Crime in the United States - Ranking Each State from 1-50
Violent Crime Rates for Every State in America (Hover over states to display rankings)
Our interactive map ranks each individual state from MOST to LEAST violent
This is the most recent data available as of January 2017
Violent Crimes in the United States - crime data from the FBI (2015)
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State
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Population
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Annual Violent Crimes
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# of Violent Crimes for 10,000 residents
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- State
- Alabama
- Population
- 4,858,979
- Total Crimes
- 22,952
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 47
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- State
- Alaska
- Population
- 738,432
- Total Crimes
- 5,392
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 73
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- State
- Arizona
- Population
- 6,828,065
- Total Crimes
- 28,012
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 41
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- State
- Arkansas
- Population
- 2,978,204
- Total Crimes
- 15,526
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 52
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- State
- California
- Population
- 39,144,818
- Total Crimes
- 166,883
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 43
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- State
- Colorado
- Population
- 5,456,574
- Total Crimes
- 17,515
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 32
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- State
- Connecticut
- Population
- 3,590,886
- Total Crimes
- 7,845
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 22
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- State
- Delaware
- Population
- 945,934
- Total Crimes
- 4,720
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 50
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- State
- Florida
- Population
- 20,271,272
- Total Crimes
- 93,626
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 46
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- State
- Georgia
- Population
- 10,214,860
- Total Crimes
- 38,643
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 38
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- State
- Hawaii
- Population
- 1,431,603
- Total Crimes
- 4,201
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 30
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- State
- Idaho
- Population
- 1,654,930
- Total Crimes
- 3,568
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 22
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- State
- Illinois
- Population
- 12,859,995
- Total Crimes
- 49,354
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 38
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- State
- Indiana
- Population
- 6,619,680
- Total Crimes
- 25,653
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 39
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- State
- Iowa
- Population
- 3,123,899
- Total Crimes
- 8,936
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 29
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- State
- Kansas
- Population
- 2,911,641
- Total Crimes
- 11,353
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 39
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- State
- Kentucky
- Population
- 4,425,092
- Total Crimes
- 9,676
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 22
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- State
- Louisiana
- Population
- 4,670,724
- Total Crimes
- 25,208
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 54
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- State
- Maine
- Population
- 1,329,328
- Total Crimes
- 1,729
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 13
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- State
- Maryland
- Population
- 6,006,401
- Total Crimes
- 27,462
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 46
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- State
- Massachusetts
- Population
- 6,794,422
- Total Crimes
- 26,562
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 39
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- State
- Michigan
- Population
- 9,922,576
- Total Crimes
- 41,231
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 42
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- State
- Michigan
- Population
- 5,489,594
- Total Crimes
- 13,319
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 24
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- State
- Mississippi
- Population
- 2,992,333
- Total Crimes
- 8,254
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 28
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- State
- Missouri
- Population
- 6,083,672
- Total Crimes
- 30,261
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 50
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- State
- Montana
- Population
- 1,032,949
- Total Crimes
- 3,611
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 35
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- State
- Nebraska
- Population
- 1,896,190
- Total Crimes
- 5,212
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 27
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- State
- Nevada
- Population
- 2,890,845
- Total Crimes
- 20,118
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 70
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- State
- New Hampshire
- Population
- 1,330,608
- Total Crimes
- 2,652
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 20
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- State
- New Jersey
- Population
- 8,958,013
- Total Crimes
- 22,879
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 26
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- State
- New Mexico
- Population
- 2,085,109
- Total Crimes
- 13,681
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 66
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- State
- New York
- Population
- 19,795,791
- Total Crimes
- 75,165
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 38
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- State
- North Carolina
- Population
- 10,042,802
- Total Crimes
- 34,852
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 35
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- State
- North Dakota
- Population
- 756,927
- Total Crimes
- 1,812
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 24
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- State
- Ohio
- Population
- 11,613,423
- Total Crimes
- 33,898
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 30
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- State
- Oklahoma
- Population
- 4,028,977
- Total Crimes
- 10,468
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 42
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- State
- Oregon
- Population
- 4,093,465
- Total Crimes
- 12,475
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 26
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- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population
- 12,802,503
- Total Crimes
- 40,339
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 32
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- State
- Rhode Island
- Population
- 1,056,298
- Total Crimes
- 2,562
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 24
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- State
- South Carolina
- Population
- 4,896,146
- Total Crimes
- 24,700
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 51
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- State
- South Dakota
- Population
- 858,469
- Total Crimes
- 3,289
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 38
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- State
- Tennessee
- Population
- 6,600,299
- Total Crimes
- 40,400
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 61
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- State
- Texas
- Population
- 27,469,114
- Total Crimes
- 113,227
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 41
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- State
- Utah
- Population
- 2,995,919
- Total Crimes
- 7,071
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 24
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- State
- Vermont
- Population
- 626,042
- Total Crimes
- 739
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 12
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- State
- Virginia
- Population
- 8,382,993
- Total Crimes
- 16,399
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 20
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- State
- Washington
- Population
- 7,170,351
- Total Crimes
- 20,394
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 28
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- State
- West Virginia
- Population
- 1,844,128
- Total Crimes
- 6,231
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 34
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- State
- Wisconsin
- Population
- 5,771,337
- Total Crimes
- 17,647
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 31
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- State
- Wyoming
- Population
- 586,107
- Total Crimes
- 1,302
- # of crimes for 10,000 residents
- 22
*Violent Crimes Include: Murder, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault. Data does not include property crimes.
Data source - fbi.gov
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