Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020

Updated on October 3, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among US states and DC, District of Columbia had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (999.8), followed by Alaska (837.8), and New Mexico (778.3).

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 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
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Rank State Crime Rate Per 100K
1 District of Columbia 999.8
2 Alaska 837.8
3 New Mexico 778.3
4 Tennessee 672.7
5 Arkansas 671.9
6 Louisiana 639.4
7 Missouri 542.7
8 South Carolina 530.7
9 South Dakota 501.4
10 Arizona 484.8
11 Michigan 478
12 Montana 469.8
13 Nevada 460.3
14 Oklahoma 458.6
15 Alabama 453.6
16 Texas 446.5
17 California 442
18 Delaware 431.9
19 Illinois 425.9
20 Kansas 425
21 Colorado 423.1
22 North Carolina 419.3
23 Georgia 400.1
24 Maryland 399.9
25 Pennsylvania 389.5
26 Florida 383.6
27 New York 363.8
28 Indiana 357.7
29 West Virginia 355.9
30 Nebraska 334.1
31 North Dakota 329
32 Wisconsin 323.4
33 Massachusetts 308.8
33 Ohio 308.8
34 Iowa 303.5
35 Washington 293.7
36 Oregon 291.9
37 Mississippi 291.2
38 Minnesota 277.5
39 Utah 260.7
40 Kentucky 259.1
41 Hawaii 254.2
42 Idaho 242.6
43 Wyoming 234.2
44 Rhode Island 230.8
45 Virginia 208.7
46 New Jersey 195.4
47 Connecticut 181.6
48 Vermont 173.4
49 New Hampshire 146.4
50 Maine 108.6