Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017

Updated on March 18, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, among US states and DC, District of Columbia had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,004.9), followed by Alaska (829), and New Mexico (783.5).

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 2017 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Rank State Crime Rate Per 100K
1 District of Columbia 1004.9
2 Alaska 829
3 New Mexico 783.5
4 Tennessee 651.5
5 Louisiana 557
6 Nevada 555.9
7 Arkansas 554.9
8 Missouri 530.3
9 Alabama 524.2
10 Arizona 508
11 South Carolina 506.2
12 Maryland 500.2
13 Oklahoma 456.2
14 Delaware 453.4
15 Michigan 450
16 California 449.3
17 Texas 438.9
18 Illinois 438.8
19 South Dakota 433.6
20 Kansas 413
21 Florida 408
22 Indiana 399
23 Montana 377.1
24 Colorado 368.1
25 North Carolina 363.7
26 Massachusetts 358
27 Georgia 357.2
28 New York 356.7
29 West Virginia 350.7
30 Wisconsin 319.9
31 Pennsylvania 313.3
32 Nebraska 305.9
33 Washington 304.5
34 Ohio 297.5
35 Iowa 293.4
36 Mississippi 285.7
37 Oregon 281.8
38 North Dakota 281.3
39 Hawaii 250.6
40 Utah 238.9
41 Minnesota 238.3
42 Wyoming 237.5
43 Rhode Island 232.2
44 New Jersey 228.8
45 Connecticut 228
46 Idaho 226.4
47 Kentucky 225.8
48 Virginia 208.2
49 New Hampshire 198.7
50 Vermont 165.8
51 Maine 121