(The Center Square) – Violent crimes in Georgia numbered 340.7 per every 100,000 residents of the state as of 2019, the 26th-highest rate among the 50 states, according to a new analysis from the website 24/7 Wall St.
The total number of murders in Georgia in 2019 came in at 654, according to the 24/7 Wall St. analysis of FBI crime data, while the state’s poverty rate was estimated at 13.3%. The study’s authors pegged College Park as the most dangerous city in the state.
Nationwide, the violent crime rate for 2019 was found to be 366.7 incidents per 100,000 Americans, according to 24/7 Wall St. The violent crimes tracked in the study were aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assault and murders or non-negligent manslaughters.https://3be3f63d46de89b9ed5936d3d53f0e37.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
The poorest states also tend to have the highest rates of violent incidents, the study’s authors concluded. New England states, which have relatively high incomes and less poverty, were among the safest in the nation, while many lower-income Southern states had the highest violent crime rates, the analysis found.
The most dangerous cities in Hawaii and Alabama could not be pinpointed because of a lack of municipal crime data in those states, according to 24/7 Wall St.
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Violent Crime Rates by State as of 2019
Rank (50=Lowest) State Violent Crime Rate (per 100,000) Total 2019 Murders Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) Poverty Rate Most Dangerous City 50 Maine 115.2 20 146 10.9% Biddeford 49 New Hampshire 152.5 33 197 7.3% Manchester 48 Connecticut 183.6 104 245 10.0% New Haven 47 Vermont 202.2 11 182 10.2% Rutland 46 New Jersey 206.9 262 210 9.2% Camden 45 Virginia 208.0 426 422 9.9% Portsmouth 44 Kentucky 217.1 221 516 16.3% Louisville 43 Wyoming 217.4 13 428 10.1% Riverton 42 Rhode Island 221.1 25 156 10.8% Woonsocket 41 Idaho 223.8 35 475 11.2% Garden City 40 Utah 235.6 72 206 8.9% South Salt Lake 39 Minnesota 236.4 117 176 9.0% Minneapolis 38 Iowa 266.6 60 293 11.2% Council Bluffs 37 Mississippi 277.9 332 636 19.6% Laurel 36 Oregon 284.4 116 353 11.4% Astoria 35 North Dakota 284.6 24 231 10.6% Williston 34 Hawaii 285.5 48 215 9.3% — 32 (tie) Ohio 293.2 538 430 13.1% Cleveland 32 (tie) Wisconsin 293.2 175 378 10.4% Milwaukee 31 Washington 293.9 198 250 9.8% Tacoma 30 Nebraska 300.9 45 289 9.9% Omaha 29 Pennsylvania 306.4 669 355 12.0% Scranton 28 West Virginia 316.6 78 381 16.0% Huntington 27 Massachusetts 327.6 152 133 9.4% Springfield 26 Georgia 340.7 654 507 13.3% College Park 25 New York 358.6 558 224 13.0% Newburgh 24 Indiana 370.8 377 399 11.9% South Bend 23 North Carolina 371.8 632 313 13.6% Henderson 22 Florida 378.4 1,122 444 12.7% Florida City 21 Colorado 381.0 218 341 9.3% Sterling 20 South Dakota 399.0 17 428 11.9% Rapid City 19 Montana 404.9 27 440 12.6% Helena 18 Illinois 406.9 832 302 11.5% Sauk Village 17 Kansas 410.8 105 342 11.4% Wichita 16 Texas 418.9 1,409 529 13.6% Snyder 15 Delaware 422.6 48 382 11.3% Wilmington 14 Oklahoma 431.8 266 639 15.2% Muskogee 13 Michigan 437.4 556 381 13.0% Muskegon Heights 12 California 441.2 1,690 310 11.8% Stockton 11 Maryland 454.1 542 305 9.0% Baltimore 10 Arizona 455.3 365 558 13.5% Phoenix 9 Nevada 493.8 143 413 12.5% North Las Vegas 8 Missouri 495.0 568 424 12.9% St. Louis 7 Alabama 510.8 358 419 15.5% — 6 South Carolina 511.3 464 353 13.8% Greenwood 5 Louisiana 549.3 544 680 19.0% Opelousas 4 Arkansas 584.6 242 586 16.2% West Memphis 3 Tennessee 595.2 498 384 13.9% Memphis 2 New Mexico 832.2 181 316 18.2% Gallup 1 Alaska 867.1 69 244 10.1% Anchorage
Source: 24/7 Wall St.
