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Title: Which US States Have The Highest Violent-Crime Rates?
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political ... ve-highest-violent-crime-rates
Published: Aug 20, 2024
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2024-08-20 07:03:37 by Horse
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In 2022, there were about 1.2 million violent crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Violent crimes comprise of four offenses: homicide (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter), rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The national violent crime rate has seen a gradual decrease over the last couple of years. In 2020, it sat at 398 incidents per 100,000 people, and as of 2022 the nationwide number sits at 381 incidents per 100,000 people. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Kayla Zhu, visualizes the rate of violent crime per 100,000 individuals by U.S. state in 2022, with the figures from the FBI. The data is current as of October 2023. The FBI national crime statistics for 2022 are based on data received from 16,100 of 18,930 participating law enforcement agencies in the country that year. Nation’s Capital Leads in Violent Crime DC recorded the highest violent crime rate in 2022, at 812 incidents per 100,000 residents. The district also saw the highest homicide rate in the country, at 29 homicides per 100,000. State Violent crime rate (incidents per 100,000 individuals) District of Columbia 812 New Mexico 780 Alaska 759 Arkansas 645 Louisiana 629 Tennessee 622 California 499 Colorado 492 South Carolina 491 Missouri 488 Michigan 461 Nevada 454 Texas 432 Arizona 431 New York 429 Oklahoma 420 Montana 418 Kansas 415 Alabama 409 North Carolina 405 Maryland 398 Delaware 384 South Dakota 377 Washington 376 Georgia 367 Oregon 342 Massachusetts 322 Indiana 306 Wisconsin 297 Ohio 294 Illinois 287 Iowa 287 Nebraska 283 Minnesota 281 Pennsylvania 280 North Dakota 280 West Virginia 278 Hawaii 260 Florida 259 Mississippi 245 Utah 242 Idaho 241 Virginia 234 Vermont 222 Kentucky 214 New Jersey 203 Wyoming 202 Rhode Island 172 Connecticut 150 New Hampshire 126 Maine 103 This trend is continuing to rise in DC, with a 39% increase in violent crime reported in 2023. Armed carjackings, particularly involving youth, have become a significant issue in recent years, with cases doubling from 2022 to 2023. Some experts attribute the rise in violent crime to DC’s lack of statehood and its complex network of overlapping law enforcement agencies, such as the Metropolitan Police Department, FBI, U.S. Park Police, and Capitol Police, which makes coordination and communication challenging. In second-ranked New Mexico, violent crime has seen a steady rise in the past 10 years, with around 11,660 incidents in 2012 to 16,494 in 2022. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2011 to 2022, there was an 84% increase in the firearm- related death rate in the state. To see how the U.S. homicide rate compares with that of Europe and the UK over time, check out this graphic. 
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