Criminal Reports and Violent Crimes by State – Murder – Forcible Rape – Robbery

Customers who are considering ordering criminal reports should understand the various types of violent crimes. Many criminal reports will identify the difference between petty crimes and violent crimes. The rates of violent crimes have been on the decline throughout the United States, but they are still prevalent throughout the country. In total, the District of Columbia leads the country with its violent crime rates — with 7.864 violent crimes reported, or 1.24 as a percent of the population. The four types of violent crimes are murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

                             

Given the severity of crime of murder, many people are interested in finding out more information about this criminal activity when ordering criminal reports. Puerto Rico ranked highest in the country for murder in terms of the percent of the population. There were 978 murders in Puerto Rico, equating to about 0.03 percent of the total population. In terms of population percentages, the District of Columbia had the second highest murder ranking, with 88 murders, or 0.01 percent of the population. New Hampshire had the lowest murder rate in terms of population percentage, with 15 murders or 0.00 percent of the population.

		Murder
		As a Percent	State
Rank	State Name	of Population	Total
1	Puerto Rico	0.03%	978
2	District of Columbia	0.01%	88
3	Louisiana	0.01%	495
4	Mississippi	0.01%	220
5	Alabama	0.01%	342
6	Michigan	0.01%	689
7	South Carolina	0.01%	324
8	Missouri	0.01%	389
9	Maryland	0.01%	369
10	Delaware	0.01%	57
11	Tennessee	0.01%	388
12	Arkansas	0.01%	173
13	Georgia	0.01%	581
14	Illinois	0.01%	744
15	Oklahoma	0.01%	216
16	New Mexico	0.01%	116
17	Arizona	0.01%	358
18	Pennsylvania	0.01%	685
19	Florida	0.01%	1,009
20	California	0.00%	1,884
21	North Carolina	0.00%	479
22	Indiana	0.00%	310
23	Nevada	0.00%	124
24	Kentucky	0.00%	195
25	Texas	0.00%	1,144
26	New Jersey	0.00%	388
27	Ohio	0.00%	495
28	Alaska	0.00%	30
29	Connecticut	0.00%	146
30	North Dakota	0.00%	28
31	West Virginia	0.00%	72
32	Virginia	0.00%	314
33	New York	0.00%	684
34	Rhode Island	0.00%	34
35	Colorado	0.00%	162
36	Wisconsin	0.00%	173
37	South Dakota	0.00%	25
38	Washington	0.00%	206
39	Kansas	0.00%	84
40	Nebraska	0.00%	53
41	Montana	0.00%	27
42	Wyoming	0.00%	14
43	Oregon	0.00%	92
44	Hawaii	0.00%	29
45	Maine	0.00%	25
46	Minnesota	0.00%	99
47	Massachusetts	0.00%	121
48	Idaho	0.00%	29
49	Utah	0.00%	50
50	Iowa	0.00%	45
51	Vermont	0.00%	8
52	New Hampshire	0.00%	15

Alaska had the highest rate of forcible rape in terms of population percentage, with 583 forcible rape incidents occurring there, or 0.08 as a percent of the population.

		Forcible Rape
		As a Percent	State
Rank	State Name	of Population	Total
1	Alaska	0.08%	583
2	South Dakota	0.07%	585
3	Michigan	0.05%	4,589
4	New Mexico	0.05%	957
5	Arkansas	0.04%	1,247
6	Oklahoma	0.04%	1,588
7	Colorado	0.04%	2,113
8	North Dakota	0.04%	272
9	Nebraska	0.04%	711
10	Montana	0.04%	379
11	District of Columbia	0.04%	236
12	Kansas	0.04%	1,053
13	South Carolina	0.04%	1,679
14	Arizona	0.03%	2,277
15	New Hampshire	0.03%	449
16	Nevada	0.03%	931
17	Utah	0.03%	943
18	Washington	0.03%	2,193
19	Ohio	0.03%	3,658
20	Tennessee	0.03%	2,032
21	Minnesota	0.03%	1,638
22	Idaho	0.03%	479
23	Texas	0.03%	7,711
24	Oregon	0.03%	1,140
25	Kentucky	0.03%	1,272
26	Iowa	0.03%	871
27	Maine	0.03%	372
28	Illinois	0.03%	3,570
29	Mississippi	0.03%	822
30	Rhode Island	0.03%	288
31	Florida	0.03%	5,260
32	Alabama	0.03%	1,296
33	Wyoming	0.03%	154
34	Delaware	0.03%	243
35	Pennsylvania	0.03%	3,327
36	Connecticut	0.03%	919
37	Indiana	0.03%	1,667
38	Louisiana	0.03%	1,158
39	Missouri	0.03%	1,511
40	Massachusetts	0.02%	1,642
41	West Virginia	0.02%	421
42	Georgia	0.02%	2,124
43	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,219
44	Maryland	0.02%	1,235
45	California	0.02%	7,837
46	Hawaii	0.02%	285
47	North Carolina	0.02%	1,984
48	Vermont	0.02%	121
49	Virginia	0.02%	1,452
50	New York	0.01%	2,848
51	New Jersey	0.01%	1,035
52	Puerto Rico	0.00%	32

Robbery was significantly high in the District of Columbia compared to the rest of the country. The data shows 4,036 robbery incidents or 0.64 as a percent of population. Nevada ranked second in terms of percent of population, with a 0.18 percent ranking and 4,918 robbery incidents reported. Wyoming ranked 52nd according to the data.

