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The FBI’s crime statistics estimates, based on reported data for 2023, show that national violent crime decreased an estimated 3.0% in 2023 compared to 2022 estimates: Murder and non-negligent...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
Crime rates in the state are driven up by high concentrations of violence in some cities. Both the Pine Bluff and Little Rock metropolitan areas' violent crime rates -- at 1,098 and 939 incidents for every 100,000 residents, respectively -- are far higher than the national average.
States with the highest and lowest crime rates. New Mexico had the highest violent crime rate of any state at 780.5 incidences per 100,000 residents, followed by Alaska (758.9), Arkansas (645.3), Louisiana (628.6), and Tennessee (621.6).
Find crime statistics around the U.S. using the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. Use the Crime Data Explorer to find statistics about different types of crime nationally or in your state, county, or town.
U.S. News ranks states based on violent crime rate. See which states have the lowest violent crime rates.
Americans tend to believe crime is up, even when official data shows it is down. In 23 of 27 Gallup surveys conducted since 1993, at least 60% of U.S. adults have said there is more crime nationally than there was the year before, despite the downward trend in crime rates during most of that period.
This page lists key statistics from the latest annual crime report published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report, published on October 16, 2023, includes data on crime at the national, state, and local levels for 2022 along with comparisons against previous years.
Each year, SafeHome analysts dig into the latest FBI’s Crime in the United States reports. This year, we determined which cities have particularly high rates of property and violent crimes compared to other cities with similar populations. Here are some key findings:
The Quarterly Uniform Crime Report (Q2), January-June 2024, provides a preliminary look at crime trends for January through June 2024 compared to January through June 2023.