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Where each city and state stands on violent crime rate

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Violent crime rate, cities 96 cities · lowest first
PlaceViolent crime rateAs of
1stVirginia Beach1002025
2ndMcAllen1262025
3rdProvo1772025
4thHonolulu1812025
5thMadison2142025
6thPortland, Maine2452025
7thAllentown2642025
8thCharleston2792025
9thProvidence2872025
10thBoise, Idaho2892025
11thEl Paso2892025
12thTampa3342025
13thOmaha3502025
14thMiami3582025
15thLakeland3702025
16thSan Diego3742025
17thSarasota3802025
18thColumbus3802025
19thRaleigh3952025
20thNew Haven3992025
21stHuntsville, AL3992025
22ndLas Vegas4122025
23rdAustin4222025
24thRichmond4412025
25thOgden4452025
26thFayetteville, Arkansas4462025
27thMelbourne4522025
28thHartford4592025
29thGreenville, SC4662025
30thPittsburgh4682025
31stSan Francisco4862025
32ndBakersfield4962025
33rdSan Jose, California5052025
34thDurham5072025
35thJacksonville, Florida5192025
36thSan Antonio, Texas5322025
37thRiverside5352025
38thAugusta, Georgia5472024
39thReno5512025
40thVancouver, Washington5562025
41stOxnard5572025
42ndCharlotte, NC5592025
43rdPoughkeepsie5602025
44thRochester, New York5722025
45thDallas, Texas5772025
46thBoston5832025
47thWorcester6022025
48thSyracuse6122025
49thSpokane6132025
50thHarrisburg6342025
51stDes Moines6422025
52ndNew York6602025
53rdLos Angeles, California6702025
54thLouisville6742025
55thChattanooga6802025
56thOklahoma City6812025
57thKnoxville6852025
58thColorado Springs6902025
59thPhoenix6962025
60thGreensboro7022025
61stPortland7022025
62ndSeattle7062025
63rdFresno7202025
64thSacramento7202025
65thBuffalo7292025
66thAtlanta, Georgia7362025
67thWinston-Salem7442025
68thWashington DC7492025
69thAsheville7532025
70thIndianapolis7692025
71stCincinnati7852025
72ndColumbia, South Carolina7912025
73rdPhiladelphia8302025
74thAlbany8322025
75thTulsa8332025
76thSalt Lake City8622025
77thAkron8712025
78thToledo8722025
79thDenver8822025
80thHouston, Texas8842025
81stGrand Rapids8942025
82ndNashville9622025
83rdMinneapolis1,0042025
84thAlbuquerque1,0242025
85thStockton1,0292025
86thMilwaukee1,1452025
87thWichita1,2092025
88thDayton1,2302025
89thSt. Louis1,2302025
90thBirmingham1,2392025
91stBaltimore1,3512025
92ndCleveland1,3652025
93rdKansas City1,3762025
94thLittle Rock1,4852025
95thDetroit1,6542025
96thMemphis1,8532025
Violent crime rate, states 44 states · lowest first
PlaceViolent crime rateAs of
1stMaine952025
2ndConnecticut1112025
3rdNew Hampshire1192025
4thRhode Island1462025
5thWyoming1882025
6thNew Jersey1992025
7thVirginia2102025
8thHawaii2142025
9thKentucky2142025
10thVermont2202025
11thIdaho2212025
12thNebraska2232025
13thUtah2252025
14thMinnesota2262025
15thPennsylvania2292025
16thIowa2382025
17thNorth Dakota2402025
18thWisconsin2452025
19thIllinois2582025
20thOhio2882025
21stWashington2922025
22ndMassachusetts3012025
23rdGeorgia3012025
24thOregon3192025
25thNorth Carolina3312025
26thTexas3492025
27thDelaware3522025
28thAlabama3532025
29thMaryland3652025
30thNew York3682025
31stArizona3832025
32ndNevada3842025
33rdSouth Carolina3892025
34thOklahoma4122025
35thMontana4222025
36thMissouri4262025
37thMichigan4312025
38thCalifornia4352025
39thColorado4382025
40thKansas4762025
41stTennessee4992025
42ndArkansas5352025
43rdNew Mexico6482025
44thAlaska7362025

Not ranked: ten cities whose FBI files fall short

Each city’s number comes from its own police department’s FBI file. For each of the two cities below, that file carries far fewer crimes than the department’s own count, so their rates can’t be compared with other cities’. We leave them off the list rather than rank them on a number the city’s own records contradict.

CityWhy it’s left off
Chicago, IllinoisThe FBI’s 2025 file counts 11,417 violent crimes for its police department; the city’s own data counts 21,909 violent index crimes that year (FBI Crime Data Explorer; the City of Chicago’s data portal, read September 25, 2026).
Jackson, MississippiIts police department’s FBI file carries 26 of the 63 homicides the department itself investigated in 2025 (FBI Crime Data Explorer; WLBT, January 1, 2026).

Eight more cities are left off because their police departments’ 2025 FBI files are missing months, or read far below the state or too far from the year before to trust: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cape Coral, Florida; Daytona Beach, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Orlando, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Tucson, Arizona.

Not ranked: six states with too little FBI data

The FBI’s crime file counts only the police agencies that sent in their numbers. In these six states, those agencies covered under 90% of residents in 2025 (the US as a whole, 96%), so a low FBI rate can mean missing reports, not less crime. We leave them off the list rather than call any of them safe. The homicide rate beside each is the CDC’s, counted from death certificates, not police reports.

StateFBI coverageshare of residents, 2025Homicide rateper 100,000, CDC 2024
Louisiana78%15.22nd-highest of the 50 states
Mississippi81.5%19.7the highest of the 50 states
Florida84.4%5.528th-highest of the 50 states
West Virginia87.3%5.9tied for 22nd-highest of the 50 states
Indiana87.6%7.314th-highest of the 50 states
South Dakota89.7%6.6tied for 19th-highest of the 50 states

Coverage: FBI Crime Data Explorer, percent of population covered, monthly average for 2025. Homicide rates: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, age-adjusted, 2024, ranked among the 50 states.

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The Honest Local, Violent crime rate across America, every city and state, October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/violent_crime_rate

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.

Sources and method

The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.