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⚖️ US States by Homicide Rate

Intentional homicides per 100,000 residents, as reported to the FBI.

📅 2024📏 per 100,000 people51 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (per 100,000 people); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
District of Columbia
25.5
2
Louisiana
10.8
3
New Mexico
10.5
4
Alabama
8.7
5
Tennessee
7.9
6
Missouri
7.8
7
North Carolina
7.5
8
South Carolina
7.5
9
Mississippi
7.4
10
Arkansas
7.3
11
Maryland
7.2
12
Alaska
6.9
13
Georgia
6.9
14
Oklahoma
6.3
15
Kentucky
6.1
16
Nevada
6.1
17
Illinois
5.8
18
Delaware
5.7
19
Indiana
5.5
20
West Virginia
5.3
21
Michigan
5.2
22
Texas
5.2
23
Ohio
5.0
24
Pennsylvania
5.0
25
Arizona
4.9
26
Virginia
4.8
27
South Dakota
4.7
28
California
4.5
29
Colorado
4.5
30
Wisconsin
4.2
31
Florida
3.9
32
Kansas
3.8
33
Washington
3.8
34
Oregon
3.7
35
Vermont
3.4
36
Minnesota
2.9
37
Montana
2.7
38
New York
2.7
39
North Dakota
2.6
40
Utah
2.6
41
Connecticut
2.4
42
Wyoming
2.4
43
Maine
2.3
44
New Jersey
2.3
45
Iowa
2.1
46
Nebraska
2.1
47
Rhode Island
2.1
48
Massachusetts
1.8
49
Hawaii
1.6
50
Idaho
1.6
51
New Hampshire
1.0

Highlights

Within United States, District of Columbia ranks first in 2024 with 25.5, followed by Louisiana (10.8) and New Mexico (10.5).

District of Columbia is 2.4 times higher than Louisiana, the runner-up.

Across 51 entries, values run from 25.5 (District of Columbia) to 1.0 (New Hampshire), with a median of 4.8.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, homicides per 100,000 residents (via Wikipedia), 2024. Unit: per 100,000 people.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, homicides per 100,000 residents (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026