{"id":1484681,"date":"2024-08-20T02:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1484681"},"modified":"2024-08-20T02:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T06:10:00","slug":"which-us-states-have-the-highest-violent-crime-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/which-us-states-have-the-highest-violent-crime-rates\/1484681\/","title":{"rendered":"Which US States Have The Highest Violent-Crime Rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which US States Have The Highest Violent-Crime Rates?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2022, there were about\u00a01.2 million<\/a>\u00a0violent crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).<\/p>\n

Violent crimes comprise of four offenses: homicide (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter), rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu,<\/a> visualizes the rate of violent crime per 100,000 individuals by U.S. state in 2022, with the figures from the\u00a0FBI<\/a>. The data is current as of October 2023.<\/p>\n

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The FBI national crime statistics for 2022 are based on data received from 16,100 of 18,930 participating law enforcement agencies in the country that year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nation\u2019s Capital Leads in Violent Crime<\/h2>\n

DC recorded the highest violent crime rate in 2022, at 812 incidents per 100,000 residents. The district also saw the highest\u00a0homicide rate<\/a>\u00a0in the country, at 29 homicides per 100,000.<\/p>\n

State
\n\t\t\tViolent crime rate (incidents per 100,000 individuals)
\n\t\tDistrict of Columbia
\n\t\t\t812
\n\t\tNew Mexico
\n\t\t\t780
\n\t\tAlaska
\n\t\t\t759
\n\t\tArkansas
\n\t\t\t645
\n\t\tLouisiana
\n\t\t\t629
\n\t\tTennessee
\n\t\t\t622
\n\t\tCalifornia
\n\t\t\t499
\n\t\tColorado
\n\t\t\t492
\n\t\tSouth Carolina
\n\t\t\t491
\n\t\tMissouri
\n\t\t\t488
\n\t\tMichigan
\n\t\t\t461
\n\t\tNevada
\n\t\t\t454
\n\t\tTexas
\n\t\t\t432
\n\t\tArizona
\n\t\t\t431
\n\t\tNew York
\n\t\t\t429
\n\t\tOklahoma
\n\t\t\t420
\n\t\tMontana
\n\t\t\t418
\n\t\tKansas
\n\t\t\t415
\n\t\tAlabama
\n\t\t\t409
\n\t\tNorth Carolina
\n\t\t\t405
\n\t\tMaryland
\n\t\t\t398
\n\t\tDelaware
\n\t\t\t384
\n\t\tSouth Dakota
\n\t\t\t377
\n\t\tWashington
\n\t\t\t376
\n\t\tGeorgia
\n\t\t\t367
\n\t\tOregon
\n\t\t\t342
\n\t\tMassachusetts
\n\t\t\t322
\n\t\tIndiana
\n\t\t\t306
\n\t\tWisconsin
\n\t\t\t297
\n\t\tOhio
\n\t\t\t294
\n\t\tIllinois
\n\t\t\t287
\n\t\tIowa
\n\t\t\t287
\n\t\tNebraska
\n\t\t\t283
\n\t\tMinnesota
\n\t\t\t281
\n\t\tPennsylvania
\n\t\t\t280
\n\t\tNorth Dakota
\n\t\t\t280
\n\t\tWest Virginia
\n\t\t\t278
\n\t\tHawaii
\n\t\t\t260
\n\t\tFlorida
\n\t\t\t259
\n\t\tMississippi
\n\t\t\t245
\n\t\tUtah
\n\t\t\t242
\n\t\tIdaho
\n\t\t\t241
\n\t\tVirginia
\n\t\t\t234
\n\t\tVermont
\n\t\t\t222
\n\t\tKentucky
\n\t\t\t214
\n\t\tNew Jersey
\n\t\t\t203
\n\t\tWyoming
\n\t\t\t202
\n\t\tRhode Island
\n\t\t\t172
\n\t\tConnecticut
\n\t\t\t150
\n\t\tNew Hampshire
\n\t\t\t126
\n\t\tMaine
\n\t\t\t103<\/p>\n

This trend is continuing to\u00a0rise<\/a>\u00a0in DC, with a 39% increase in violent crime reported in 2023.<\/p>\n

Armed carjackings<\/a>, particularly involving youth, have become a significant issue in recent years, with cases doubling from 2022 to 2023.<\/p>\n

Some experts\u00a0attribute<\/a>\u00a0the rise in violent crime to DC\u2019s lack of statehood and its complex network of overlapping law enforcement agencies, such as the Metropolitan Police Department, FBI, U.S. Park Police, and Capitol Police, which makes coordination and communication challenging.<\/p>\n

In second-ranked New Mexico, violent crime has seen a steady\u00a0rise<\/a>\u00a0in the past 10 years, with around 11,660 incidents in 2012 to 16,494 in 2022.<\/p>\n

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC<\/a>), from 2011 to 2022, there was an 84% increase in the firearm-related death rate in the state.<\/p>\n

To see how the U.S. homicide rate compares with that of Europe and the UK over time, check out\u00a0this graphic<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 08\/19\/2024 – 22:10<\/span><\/p>\n

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