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
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Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2018
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Rank State Number of Crimes
1 California 176604
2 Texas 118197
3 Florida 81980
4 New York 68512
5 Illinois 52343
6 Michigan 45176
7 Tennessee 42687
8 Pennsylvania 39099
9 North Carolina 36980
10 Georgia 35619
11 Ohio 34426
12 Arizona 34053
13 Missouri 30696
14 Maryland 28330
15 Alabama 25567
16 South Carolina 25463
17 Louisiana 25314
18 Indiana 25009
19 Washington 23719
20 Massachusetts 23424
21 Colorado 22851
22 Oklahoma 18701
23 New Jersey 18536
24 New Mexico 17637
25 Wisconsin 17365
26 Virginia 17357
27 Arkansas 16904
28 Nevada 16715
29 Kansas 12861
30 Minnesota 12403
31 Oregon 12146
32 Kentucky 9719
33 Iowa 8303
34 Mississippi 7929
35 Utah 7551
36 Connecticut 7485
37 District of Columbia 6995
38 Alaska 6555
39 Nebraska 5583
40 West Virginia 5411
41 Idaho 4196
42 Delaware 4079
43 Montana 4040
44 Hawaii 3622
45 South Dakota 3483
46 New Hampshire 2404
47 Rhode Island 2326
48 North Dakota 2154
49 Maine 1500
50 Wyoming 1235
51 Vermont 1155