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List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate

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This is a list of U.S. states by homicide rate according to FBI Uniform Crime Reports.[1][better source needed][2]

Homicide rate by state

Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000)

  < 1
  1–5
  5–10
  10–21.1
  > 21.1
 United States Sources 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

   District of Columbia [3] 41.8 40.3 46.4 44.7 35.7 33.5 29.1 30.8 31.4 24.2 21.8 17.4 13.9 15.9 15.9
   Puerto Rico [4] 18.22 19.57 20.48 20.69 21.02 20.39 19.82 19.41 21.47 23.82 26.22 30.6 26.46
   Louisiana [3] 12.5 11.2 13.2 13.0 12.7 10.0 12.9 14.6 12.3 11.8 11.0 11.1 10.6 10.7 10.3
   New Mexico [3] 7.4 5.4 8.2 6.2 8.9 7.5 6.9 9.3 8.1 9.9 6.8 7.6 5.6 5.9 4.8
   Maryland [3] 8.1 8.3 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.9 9.7 9.9 8.8 7.7 7.4 6.8 6.3 6.5 6.1
   Tennessee [3] 7.2 7.4 7.3 6.8 6.1 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.6 7.4 5.6 5.9 6.2 5.2 5.7
   Alabama [3] 7.4 8.5 6.8 6.6 5.6 8.2 8.3 8.9 7.5 6.8 5.7 6.2 7.1 7.2 5.7
   Mississippi [3] 9.0 9.9 9.2 9.3 7.8 7.4 7.9 6.9 8.0 6.6 6.9 7.8 7.1 7.3 8.6
   Missouri [3] 6.2 6.6 5.8 5.1 6.1 6.9 6.3 6.2 7.7 6.5 7.0 6.1 6.5 6.1 6.6
   Michigan [3] 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.1 6.4 6.2 7.1 6.6 5.5 6.2 5.9 6.2 7.1 6.3 5.4
   South Carolina [3] 7.3 8.1 7.3 7.3 6.8 7.4 8.4 8.3 6.9 6.7 5.7 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.4
   Arkansas [3] 6.3 5.5 5.2 6.6 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.0 5.8 6.2 4.6 5.4 5.9 5.3 5.6
   Oklahoma [3] 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.3 5.2 5.6 5.8 5.1 4.5
   Illinois [3] 7.2 7.8 7.6 7.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.3
   Nevada [3] 6.5 8.6 8.4 8.8 7.4 8.5 9.1 7.5 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.5 5.8 6.0
   Georgia [3] 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.5 7.5 6.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.7
   Florida [3] 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.0 6.2 6.6 6.4 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.8
   Arizona [3] 7.0 7.5 7.1 7.9 7.2 7.5 8.6 8.6 7.1 5.8 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.4 4.7
   Texas [3] 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4
   California [3] 6.1 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.2 5.8 5.3 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.5 4.4
   North Carolina [3] 7.0 6.2 6.6 6.0 6.2 6.7 6.1 6.4 6.5 5.2 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.7 5.1
   Pennsylvania [3] 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.5 4.8 4.8
   Indiana [3] 5.8 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.1 4.7 4.7 5.4 5.0
   Delaware [3] 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.6 3.4 4.4 4.9 4.5 6.5 4.6 5.7 5.3 6.1 4.4 5.8
   West Virginia [3] 2.5 2.2 3.2 4.0 3.8 4.5 4.4 3.6 3.7 4.6 3.1 4.7 3.8 3.3 4.0
   Ohio [3] 3.7 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.4 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0
   Virginia [3] 5.7 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.2 6.1 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.1
   Kansas [3] 6.3 3.4 2.9 4.6 4.5 3.7 4.5 3.8 4.0 4.4 3.4 3.9 2.9 4.0 3.1
   Kentucky [3] 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.4 5.7 4.6 4.1 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.3 3.5 4.6 3.9 3.6
   New York [3] 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.1
   New Jersey [3] 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.3 3.7 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.9
   Colorado [3] 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 2.8
   Alaska [3] 4.3 6.2 5.1 6.0 5.6 4.8 5.4 6.3 3.9 3.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.6 5.6
   Connecticut [3] 2.9 3.1 2.4 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.9 3.2 3.8 3.0 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.5 2.4
   Montana [3] 2.2 3.8 1.8 3.3 3.2 1.9 3.5 2.8 4.1 3.3 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.3 3.6
   Rhode Island [3] 4.3 3.7 3.8 2.3 2.4 3.2 2.5 1.8 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.9 3.4 2.9 2.4
   Washington [3] 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.4 3.1 2.4 2.5
   Massachusetts [3] 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.6 3.3 2.8 1.8 2.1 2.0
   South Dakota [3] 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.3 2.2 2.3 3.8 3.9 4.6 3.7 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.1 2.3
   Wisconsin [3] 3.2 3.6 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.7 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.9
   Wyoming [3] 2.4 1.8 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.8 2.5 4.0 2.3 2.0 1.4 3.2 2.4 2.9 2.7
   Nebraska [3] 3.7 2.5 2.8 3.2 2.3 2.5 2.9 4.0 3.9 2.3 3.0 3.7 2.8 3.0 2.9
   Oregon [3] 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0
   Maine [3] 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.6
   Hawaii [3] 2.9 2.6 1.9 1.8 2.6 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.8
   North Dakota [3] 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.3 1.9 2.2 2.7 1.7 1.9 1.5 3.5 3.6 2.2 3.0
   Idaho [3] 1.2 2.3 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.4 3.3 1.5 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.0
   Minnesota [3] 3.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.8 2.1 1.6
   Utah [3] 1.9 2.9 2.0 2.6 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.3
   Iowa [3] 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.3 2.6 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.9
   Vermont [3] 1.5 1.1 2.1 2.4 2.6 1.3 2.2 2.1 2.7 1.3 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.6
   New Hampshire [3] 1.8 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.6 0.9
   Guam [5] N/A N/A N/A 4.9 5.4 4.2 6.4 0.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Another table

