By Tyler Durden

In 2022, there were about 1.2 million violent crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Violent crimes comprise of four offenses: homicide (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter), rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

The national violent crime rate has seen a gradual decrease over the last couple of years. In 2020, it sat at 398 incidents per 100,000 people, and as of 2022 the nationwide number sits at 381 incidents per 100,000 people.

This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, visualizes the rate of violent crime per 100,000 individuals by U.S. state in 2022, with the figures from the FBI. The data is current as of October 2023.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-violent-crime-rates-by-u-s-state/

Nation’s Capital Leads in Violent Crime

DC recorded the highest violent crime rate in 2022, at 812 incidents per 100,000 residents. The district also saw the highest homicide rate in the country, at 29 homicides per 100,000.

State Violent crime rate (incidents per 100,000 individuals)
District of Columbia 812

New Mexico 780
Alaska 759
Arkansas 645
Louisiana 629
Tennessee 622
California 499
Colorado 492
South Carolina 491
Missouri 488
Michigan 461
Nevada 454
Texas 432
Arizona 431
New York 429
Oklahoma 420
Montana 418
Kansas 415
Alabama 409
North Carolina 405
Maryland 398
Delaware 384
South Dakota 377
Washington 376
Georgia 367
Oregon 342
Massachusetts 322
Indiana 306
Wisconsin 297
Ohio 294
Illinois 287
Iowa 287
Nebraska 283
Minnesota 281
Pennsylvania 280
North Dakota 280
West Virginia 278
Hawaii 260
Florida 259
Mississippi 245
Utah 242
Idaho 241
Virginia 234
Vermont 222
Kentucky 214
New Jersey 203
Wyoming 202
Rhode Island 172
Connecticut 150
New Hampshire 126
Maine 103

More:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/which-us-states-have-highest-violent-crime-rates