Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
Updated on October 3, 2024.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, among US states and DC, Tennessee had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (638.5), followed by Nevada (608.6), and Alaska (604.1).
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.
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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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| Rank | State | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | Tennessee | 638.5 |
| 2 | Nevada | 608.6 |
| 3 | Alaska | 604.1 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 560.5 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 559.6 |
| 6 | Delaware | 550.5 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 496.3 |
| 8 | Florida | 487 |
| 9 | Maryland | 477.3 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 474.4 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 469.6 |
| 12 | Michigan | 455 |
| 13 | Missouri | 451.3 |
| 14 | Alabama | 450.3 |
| 15 | California | 423.5 |
| 16 | Illinois | 416.2 |
| 17 | Texas | 408.6 |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 407 |
| 19 | New York | 406.3 |
| 20 | Georgia | 380 |
| 21 | Kansas | 356.7 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 353.5 |
| 23 | Indiana | 344.8 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 323.8 |
| 25 | West Virginia | 320.1 |
| 26 | Colorado | 307.4 |
| 27 | Ohio | 301.5 |
| 28 | New Jersey | 290.1 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 283.5 |
| 30 | Montana | 278.8 |
| 31 | Iowa | 265.6 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 260.1 |
| 33 | Nebraska | 258.8 |
| 34 | Rhode Island | 253 |
| 35 | Oregon | 247.1 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 245.7 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 243 |
| 38 | Minnesota | 230.9 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 224.9 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 215 |
| 41 | Idaho | 209.8 |
| 42 | Utah | 208 |
| 43 | Wyoming | 201.3 |
| 44 | Virginia | 191.5 |
| 45 | Vermont | 142.3 |