Crime and Safety - Violent crimes reported (2017) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Violent crimes reported (per 10,000 pop) Rank Violent crimes reported (per 10,000 pop) Alaska 1 83 New Mexico 2 78 Tennessee 3 65 Louisiana 4 56 Nevada 5 56 Arkansas 6 55 Missouri 7 53 Alabama 8 52 Arizona 9 51 South Carolina 10 51 Maryland 11 50 Oklahoma 12 46 Delaware 13 45 Michigan 14 45 California 15 45 Texas 16 44 Illinois 17 44 South Dakota 18 43 Kansas 19 41 Florida 20 41 Indiana 21 40 Montana 22 38 Colorado 23 37 North Carolina 24 36 Massachusetts 25 36 Georgia 26 36 New York 27 36 West Virginia 28 35 Wisconsin 29 32 Pennsylvania 30 31 Nebraska 31 31 Washington 32 30 Ohio 33 30 Iowa 34 29 Mississippi 35 29 Oregon 36 28 North Dakota 37 28 Hawaii 38 25 Utah 39 24 Minnesota 40 24 Wyoming 41 24 Rhode Island 42 23 New Jersey 43 23 Connecticut 44 23 Idaho 45 23 Kentucky 46 23 Virginia 47 21 New Hampshire 48 20 Vermont 49 17 Maine 50 12 Source: 2003-2017: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, (https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement); Source: 1990-2002: National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data, (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD;); 1990-2002: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm); and 2000-2002: University of Virginia Library, Geostats Center, Uniform Crime Reports County Data, (http://www.library.virginia.edu/); DATE LAST UPDATED: January 12, 2019.