Ranking of US States By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2021

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, among US states and DC, California had the highest number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes (2,346), followed by Texas (2,087), and Illinois (1,150).

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 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2021
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Ranking of US States By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2021
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Rank State Number of Crimes
1 California 2346
2 Texas 2087
3 Illinois 1150
4 Pennsylvania 1087
5 North Carolina 995
6 Florida 937
7 Louisiana 907
8 Ohio 883
9 New York 871
10 Georgia 851
11 Michigan 761
12 Tennessee 709
13 Maryland 680
14 Missouri 630
15 South Carolina 590
16 Virginia 573
17 Indiana 490
18 Arizona 485
19 Alabama 476
20 New Jersey 381
21 Kentucky 374
22 Colorado 360
23 Arkansas 334
24 Wisconsin 332
25 Washington 331
26 Oklahoma 304
27 Mississippi 274
27 District of Columbia 274
28 New Mexico 273
29 Nevada 239
30 Oregon 204
31 Minnesota 203
32 Connecticut 155
33 Kansas 142
34 Massachusetts 134
35 West Virginia 108
36 Delaware 97
37 Utah 94
38 Iowa 73
39 Nebraska 57
40 Alaska 45
41 Idaho 43
42 Rhode Island 37
43 Montana 36
44 South Dakota 27
45 Hawaii 23
46 Maine 20
47 Wyoming 18
48 North Dakota 14
49 New Hampshire 13
50 Vermont 9