Using the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Law Street Media has listed the most dangerous states for violent crime and the most dangerous cities in each of those states.
Arizona comes in as the 15th most dangerous state and Tucson has the highest violent crime rate in Arizona.
Only cities with populations of 25,000 or more were included and the crime rate is the number of violent crimes per 100,000 population.
We list the states here. Washington, D.C., while not a state, is at the end, but in terms of violent crime statistics, it should be at the beginning.
The states, in order from most dangerous to safest are:
Tennessee: 643.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
Nevada: 607.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
Alaska: 603.2 violent crimes/100,000 people
New Mexico: 559.1 violent crimes/100,000 people
South Carolina: 558.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Delaware: 547.4 violent crimes/100,000 people
Louisiana: 469.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Florida: 487.1 violent crimes/100,000 people
Maryland: 476.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Oklahoma: 469.3 violent crimes/100,000 people
Arkansas: 469.1 violent crimes/100,000 people
Michigan: 454.5 violent crimes/100,000 people
Missouri: 450.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Alabama: 449.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Arizona: 428.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
California: 423.1 violent crimes/100,000 people
Illinois: 414.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Texas: 408.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
New York: 406.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Massachussetts: 405.5 violent crimes/100,000 people
Georgia: 378.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Kansas: 354.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
North Carolina: 353.4 violent crimes/100,000 people
Pennsylvania: 348.7 violent crimes/100,000 people
Indiana: 345.7 violent crimes/100,000 people
South Dakota: 321.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
West Virginia: 316.3 violent crimes/100,000 people
Colorado: 308.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Ohio: 299.7 violent crimes/100,000 people
Washington: 295.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
New Jersey: 290.2 violent crimes/100,000 people
Connecticut: 283 violent crimes/100,000 people
Wisconsin: 280.5 violent crimes/100,000 people
Montana: 272.2 violent crimes/100,000 people
Iowa: 263.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Mississippi: 260.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Nebraska: 259.4 violent crimes/100,000 people
Rhode Island: 252.4 violent crimes/100,000 people
Oregon: 247.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
North Dakota: 244.7 violent crimes/100,000 people
Hawaii: 239.2 violent crimes/100,000 people
Minnesota: 230.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Kentucky: 222.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
Idaho: 207.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Utah: 205.8 violent crimes/100,000 people
Wyoming: 201.4 violent crimes/100,000 people
Virginia: 190.1 violent crimes/100,000 people
New Hampshire: 187.9 violent crimes/100,000 people
Vermont: 142.6 violent crimes/100,000 people
Maine: 122.7 violent crimes/100,000 people
Washington, D.C.: 1,243.70 violent crimes/100,000 people
