State crime ranking · 2024

Safest States in America (2024)

States ranked by violent crime per 100,000 residents, murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, drawn live from FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher

Data updated 2026-07-13

101.6/100K
Lowest (ME): 352/100K
National rate

Maine reports the lowest state violent-crime rate at 101.6 per 100,000 (2024)

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program via Crime Data Explorer, PlainCrime ranks U.S. states by violent crime per 100,000 residents for 2024. Maine leads at 101.6/100K versus a national 352/100K; 29 states sit below the national rate. Statewide averages mask city-to-city gaps; participation is voluntary.

101.6/100K lowest (ME)
352/100K national rate
29 states below national

Read before you rank

This ranking orders states by reported violent-crime rate, not a composite 'safety' score. FBI UCR participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by state and year, so a lower rate can reflect fewer offenses or less complete reporting. Statewide averages also mask large city-to-city differences within a state.

ME

101.6
NH

111.9
CT

139
MS

142.7
RI

154.6
WY

190.9
FL

210.3
NJ

215.7
NE

217.3
VA

222.8
VT

225.3
KY

225.5
UT

229.2
HI

230.5
ID

234.7

What this shows Maine reports the lowest state-level violent-crime rate at 101.6 per 100,000 residents, followed by New Hampshire (111.9) and Connecticut (139). The national rate is about 352 per 100,000, and 29 of 51 states sit below it.

This page ranks U.S. states and D.C. by violent-crime rate per 100,000 residents for 2024, the latest year ingested into PlainCrime from FBI Crime Data Explorer.Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer Violent crime covers murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Maine leads at 101.6 per 100,000, against a national rate of roughly 352. Every figure on this page is rendered live from the current database.

All states ranked by violent-crime rate (lowest first)

#	State	Violent Crimes	Population	Rate / 100K
1	Maine (ME)	1,427	1,405,012	101.6
2	New Hampshire (NH)	1,577	1,409,032	111.9
3	Connecticut (CT)	5,109	3,675,069	139
4	Mississippi (MS)	4,201	2,943,045	142.7
5	Rhode Island (RI)	1,720	1,112,308	154.6
6	Wyoming (WY)	1,122	587,618	190.9
7	Florida (FL)	49,153	23,372,215	210.3
8	New Jersey (NJ)	20,492	9,500,851	215.7
9	Nebraska (NE)	4,358	2,005,465	217.3
10	Virginia (VA)	19,630	8,811,195	222.8
11	Vermont (VT)	1,461	648,493	225.3
12	Kentucky (KY)	10,346	4,588,372	225.5
13	Utah (UT)	8,030	3,503,613	229.2
14	Hawaii (HI)	3,333	1,446,146	230.5
15	Idaho (ID)	4,698	2,001,619	234.7
16	Iowa (IA)	7,730	3,241,488	238.5
17	West Virginia (WV)	4,277	1,769,979	241.6
18	Pennsylvania (PA)	32,633	13,078,751	249.5
19	North Dakota (ND)	2,045	796,568	256.7
20	Minnesota (MN)	15,025	5,793,151	259.4
21	Illinois (IL)	35,267	12,710,158	277.5
22	Wisconsin (WI)	16,669	5,960,975	279.6
23	Ohio (OH)	34,794	11,883,304	292.8
24	Georgia (GA)	33,497	11,180,878	299.6
25	Indiana (IN)	21,360	6,924,275	308.5
26	Massachusetts (MA)	22,034	7,136,171	308.8
27	South Dakota (SD)	2,959	924,669	320
28	Washington (WA)	26,204	7,958,180	329.3
29	Oregon (OR)	14,296	4,272,371	334.6
30	North Carolina (NC)	40,271	11,046,024	364.6
31	Delaware (DE)	3,869	1,051,917	367.8
32	Alabama (AL)	19,397	5,157,699	376.1
33	New York (NY)	75,494	19,867,248	380
34	Texas (TX)	123,499	31,290,831	394.7
35	Nevada (NV)	13,286	3,267,467	406.6
36	Louisiana (LA)	18,853	4,597,740	410
37	Maryland (MD)	26,625	6,263,220	425.1
38	Montana (MT)	4,849	1,137,233	426.4
39	Oklahoma (OK)	17,526	4,095,393	427.9
40	Arizona (AZ)	32,495	7,582,384	428.6
41	Michigan (MI)	43,741	10,140,459	431.4
42	South Carolina (SC)	24,069	5,478,831	439.3
43	Kansas (KS)	13,553	2,970,606	456.2
44	Missouri (MO)	28,938	6,245,466	463.3
45	California (CA)	187,992	39,431,263	476.8
46	Colorado (CO)	28,670	5,957,493	481.2
47	Arkansas (AR)	17,916	3,088,354	580.1
48	Tennessee (TN)	43,481	7,227,750	601.6
49	New Mexico (NM)	14,845	2,130,256	696.9
50	Alaska (AK)	5,391	740,133	728.4
51	District Of Columbia (DC)	7,129	702,250	1,015.2

Methodology notes

Rates are computed live as (violent_crime ÷ population) × 100,000 from the latest year of FBI Crime Data Explorer data ingested into PlainCrime (2024). Violent crime aggregates murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as defined by the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Population denominators come from the FBI/Census series in the same dataset.

Caveats and limitations

UCR participation is voluntary, so coverage varies by state and the transition to NIBRS reduced reporting in some years. The data captures only crimes reported to law enforcement. Rankings here exclude property crime; for property-rate order see the highest property-crime states list. For the inverse violent-rate order, see most dangerous states.

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Each state profile links to in-state safest and highest-crime city rankings built from the same FBI UCR tables.

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