Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016

Updated on October 3, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, among US states and DC, District of Columbia had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,203.5), followed by Alaska (804.6), and New Mexico (699.4).

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 2016 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
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Rank State Crime Rate Per 100K
1 District of Columbia 1203.5
2 Alaska 804.6
3 New Mexico 699.4
4 Nevada 677.9
5 Tennessee 638.5
6 Louisiana 565
7 Arkansas 554.3
8 Alabama 532.4
9 Missouri 520.8
10 Delaware 510
11 South Carolina 506.8
12 Maryland 481.7
13 Arizona 471
14 Michigan 460.9
15 Oklahoma 455.3
16 California 444.8
17 Illinois 436.7
18 Texas 433.8
19 Florida 429.4
20 South Dakota 422
21 Kansas 401.2
22 Indiana 399.7
23 Georgia 390.4
24 Massachusetts 380.7
25 New York 374.6
26 Montana 374.1
27 North Carolina 371.8
28 West Virginia 362.7
29 Colorado 344.1
30 Pennsylvania 315.9
31 Ohio 307.7
32 Wisconsin 306.9
33 Washington 303.5
34 Nebraska 296.8
35 Iowa 292.9
36 Mississippi 281.7
37 Oregon 268.8
38 North Dakota 252.1
39 Wyoming 244.7
40 New Jersey 243.5
41 Utah 243.3
42 Minnesota 241.9
43 Hawaii 241.6
44 Rhode Island 239.1
45 Kentucky 235.6
46 Idaho 230.7
47 Connecticut 227.7
48 Virginia 219.8
49 New Hampshire 199.8
50 Vermont 136.5
51 Maine 124