State Murders Per Capita - Over the last two decades, the number of violent crimes in the united states has fallen dramatically; There were 1. 93 million violent crimes in 1992 in comparison to 1. 2 million. From 2000 to 2025, the average red state murder rate was 24% higher than the average blue state murder rate. Red states like mississippi, louisiana, and alabama are. The state with most murders per capita is louisiana with 15. 8 murders per 100k people. The safest state in the united states is new hampshire. Drawing on 2025 data from the cdc's national center for health statistics, newsweek created a map showing the states with the highest and lowest murder rates in the.
Over the last two decades, the number of violent crimes in the united states has fallen dramatically; There were 1. 93 million violent crimes in 1992 in comparison to 1. 2 million.