Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2023
Updated on September 19, 2025.
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 (1,141.53), followed by New Mexico (746.9), and Alaska (733.6).
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.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
Ranking of US States By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2023
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| Rank | State | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | District of Columbia | 1141.53 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 746.90 |
| 3 | Alaska | 733.60 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 636.47 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 623.30 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 562.07 |
| 7 | California | 506.94 |
| 8 | Colorado | 485.20 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 477.09 |
| 10 | Missouri | 470.99 |
| 11 | Kansas | 468.61 |
| 12 | Michigan | 460.77 |
| 13 | Montana | 448.69 |
| 14 | Maryland | 440.26 |
| 15 | Arizona | 433.76 |
| 16 | Nevada | 433.71 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 418.22 |
| 18 | Alabama | 417.22 |
| 19 | Texas | 407.27 |
| 20 | Delaware | 394.05 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 393.48 |
| 22 | New York | 391.13 |
| 23 | Georgia | 367.01 |
| 24 | Washington | 359.30 |
| 25 | South Dakota | 352.17 |
| 26 | Indiana | 341.77 |
| 27 | Oregon | 332.04 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 320.88 |
| 29 | Illinois | 308.66 |
| 30 | Ohio | 301.30 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 298.04 |
| 32 | Florida | 292.72 |
| 33 | North Dakota | 279.83 |
| 34 | Iowa | 273.64 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 268.91 |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | 267.87 |
| 37 | Minnesota | 262.92 |
| 38 | Virginia | 241.58 |
| 39 | Idaho | 240.37 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 232.66 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 232.07 |
| 42 | Utah | 231.41 |
| 43 | Kentucky | 229.22 |
| 44 | New Jersey | 225.34 |
| 45 | Vermont | 215.97 |
| 46 | Mississippi | 201.86 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 193.65 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 167.48 |
| 49 | Connecticut | 152.40 |
| 50 | New Hampshire | 115.03 |
| 51 | Maine | 103.81 |