Rate per 100,000 inhabitants; Rank: 1 - Most Crime, 50 - Least Crime
| State | Voilent Crime | Property Crime |
| Rate | Rank | Rate | Rank |
| ALABAMA | 430 | 24 | 4049 | 16 |
| ALASKA | 593 | 10 | 3742 | 21 |
| ARIZONA | 513 | 15 | 5632 | 2 |
| ARKANSAS | 456 | 21 | 3621 | 25 |
| CALIFORNIA | 579 | 11 | 3424 | 26 |
| COLORADO | 345 | 31 | 3941 | 19 |
| CONNECTICUT | 308 | 34 | 2607 | 41 |
| DELAWARE | 658 | 7 | 3384 | 27 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 | 1608 | 1 | 5800 | 1 |
| FLORIDA | 730 | 3 | 4452 | 7 |
| GEORGIA | 454 | 23 | 4255 | 13 |
| HAWAII | 557 | 12 | 3284 | 30 |
| IDAHO | 243 | 46 | 2909 | 37 |
| ILLINOIS 2 | 557 | 13 | 3284 | 31 |
| INDIANA | 353 | 29 | 3358 | 28 |
| IOWA | 272 | 40 | 2961 | 36 |
| KANSAS | 396 | 26 | 3994 | 18 |
| KENTUCKY 2 | 262 | 43 | 2682 | 40 |
| LOUISIANA | 646 | 8 | 4350 | 9 |
| MAINE | 109 | 51 | 2457 | 44 |
| MARYLAND | 704 | 4 | 3801 | 20 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 469 | 19 | 2550 | 42 |
| MICHIGAN | 511 | 16 | 3277 | 32 |
| MINNESOTA | 263 | 41 | 3117 | 33 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 326 | 33 | 3720 | 22 |
| MISSOURI | 473 | 18 | 4015 | 17 |
| MONTANA | 365 | 28 | 3098 | 34 |
| NEBRASKA | 289 | 37 | 3711 | 23 |
| NEVADA | 614 | 9 | 4288 | 11 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 149 | 49 | 2054 | 50 |
| NEW JERSEY | 366 | 27 | 2544 | 43 |
| NEW MEXICO | 665 | 6 | 4124 | 15 |
| NEW YORK | 465 | 20 | 2248 | 47 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 455 | 22 | 4278 | 12 |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 78 | 52 | 2096 | 49 |
| OHIO | 333 | 32 | 3641 | 24 |
| OKLAHOMA | 506 | 17 | 4306 | 10 |
| OREGON | 296 | 36 | 4782 | 3 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 398 | 25 | 2431 | 45 |
| PUERTO RICO | 306 | 35 | 1802 | 52 |
| RHODE ISLAND | 286 | 38 | 2995 | 35 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 794 | 2 | 4477 | 6 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 173 | 48 | 2002 | 51 |
| TENNESSEE | 688 | 5 | 4379 | 8 |
| TEXAS | 553 | 14 | 4595 | 5 |
| UTAH | 249 | 45 | 4226 | 14 |
| VERMONT | 110 | 50 | 2200 | 48 |
| VIRGINIA | 276 | 39 | 2704 | 39 |
| WASHINGTON | 347 | 30 | 4755 | 4 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 258 | 44 | 2359 | 46 |
| WISCONSIN | 221 | 47 | 2883 | 38 |
| WYOMING | 262 | 42 | 3321 | 29 |
1 District of Columbia Includes offenses reported by the Zoological Police and the Metro Transit Police.
2 Limited data for 2003 were available for Illinois and Kentucky. See Offense Estimation, Appendix I, for details.
Top 10 (highest) for Violent Crime:
1. District Of Columbia, 2. South Carolina, 3. Florida, 4. Maryland, 5. Tennessee, 6. New Mexico, 7. Delaware, 8. Louisiana, 9. Nevada, 10. Alaska
Top 10 (highest) for Property Crime:
1. District Of Columbia, 2. Arizona, 3. Oregon, 4. Washington, 5. Texas, 6. South Carolina, 7. Florida, 8. Tennessee, 9. Louisiana, 10. Oklahoma
Best 10 (lowest) for Violent Crime:
52. North Dakota, 51. Maine, 50. Vermont, 49. New Hampshire, 48. South Dakota, 47. Wisconsin, 46. Idaho, 45. Utah, 44. West Virginia, 43. Kentucky
Best 10 (Lowest) For Property Crime:
52. Puerto Rico, 51. South Dakota, 50. New Hampshire, 49. North Dakota, 48. Vermont, 47. New York, 46. West Virginia, 45. Pennsylvania, 44. Maine, 43. New Jersey
National Average by type. (Rate per 100,000 population)
| Violent crime | |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 6 |
| Forcible rape | 32 |
| Robbery | 141 |
| Aggravated assault | 294 |
| Total | 473 |
Property crime | |
| Burglary | 740 |
| Larceny-theft | 2,413 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 431 |
| Total | 3,584 |
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports by state
See Also: Large Cities with Highest Murder Rate
World Crime Rates in Reference
last updated 18 Oct 2005
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