Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
Updated on October 3, 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 (1,002.7), followed by Alaska (856.7), and New Mexico (778.6).
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.
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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 |
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| 1 | District of Columbia | 1002.7 |
| 2 | Alaska | 856.7 |
| 3 | New Mexico | 778.6 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 655 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 566 |
| 6 | Nevada | 560.6 |
| 7 | Louisiana | 556.3 |
| 8 | Missouri | 531.2 |
| 9 | Alabama | 522.4 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 506.1 |
| 11 | Arizona | 505.7 |
| 12 | Maryland | 503.3 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 457.4 |
| 14 | Delaware | 457.3 |
| 15 | California | 453.3 |
| 16 | Michigan | 449.9 |
| 17 | Texas | 437.8 |
| 18 | Illinois | 436.2 |
| 19 | South Dakota | 429.8 |
| 20 | Florida | 408.1 |
| 21 | Kansas | 400.4 |
| 22 | Indiana | 395 |
| 23 | Montana | 373.9 |
| 24 | Colorado | 372.2 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 370.4 |
| 26 | West Virginia | 361.2 |
| 27 | New York | 361.1 |
| 28 | Georgia | 356.5 |
| 29 | Massachusetts | 354.3 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 321.8 |
| 31 | Pennsylvania | 313 |
| 32 | Nebraska | 311.8 |
| 33 | Washington | 302.8 |
| 34 | Ohio | 296.8 |
| 35 | Iowa | 287.5 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 282.5 |
| 37 | Oregon | 280.4 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 256.2 |
| 39 | Hawaii | 251.2 |
| 40 | Utah | 242.2 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 239.7 |
| 42 | Idaho | 239.2 |
| 43 | Wyoming | 234.6 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 234.2 |
| 45 | New Jersey | 231.8 |
| 46 | Kentucky | 231.1 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 229.2 |
| 48 | Virginia | 210.4 |
| 49 | New Hampshire | 195.7 |
| 50 | Vermont | 173.3 |
| 51 | Maine | 120.6 |