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Public Safety

Violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies, state by state

Start with what is working. Maine is doing best at 95. Across the United States the figure is 330. Every state is measured the same way, in the same period, so each one can learn from the others.

Violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies
Doing best: Maine95
United States330
Furthest to go: District of Columbia807
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, crimes reported by police agencies, calendar year 2025.
Doing best Maine 95. Ranked 1st of 51 states. Furthest to go: District of Columbia, 807. See Maine ›

This figure counts crimes against everyone in the area. The FBI summary does not report it by race.

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your state below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every state

51 ranked of 51
Margin of error
1 Maine 95
2 Connecticut 111
3 New Hampshire 119
4 Rhode Island 146
5 Wyoming 188
6 New Jersey 199
7 Virginia 211
8 Hawaii 214
9 Kentucky 216
10 Vermont 220
11 Mississippi 220
12 Idaho 222
13 Nebraska 223
14 Utah 225
15 Minnesota 227
16 Pennsylvania 229
17 Iowa 238
18 North Dakota 241
19 Wisconsin 245
20 Florida 248
21 Illinois 258
22 West Virginia 265
23 Ohio 288
24 Washington 292
25 Indiana 300
26 Massachusetts 301
27 Georgia 304
28 Oregon 319
29 South Dakota 327
30 North Carolina 334
31 Texas 348
32 Alabama 353
33 Delaware 354
34 Maryland 365
35 New York 368
36 Nevada 384
37 Arizona 385
38 South Carolina 390
39 Oklahoma 412
40 Montana 423
41 Missouri 426
42 Michigan 431
43 California 435
44 Colorado 440
45 Louisiana 466
46 Kansas 476
47 Tennessee 499
48 Arkansas 536
49 New Mexico 651
50 Alaska 736
51 District of Columbia 807

Ranked: the 51 states measured in calendar year 2025. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Know your neighbors, report what you see, and attend the public meetings where police and jail budgets are set.

    Ask: What is already working on our block, and who needs to hear about it?

  2. Your mayor, council, county commission, sheriff and district attorney Set police and jail budgets, choose the police chief, and decide which cases are brought to court.

    Ask: What is the plan to lower violent crime here, and how will we know whether it worked?

  3. Your state legislators Write criminal law and fund courts, prisons and help for victims.

    Ask: How much does our state spend on preventing crime compared with prisons?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund grants for local police, violence prevention and victim services.

    Ask: Which federal safety grants reached our county last year?

What you can do

  1. This weekFind the next city council or county commission meeting where the police or jail budget is on the agenda.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next budget hearing of your city council or county commission.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, crimes reported by police agencies, calendar year 2025.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.