highest crime rate states in usa
Below we will discuss the precise figures regarding the crime rates within the United States for the year 2014. Alaska has a high crime rate figure of 635.8 per 100, 000 population. It is followed by Nevada which has 635.6 per 100, 000 population. These states are followed by Tennessee and New Mexico as well as Florida.
Crime rates vary among U.S. states. In 2011, the state with the lowest violent crime rate was Maine, with a rate of 123.2 per 100,000 residents, while the state with the highest violent crime rate was Tennessee, with a rate of 608.2 per 100,000.