had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,243.7), followed by Tennessee (643.6), and Nevada (607.6).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all states and DC.

You can see similar rankings for other crime types.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2012 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
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Rank State Crime Rate Per 100K
1 District of Columbia 1243.7
2 Tennessee 643.6
3 Nevada 607.6
4 Alaska 603.2
5 New Mexico 559.1
6 South Carolina 558.8
7 Delaware 547.4
8 Louisiana 496.9
9 Florida 487.1
10 Maryland 476.8
11 Oklahoma 469.3
12 Arkansas 469.1
13 Michigan 454.5
14 Missouri 450.9
15 Alabama 449.9
16 Arizona 428.9
17 California 423.1
18 Illinois 414.8
19 Texas 408.6
20 New York 406.8
21 Massachusetts 405.5
22 Georgia 378.9
23 Kansas 354.6
24 North Carolina 353.4
25 Pennsylvania 348.7
26 Indiana 345.7
27 South Dakota 321.8
28 West Virginia 316.3
29 Colorado 308.9
30 Ohio 299.7
31 Washington 295.6
32 New Jersey 290.2
33 Connecticut 283
34 Wisconsin 280.5
35 Montana 272.2
36 Iowa 263.9
37 Mississippi 260.8
38 Nebraska 259.4
39 Rhode Island 252.4
40 Oregon 247.6
41 North Dakota 244.7
42 Hawaii 239.2
43 Minnesota 230.9
44 Kentucky 222.6
45 Idaho 207.9
46 Utah 205.8
47 Wyoming 201.4
48 Virginia 190.1
49 New Hampshire 187.9
50 Vermont 142.6
51 Maine 122.7