{"chart":{"slug":"violent-crime-rate-by-state","title":"Which states have the most violent crime?","takeaway":"In 2025, District of Columbia had the highest violent crime rate, about 806 per 100,000 people, followed by Alaska (736) and New Mexico (648). Maine (95), Connecticut (111) and New Hampshire (119) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 329. Rates count only the police agencies that reported to the FBI; in a few states, such as Florida and Mississippi, those cover only about 80 to 85% of residents.","topic":"Crime","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"State","y_label":"Violent crimes per 100,000 people","unit":null,"points_count":52,"source":{"name":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program","url":"https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"},"data_as_of":"2025-12-31","updated_at":"2026-10-17T18:50:41.806Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state/embed","credit":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state)","credit_html":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":"U.S. overall","zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"District of Columbia","value":806.0},{"label":"Alaska","value":736.1},{"label":"New Mexico","value":648.0},{"label":"Arkansas","value":535.3},{"label":"Tennessee","value":498.8},{"label":"Kansas","value":475.7},{"label":"Louisiana","value":465.1},{"label":"Colorado","value":438.2},{"label":"California","value":434.9},{"label":"Michigan","value":430.9},{"label":"Missouri","value":425.6},{"label":"Montana","value":422.0},{"label":"Oklahoma","value":411.6},{"label":"South Carolina","value":389.3},{"label":"Nevada","value":383.8},{"label":"Arizona","value":382.9},{"label":"New York","value":368.0},{"label":"Maryland","value":365.0},{"label":"Alabama","value":352.8},{"label":"Delaware","value":351.9},{"label":"Texas","value":348.9},{"label":"North Carolina","value":330.6},{"label":"U.S. overall","value":329.3},{"label":"South Dakota","value":327.2},{"label":"Oregon","value":319.1},{"label":"Georgia","value":301.3},{"label":"Massachusetts","value":301.0},{"label":"Indiana","value":300.4},{"label":"Washington","value":291.7},{"label":"Ohio","value":287.9},{"label":"West Virginia","value":265.6},{"label":"Illinois","value":257.6},{"label":"Florida","value":248.3},{"label":"Wisconsin","value":244.5},{"label":"North Dakota","value":240.2},{"label":"Iowa","value":238.2},{"label":"Pennsylvania","value":229.2},{"label":"Minnesota","value":226.0},{"label":"Utah","value":224.8},{"label":"Mississippi","value":224.2},{"label":"Nebraska","value":222.7},{"label":"Idaho","value":221.3},{"label":"Vermont","value":220.0},{"label":"Kentucky","value":214.3},{"label":"Hawaii","value":213.7},{"label":"Virginia","value":210.4},{"label":"New Jersey","value":198.5},{"label":"Wyoming","value":187.5},{"label":"Rhode Island","value":145.8},{"label":"New Hampshire","value":119.2},{"label":"Connecticut","value":111.1},{"label":"Maine","value":95.0}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/violent-crime-rate-by-state)"}