Official federal data · FBI UCR 2024 · 19,585 agencies reporting

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Violent and property crime rates per 100,000 residents for 8,986 U.S. cities, 2,422 counties, and all 50 states, straight from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.

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Coverage at a glance · 2024

8,986
Cities covered
2,422
Counties
50 + DC
States & territories
20K+
Agencies reporting

Raw federal counts, unmodified, straight from FBI UCR 2024.

California recorded 187,992 violent-crime reports (#1 of 51) while District Of Columbia leads the rate at 1,015.2 per 100,000

California recorded 187,992 violent-crime reports (#1 of 51) at 476.8 per 100,000 (rate #7). District Of Columbia recorded 7,129 (#35) at 1,015.2 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

  • 187,992 California violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 51
  • 1,015.2/100K District Of Columbia rate #1 (volume #35)
  • 352/100K U.S. violent-crime average, FBI UCR 2024
  • ~150/100K median city, well under the weighted average

Volume #1 is not rate #1

Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a national rank.

/100K

What this shows California recorded 187,992 violent-crime reports (#1 of 51) at 476.8 per 100,000 (rate #7). District Of Columbia recorded 7,129 (#35) at 1,015.2 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

The national picture

California files the most violent-crime reports while District Of Columbia has the highest rate per 100,000: volume #1 is not rate #1.

187,992
California violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 51
1,015.2/100K
District Of Columbia rate #1 (volume #35)
352/100K
U.S. violent-crime average, FBI UCR 2024
~150/100K
median city, well under the weighted average

Every figure is computed directly from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting database, with no proprietary score.

Crime desk

Four ways into the UCR map

Pick a task: national aggregates, ranked extremes, raw downloads, or a side-by-side of two places, then browse the state atlas.

Aggregates
National statistics

Corpus coverage, rates, and distribution cuts computed from the live FBI tables.
Extremes
Safety rankings

Safest and highest-crime cities and states, rates per 100,000.
Downloads
Open datasets

CSV/JSON extracts with Dataset provenance for journalists and analysts.
Side-by-side
Compare places

Two jurisdictions, same rate basis: violent and property crime.

State atlas

Open a state for city- and county-level rates, rankings, and safety grades from FBI UCR 2024.

Alabama
AL
Alaska
AK
Arizona
AZ
Arkansas
AR
California
CA
Colorado
CO
Connecticut
CT
Delaware
DE
District Of Columbia
DC
Florida
FL
Georgia
GA
Hawaii
HI
Idaho
ID
Illinois
IL
Indiana
IN
Iowa
IA
Kansas
KS
Kentucky
KY
Louisiana
LA
Maine
ME
Maryland
MD
Massachusetts
MA
Michigan
MI
Minnesota
MN
Mississippi
MS
Missouri
MO
Montana
MT
Nebraska
NE
Nevada
NV
New Hampshire
NH
New Jersey
NJ
New Mexico
NM
New York
NY
North Carolina
NC
North Dakota
ND
Ohio
OH
Oklahoma
OK
Oregon
OR
Pennsylvania
PA
Rhode Island
RI
South Carolina
SC
South Dakota
SD
Tennessee
TN
Texas
TX
Utah
UT
Vermont
VT
Virginia
VA
Washington
WA
West Virginia
WV
Wisconsin
WI
Wyoming
WY

Safest Cities

Lowest violent crime rates per 100,000 population

Small cities can top this list with very few reported incidents in a given year, one additional or one fewer report can shift a small city's rate and rank noticeably.

1
Westport
CT
3.6/100K
2
Randolph Township
NJ
3.7/100K
3
Harrison Town
NY
6.3/100K
4
Bernards Township
NJ
10.4/100K
5
Cranberry Township
PA
11.4/100K
6
Muskego
WI
11.8/100K
7
Monroe Township, Middlesex County
NJ
12.1/100K
8
Columbus
IN
13.5/100K
9
Cheshire
CT
13.6/100K
10
Genoa Township
OH
14.2/100K
View all 100 safest cities →

Highest Crime Rate Cities

Highest violent crime rates per 100,000

1
Alexandria
LA
2713.5/100K
2
Memphis
TN
2501.3/100K
3
Saginaw
MI
2201.5/100K
4
Oakland
CA
1925.3/100K
5
Monroe
LA
1892.4/100K
6
Detroit
MI
1781.3/100K
7
Atlantic City
NJ
1780.1/100K
8
Danville
IL
1684.3/100K
9
Little Rock
AR
1672/100K
10
Baltimore
MD
1606.2/100K
View full list →

By the numbers · FBI UCR 2024 cycle

What the federal data reveals about U.S. crime

Four evidence-backed metrics that define the national crime landscape, each drawn directly from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting database.

352/100K
Violent crime rate
National average. The safest cities run under 100; the highest exceed 2,000.
FBI UCR 2024 · murder, rape, robbery, assault
1711/100K
Property crime rate
Roughly 5× the violent rate. Larceny-theft alone is over 70% of it.
FBI UCR 2024 · burglary, theft, arson
19,585
Law enforcement agencies
Voluntarily reporting across all 50 states and DC, so coverage shifts year to year.
FBI UCR 2024 · participation is voluntary
8,986
Cities & counties covered
8,986 cities and 2,422 counties, every reporting agency over 1,000 residents.
FBI UCR 2024 · voluntary agency reporting

Data visualization

Crime rates across U.S. states

Highest violent-crime rates

The eight states with the most violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows District Of Columbia records the highest rate. At 1,015.2 per 100K, roughly 2.9× the national average of 352.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Lowest violent-crime rates

The eight safest states by violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Maine is the safest state. At 101.6 per 100K, about 3.5× below the national average of 352.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Where all 7,769 reporting cities sit

Exclusive FBI UCR 2024 violent-crime rate bands for every city in the distribution below. Each city appears once; the chart is the fine-grain shape of the same file.

Most U.S. cities are far safer than the average suggests

All 7,769 reporting cities by violent crime per 100K. The long right tail is the small number of high-crime cities that pull the national average up.

Median city 0 2,000+ every reporting city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Every U.S. state, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 51 states; the anchor is ringed. Every U.S. state, violent vs. property crime 91 1,096 Violent crime per 100K → 679 4,024 Property crime per 100K → DC AK NM CT NH ME SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages · the most and least violent states are labeled

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 Research

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does PlainCrime get its crime data?

All data comes from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, which collects crime statistics from law enforcement agencies across the United States. This is the most comprehensive national crime dataset available.

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PlainCrime includes crime data for nearly 9,000 cities and towns across the United States, covering violent crime (murder, assault, robbery) and property crime (burglary, theft, vehicle theft).

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About this data

PlainCrime compiles crime statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Data includes violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault) and property crimes (burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson) reported by 19,585 law enforcement agencies nationwide.

Data year: 2024. Not all agencies report complete data every year. Crime rates are calculated per 100,000 population. See our methodology page for detailed source information and limitations.

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program - Crime Data Explorer. Additional data: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program National UCR aggregates · 2024

Download the city-level FBI UCR extract (same CSV as /statistics): plaincrime-city-crime.csv (CC0; reported offense rates per 100,000 from the Uniform Crime Reporting program, not a safety recommendation).