States
Violent crime in the United States runs at 318 offences per 100,000 residents a year. By state it goes from 89 in Maine to 786 in Washington, D.C. Every row is counted the same way, from what police agencies report to the FBI over the same twelve months (12 months to Jun 2026).
Crime rate by state
50 states and D.C., per 100k per year| # | State | Violent per 100k | Property per 100k | Homicide per 100k | Violent vs. U.S. | Since 2018 | City pages | County areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, D.C. | 786 | 2,737 | 12.5 | +147% | −19% | 1 | — |
| 2 | Alaska | 676 | 1,701 | 5.9 | +113% | −17% | 1 | — |
| 3 | New Mexico | 638 | 2,216 | 7.6 | +101% | −21% | 2 | — |
| 4 | Arkansas | 543 | 1,648 | 5.9 | +71% | −6% | 3 | — |
| 5 | Louisiana | 455 | 1,750 | 7.1 | +43% | −15% | 2 | — |
| 6 | Tennessee | 452 | 1,455 | 5.5 | +42% | −21% | 5 | — |
| 7 | Kansas | 430 | 1,730 | 4.2 | +35% | +7% | 5 | — |
| 8 | Michigan | 425 | 1,241 | 4.2 | +34% | −6% | 6 | — |
| 9 | Missouri | 417 | 1,564 | 6.6 | +31% | −16% | 5 | — |
| 10 | California | 417 | 1,701 | 3.2 | +31% | −3% | 24 | — |
| 11 | Colorado | 407 | 2,085 | 3.5 | +28% | +7% | 6 | — |
| 12 | Montana | 384 | 1,366 | 2.2 | +21% | +10% | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 384 | 1,714 | 5.1 | +21% | −14% | 3 | — |
| 14 | Arizona | 382 | 1,494 | 4.2 | +20% | −19% | 10 | — |
| 15 | New York | 378 | 1,609 | 2.3 | +19% | +4% | 5 | — |
| 16 | South Carolina | 365 | 1,642 | 6.0 | +15% | −22% | 3 | — |
| 17 | Nevada | 364 | 1,864 | 4.5 | +15% | −32% | 4 | — |
| 18 | Alabama | 338 | 1,414 | 7.8 | +6% | −32% | 3 | — |
| 19 | Delaware | 337 | 1,467 | 3.3 | +6% | −17% | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Maryland | 336 | 1,726 | 4.5 | +6% | −22% | 4 | 10 |
| 21 | Texas | 323 | 1,682 | 4.1 | +2% | −16% | 24 | — |
| 22 | South Dakota | 322 | 1,440 | 2.7 | +1% | −11% | 2 | — |
| 23 | Oregon | 316 | 2,144 | 2.5 | −1% | +7% | 4 | — |
| 24 | North Carolina | 312 | 1,676 | 5.9 | −2% | −4% | 8 | — |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 304 | 1,011 | 1.2 | −4% | −13% | 5 | — |
| 26 | Georgia | 291 | 1,279 | 5.0 | −8% | −10% | 2 | — |
| 27 | Washington | 283 | 1,877 | 2.5 | −11% | −8% | 7 | — |
| 28 | Ohio | 277 | 1,413 | 4.1 | −13% | −8% | 6 | — |
| 29 | Florida | 267 | 1,111 | 3.2 | −16% | −35% | 28 | 22 |
| 30 | West Virginia | 260 | 1,071 | 2.6 | −18% | −13% | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Indiana | 249 | 1,067 | 4.7 | −22% | −32% | 5 | — |
| 32 | Iowa | 236 | 1,109 | 2.0 | −26% | +2% | 3 | — |
| 33 | Mississippi | 229 | 1,280 | 8.0 | −28% | −19% | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Minnesota | 224 | 1,402 | 2.2 | −30% | +2% | 3 | — |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | 223 | 1,297 | 3.9 | −30% | −25% | 4 | — |
| 36 | Illinois | 222 | 1,350 | 3.7 | −30% | −39% | 8 | — |
| 37 | Utah | 221 | 1,266 | 2.2 | −31% | −7% | 4 | — |
| 38 | North Dakota | 220 | 1,360 | 2.0 | −31% | −11% | 3 | — |
| 39 | Idaho | 217 | 601 | 2.1 | −32% | −7% | 6 | 4 |
| 40 | Wisconsin | 216 | 921 | 3.4 | −32% | −18% | 3 | — |
| 41 | Nebraska | 212 | 1,325 | 2.0 | −33% | −24% | 2 | — |
| 42 | Vermont | 207 | 1,245 | 0.8 | −35% | +22% | 1 | — |
| 43 | Virginia | 204 | 1,304 | 3.8 | −36% | +2% | 7 | — |
| 44 | Kentucky | 199 | 1,247 | 2.3 | −37% | −4% | 2 | — |
| 45 | New Jersey | 189 | 1,206 | 1.7 | −40% | −5% | 4 | — |
| 46 | Wyoming | 185 | 1,010 | 2.5 | −42% | −10% | 2 | — |
| 47 | Hawaii | 153 | 1,163 | 2.3 | −52% | −18% | 1 | 3 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 146 | 855 | 1.9 | −54% | −34% | 4 | — |
| 49 | New Hampshire | 123 | 800 | 1.2 | −61% | −33% | 2 | — |
| 50 | Connecticut | 101 | 1,104 | 1.9 | −68% | −47% | 4 | — |
| 51 | Maine | 89 | 869 | 1.0 | −72% | −15% | 1 | — |
Rank 1 is the highest violent crime rate. Rates are FBI offences per 100,000 residents served by the agencies that reported, over the 12 months to Jun 2026. Washington, D.C. is a single city, so its row links to its city page. County areas are the parts of a county that a county police department or sheriff’s office patrols, each with its own page. How we count