(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%
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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%
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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.
