Chart assignment

Charts to read and discuss

Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. Which states have the most aggravated assaults?

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Which states have the most aggravated assaults?

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In 2025 New Mexico had the highest aggravated assault rate, about 531 per 100,000 people, followed by Alaska (523), Arkansas (426) and District of Columbia (417). Maine (54), Connecticut (63) and New Hampshire (71) had the lowest; the U.S. rate was about 238. Rates count only the police agencies that reported to the FBI; in 2025 those covered only about 80 to 85% of residents in a few states, such as Florida and Mississippi. Since 2021, when the FBI began taking only its newer NIBRS reports, state rates don't line up exactly with earlier years.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (Public domain (U.S. government work); source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025

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