United States Murder Rate (2017)
Homicide deaths per 100,000 people per year by state (2015)
  1.4 – 2.6
  2.6 – 3.5
  3.5 – 4.8
  4.8 – 5.9
  5.9 – 7
  7 – 10.1
  10.1 – 11.9
  11.9 – 11.9

Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants per year.

State 2018 2017 2014 2010 2005 2000 1996
 Alabama 7.8 8.6 5.7 5.7 8.2 7.4 8.4
 Alaska 8.2 8.4 5.6 4.3 4.8 4.3 7.4
 Arizona 5.1 6.0 4.7 6.4 7.5 7.0 8.5
 Arkansas 7.2 8.3 5.6 4.6 6.7 6.3 8.7
 California 6.4 4.6 4.4 4.8 6.9 7.1 10.5
 Colorado 3.7 4.0 2.8 2.6 3.7 3.1 4.7
 Connecticut 2.3 2.9 2.4 3.7 2.9 2.9 4.8
 Delaware 5.0 5.3 5.8 5.7 4.4 12.5 6.4
 Florida 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.2 5.0 5.6 7.5
 Georgia 6.1 6.5 5.7 5.7 6.2 8.0 9.5
 Hawaii 2.5 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.9 3.4
 Idaho 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.4 2.4 1.2 3.6
 Illinois 6.9 7.7 5.3 5.5 6.0 7.2 10
 Indiana 6.5 6.2 5.0 4.1 5.7 5.8 7.2
 Iowa 1.7 3.1 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.9
 Kansas 3.9 4.6 3.1 3.4 3.7 6.3 6.6
 Kentucky 5.5 5.9 3.6 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.9
 Louisiana 11.4 12.3 10.3 11.0 9.9 12.5 10.5
 Maine 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.2 2.0
 Maryland 8.1 9.3 6.1 7.4 9.9 8.1 11.6
 Massachusetts 2.0 2.5 2.0 3.3 2.7 2.0 2.6
 Michigan 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.7 7.5
 Minnesota 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.8 2.2 3.1 3.6
 Mississippi 5.7 6.4 8.6 6.9 7.3 9.0 11.1
 Missouri 9.9 9.8 6.6 7.0 6.9 6.2 8.1
 Montana 3.2 3.9 3.6 2.5 1.9 1.8 3.9
 Nebraska 2.3 2.2 2.9 3.0 2.5 3.7 2.9
 Nevada 6.7 8.9 6.0 5.8 8.5 6.5 13.7
 New Hampshire 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.7
 New Jersey 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.8 3.4 4.2
 New Mexico 8.0 6.9 4.8 6.8 7.4 7.4 11.5
 New York 2.9 2.8 3.1 4.5 4.5 5.0 7.4
 North Carolina 6.0 6.1 5.1 5.0 6.7 7.0 8.5
 North Dakota 2.4 1.3 3.0 1.5 1.1 0.6 2.2
 Ohio 4.8 6.4 4.0 4.2 5.1 3.7 4.8
 Oklahoma 5.2 6.2 4.5 5.2 5.3 5.3 6.8
 Oregon 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.0 4.0
 Pennsylvania 6.1 5.8 4.8 5.1 6.1 4.9 5.7
 Rhode Island 1.5 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.2 4.3 2.5
 South Carolina 7.7 7.6 6.4 5.7 7.4 5.8 9.0
 South Dakota 1.4 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.3 0.9 1.2
 Tennessee 7.4 8.0 5.7 5.6 7.2 7.2 9.5
 Texas 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.9 6.2 5.9 7.7
 Utah 1.9 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.3 1.9 3.2
 Vermont 1.6 2.7 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.9
 Virginia 4.6 5.6 7.5 4.7 6.1 5.7 7.5
 Washington 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.3 3.3 3.3 4.6
 West Virginia 3.7 5.4 4.0 3.1 4.4 2.5 3.8
 Wisconsin 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.7 3.5 3.2 4.2
 Wyoming 2.3 2.4 2.7 1.4 2.7 2.4 3.3

See also

References

  1. ^ Murder Rates Nationally and By State. By Death Penalty Information Center.
  2. ^ Crime in the United States by State, 2014
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "State-by-state and National Crime Estimates by Year(s)". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  4. ^ "UNODC Homicide Statistics". Universidad de Puerto Rico.
  5. ^ "Homicide Trends 2003–2008". UNODC. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
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