Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2023

Updated on October 4, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, among US states and DC, District of Columbia had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,150.9), followed by New Mexico (749.3), and Alaska (726.3).

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 2023 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2023
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Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2023
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Rank State Crime Rate Per 100K
1 District of Columbia 1150.9
2 New Mexico 749.3
3 Alaska 726.3
4 Tennessee 628.2
5 Arkansas 619.9
6 Louisiana 548
7 California 508.2
8 Colorado 474
9 South Carolina 471
10 Missouri 458.7
11 Michigan 457.2
12 Montana 442
13 Kansas 429.7
14 Maryland 426.2
15 Nevada 416.8
16 Oklahoma 413.7
17 Arizona 408.8
18 Texas 406
19 Alabama 403.9
20 North Carolina 391.4
21 New York 389.8
22 Delaware 380.2
23 Washington 357.2
24 Georgia 351.8
25 South Dakota 349.7
26 Indiana 332.2
27 Oregon 326.3
28 Massachusetts 314.2
29 Illinois 310.1
30 Florida 290.2
31 Wisconsin 288.6
32 Ohio 286.5
33 Iowa 279.9
34 North Dakota 267.4
35 Pennsylvania 266.4
36 West Virginia 265.5
37 Minnesota 261.1
38 Virginia 236.2
39 Idaho 234
40 Utah 232.2
41 Nebraska 229.7
42 Kentucky 224.3
43 New Jersey 221.3
44 Vermont 210.4
45 Mississippi 202.8
46 Wyoming 191.1
47 Hawaii 187.1
48 Rhode Island 167.8
49 Connecticut 150.2
50 New Hampshire 107.2
51 Maine 102.5