		Robbery
		As a Percent	State
Rank	State Name	of Population	Total
1	District of Columbia	0.64%	4,036
2	Nevada	0.18%	4,918
3	Maryland	0.17%	10,141
4	Puerto Rico	0.17%	6,298
5	Delaware	0.16%	1,492
6	Illinois	0.15%	19,471
7	California	0.15%	56,521
8	New York	0.15%	28,655
9	Ohio	0.13%	15,235
10	New Jersey	0.13%	11,385
11	Tennessee	0.13%	8,169
12	Georgia	0.13%	12,463
13	Florida	0.12%	23,889
14	Pennsylvania	0.12%	15,673
15	Louisiana	0.12%	5,475
16	Texas	0.12%	30,382
17	Arizona	0.11%	7,386
18	Michigan	0.11%	10,434
19	Alabama	0.10%	5,020
20	Connecticut	0.10%	3,687
21	Indiana	0.10%	6,598
22	Massachusetts	0.10%	6,552
23	North Carolina	0.10%	9,392
24	Missouri	0.10%	5,782
25	South Carolina	0.10%	4,489
26	New Mexico	0.09%	1,847
27	Alaska	0.09%	630
28	Oklahoma	0.08%	3,231
29	Washington	0.08%	5,745
30	Wisconsin	0.08%	4,622
31	Kentucky	0.08%	3,535
32	Arkansas	0.08%	2,320
33	Mississippi	0.08%	2,284
34	Hawaii	0.07%	1,040
35	Rhode Island	0.07%	713
36	Colorado	0.07%	3,395
37	Minnesota	0.06%	3,475
38	Oregon	0.06%	2,413
39	Nebraska	0.06%	1,130
40	Virginia	0.06%	4,706
41	Kansas	0.05%	1,500
42	West Virginia	0.05%	838
43	Utah	0.04%	1,100
44	New Hampshire	0.04%	472
45	Maine	0.03%	423
46	Iowa	0.03%	962
47	Montana	0.02%	191
48	South Dakota	0.02%	158
49	North Dakota	0.02%	131
50	Vermont	0.02%	112
51	Idaho	0.02%	243
52	Wyoming	0.01%	61

The District of Columbia also topped the list for aggravated assault, with 3,504 reported incidents or 0.55 as a percent of the population. Maine came in last place for this type of violent crime, with 811 reported incidents, or 0.06 percent of the population.

		Aggravated Assaults
		As a Percent	State
Rank	State Name	of Population	Total
1	District of Columbia	0.55%	3,504
2	Tennessee	0.48%	30,961
3	Alaska	0.43%	3,169
4	South Carolina	0.42%	19,905
5	New Mexico	0.42%	8,740
6	Nevada	0.39%	10,790
7	Delaware	0.35%	3,228
8	Arkansas	0.34%	10,095
9	Louisiana	0.34%	15,740
10	Oklahoma	0.34%	12,867
11	Florida	0.33%	63,929
12	Missouri	0.32%	19,473
13	Alabama	0.31%	15,035
14	Michigan	0.30%	29,210
15	Massachusetts	0.28%	18,638
16	Maryland	0.28%	16,310
17	Arizona	0.28%	18,087
18	Kansas	0.26%	7,595
19	Texas	0.26%	67,239
20	California	0.25%	94,702
21	West Virginia	0.24%	4,538
22	New York	0.24%	47,423
23	North Carolina	0.23%	22,609
24	Illinois	0.23%	29,618
25	South Dakota	0.23%	1,914
26	Georgia	0.23%	22,423
27	Indiana	0.21%	14,027
28	Montana	0.21%	2,139
29	Iowa	0.20%	6,234
30	Colorado	0.20%	10,353
31	Pennsylvania	0.19%	24,818
32	North Dakota	0.18%	1,281
33	Washington	0.18%	12,242
34	Wisconsin	0.18%	10,050
35	Wyoming	0.16%	932
36	Idaho	0.16%	2,567
37	Nebraska	0.16%	2,920
38	Oregon	0.15%	6,008
39	Rhode Island	0.15%	1,616
40	Connecticut	0.15%	5,408
41	Mississippi	0.15%	4,460
42	New Jersey	0.15%	12,919
43	Hawaii	0.14%	1,976
44	Minnesota	0.13%	7,207
45	Utah	0.13%	3,783
46	Ohio	0.13%	15,207
47	New Hampshire	0.12%	1,545
48	Virginia	0.11%	9,092
49	Kentucky	0.11%	4,750
50	Vermont	0.10%	652
51	Puerto Rico	0.07%	2,733
52	Maine	0.06%	811

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