Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2018

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2018, among US states and DC, California had the highest number of Violent Crimes (176,604), followed by Texas (118,197), and Florida (81,980).

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

You can see similar rankings for other crime types.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2018 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2018
California
176,604
Texas
118,197
Florida
81,980
New York
68,512
Illinois
52,343
Michigan
45,176
Tennessee
42,687
Pennsylvania
39,099
North Carolina
36,980
Georgia
35,619
Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2018
Rank
State
Number of Crimes
1 California 176,604
2 Texas 118,197
3 Florida 81,980
4 New York 68,512
5 Illinois 52,343
6 Michigan 45,176
7 Tennessee 42,687
8 Pennsylvania 39,099
9 North Carolina 36,980
10 Georgia 35,619
11 Ohio 34,426
12 Arizona 34,053
13 Missouri 30,696
14 Maryland 28,330
15 Alabama 25,567
16 South Carolina 25,463
17 Louisiana 25,314
18 Indiana 25,009
19 Washington 23,719
20 Massachusetts 23,424
21 Colorado 22,851
22 Oklahoma 18,701
23 New Jersey 18,536
24 New Mexico 17,637
25 Wisconsin 17,365
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