Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023

Updated on September 19, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, among US states and DC, California had the highest number of Violent Crimes (198,715), followed by Texas (125,145), and New York (77,199).

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 2023 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
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Ranking of US States By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
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Rank State Number of Crimes
1 California 198715
2 Texas 125145
3 New York 77199
4 Florida 67048
5 Michigan 46461
6 Tennessee 45497
7 North Carolina 42815
8 Georgia 40607
9 Illinois 39022
10 Ohio 35626
11 Pennsylvania 34871
12 Arizona 32415
13 Missouri 29239
14 Colorado 28633
15 Washington 28231
16 Maryland 27371
17 Louisiana 25788
18 South Carolina 25705
19 Indiana 23514
20 Massachusetts 22675
21 Alabama 21352
22 New Jersey 21136
23 Virginia 21101
24 Arkansas 19132
25 Wisconsin 17675
26 Oklahoma 16996
27 New Mexico 15843
28 Minnesota 15126
29 Oregon 14124
30 Nevada 13941
31 Kansas 13831
32 Kentucky 10431
33 Iowa 8807
34 Utah 7968
35 District of Columbia 7846
36 Mississippi 5941
37 Connecticut 5552
38 Alaska 5403
39 Montana 5076
40 West Virginia 4761
41 Idaho 4738
42 Nebraska 4625
43 Delaware 4084
44 Hawaii 3345
45 South Dakota 3234
46 North Dakota 2208
47 Rhode Island 1848
48 New Hampshire 1613
49 Maine 1453
50 Vermont 1401
51 Wyoming 1133