Most Dangerous States or Areas 
State or Area Population Violent Crimes per
100,000 people
  1.  District of Columbia 553,523 1,371.20
2. South Carolina 4,198,068 784.2
3.  Florida 17,397,161 711.3
4. Maryland 5,558,058 700.5
5. Tennessee 5,900,962 695.2
6. New Mexico 1,903,289 687.3
7. Louisiana 4,515,770 638.7
8. Alaska 655,435 634.5
9. Nevada 2,334,771 615.9
10. Delaware 830,364 568.4
11. California 35,893,799 551.8
12. Illinois 12,713,634 542.9
13. Texas 22,490,022 540.5
14. Arizona 5,743,834 504.1
15. Oklahoma 3,523,553 500.5
16. Arkansas 2,752,629 499.1
17. Missouri 5,754,618 490.5
18. Michigan 10,112,620 490.2
19. Massachusetts 6,416,505 458.8
20. Georgia 8,829,383 455.5
21. North Carolina 8,541,221 447.8
22. New York 19,227,088 441.6
23. Alabama 4,530,182 426.6
24. Pennsylvania 12,406,292 411.1
25. Kansas 2,735,502 374.5
51. North Dakota 634,366 79.4
 

SOURCES: US Bureau of Justice Statistics (2004),[45] FBI Uniform Crime Reports (2005)[40]