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What State Has The Highest Crime Rate?

Crime rate in the world has been on an ever rising high since decades; crimes like robbery, aggravated assault, rape and murder have been widespread making some areas unbearable to live in. even the most developed countries otherwise have a shocking crime rate, and one example is of the United States.

Being a first-world country, the crime rate in the US is at a 47.70 in the crime rate index, ranking 50th in the world. The percentage is 5.30%.

Highest Crime Rates in the World

The most violent countries in the world today are ranked as the ones with the highest crime rate, and contrary to popular belief, we see developed countries topping the list.

According to statistics provided by Numbeo, this is the ranking of countries with the highest crime rates in the world.

Rank Country Crime Index Safety Index
1 Venezuela 84.36 15.64
2 Papua New Guinea 80.04 19.96
3 South Africa 77.29 22.71
4 Afghanistan 76.97 23.03
5 Honduras 76.65 23.35
6 Trinidad And Tobago 72.43 27.57
7 Brazil 68.31 31.69
8 Guyana 68.15 31.85
9 El Salvador 67.84 32.16
10 Syria 67.42 32.58
11 Jamaica 67.20 32.80
12 Namibia 66.12 33.88
13 Angola 65.74 34.26
14 Peru 65.65 34.35
15 Puerto Rico 64.75 35.25
16 Bangladesh 63.82 36.18
17 Nigeria 63.27 36.73
18 Bahamas 62.74 37.26
19 Libya 62.27 37.73
20 Argentina 62.26 37.74
21 Kenya 61.73 38.27
22 Dominican Republic 61.04 38.96
23 Fiji 59.57 40.43
24 Zimbabwe 58.86 41.14
25 Guatemala 58.59 41.41
26 Malaysia 58.55 41.45
27 Tanzania 57.80 42.20
28 Mongolia 57.47 42.53
29 Uganda 56.14 43.86
30 Bolivia 56.13 43.87
31 Somalia 56.04 43.96
32 Costa Rica 55.59 44.41
33 Colombia 54.94 45.06
34 Kazakhstan 54.81 45.19
35 Maldives 54.61 45.39
36 Botswana 53.47 46.53
37 Mexico 53.31 46.69
38 Uruguay 53.02 46.98
39 Ecuador 52.66 47.34
40 Cambodia 52.18 47.82
41 Algeria 50.41 49.59
42 Paraguay 49.60 50.40
43 Chile 49.60 50.40
44 Ethiopia 49.23 50.77
45 Morocco 48.97 51.03
46 Iran 48.91 51.09
47 Ukraine 48.84 51.16
48 Ghana 48.64 51.36
49 Iraq 48.00 52.00
50 United States 47.70 52.30
51 Sweden 47.43 52.57

Note: Sample rates have been extracted online, courtesy of Numbeo

What is the most dangerous State in the US?

Alaska has been ranked as the most dangerous state in the United States having the highest crime rate of about 885 crimes per 100,000 people. The state’s rate of sexual assault is 161.9 incidents per 1000,000 people, nearly four times the national rate. The most common violent crime reported in Alaska is aggravated assault, followed by rape.

2020 rank Metro area Metro population Violent crime per 1,000 Property crime per 1,000 2019 rank
1 Anchorage, AK 309,917 12.6 50.2 New
2 Albuquerque, NM 915,468 10.9 45.3 8
3 Memphis, TN 1,343,002 11.4 42.7 4
4 Wichita, KS 638,135 8.2 42.3 43
5 Lubbock, TX 319,795 8.3 39.6 New
6 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI 1,748,511 10.0 27.1 2
7 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 558,298 4.4 43.8 New
8 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 397,965 6.0 37.4 New
9 Corpus Christi, TX 430,731 7.0 33.7 32
10 Mobile, AL 430,335 5.3 38.9 New

Note: Sample figures have been extracted online, courtesy of SafeWise.

Crime Rate Comparison by City

Here are 60 cities of the world compared with each other based on the crime and safety index, as evaluated by Numbeo.

Rank City Crime Index Safety Index
1 Caracas, Venezuela 84.57 15.43
2 Pretoria, South Africa 81.89 18.11
3 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 81.35 18.65
4 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 81.05 18.95
5 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 80.93 19.07
6 Durban, South Africa 80.80 19.20
7 Johannesburg, South Africa 80.31 19.69
8 Fortaleza, Brazil 78.51 21.49
9 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 77.42 22.58
10 Kabul, Afghanistan 77.22 22.78
11 Port Elizabeth, South Africa 76.85 23.15
12 Recife, Brazil 76.81 23.19
13 Porto Alegre, Brazil 75.79 24.21
14 Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago 75.70 24.30
15 Memphis, TN, United States 75.61 24.39
16 Salvador, Brazil 75.60 24.40
17 Baltimore, MD, United States 74.75 25.25
18 Detroit, MI, United States 73.79 26.21
19 Cape Town, South Africa 73.67 26.33
20 Klang, Malaysia 71.51 28.49
21 San Salvador, El Salvador 71.00 29.00
22 São Paulo, Brazil 70.67 29.33
23 Saint Louis, MO, United States 70.63 29.37
24 Albuquerque, NM, United States 69.95 30.05
25 Windhoek, Namibia 69.40 30.60
26 Rosario, Argentina 69.38 30.62
27 San Juan, Puerto Rico 69.12 30.88
28 Kingston, Jamaica 69.05 30.95
29 Mexico City, Mexico 68.80 31.20
30 Lima, Peru 68.78 31.22
31 Almaty, Kazakhstan 67.95 32.05
32 Damascus, Syria 67.39 32.61
33 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 67.25 32.75
34 Milwaukee, WI, United States 67.19 32.81
35 Campinas, Brazil 66.92 33.08
36 Tijuana, Mexico 65.49 34.51
37 Baghdad, Iraq 65.49 34.51
38 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 65.35 34.65
39 Guayaquil, Ecuador 65.34 34.66
40 Belo Horizonte, Brazil 65.03 34.97
41 Tripoli, Libya 64.59 35.41
42 Manila, Philippines 64.56 35.44
43 New Orleans, LA, United States 64.49 35.51
44 Dhaka, Bangladesh 64.40 35.60
45 Male, Maldives 64.40 35.60
46 Chicago, IL, United States 64.24 35.76
47 Lagos, Nigeria 64.23 35.77
48 Oakland, CA, United States 64.23 35.77
49 Cleveland, OH, United States 64.10 35.90
50 Houston, TX, United States 64.06 35.94
51 Anchorage, AK, United States 63.34 36.66
52 Curitiba, Brazil 63.16 36.84
53 Puebla, Mexico 63.13 36.87
54 Quezon City, Philippines 62.78 37.22
55 Guadalajara, Mexico 62.66 37.34
56 Guatemala City, Guatemala 62.64 37.36
57 Atlanta, GA, United States 62.64 37.36
58 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 62.48 37.52
59 Brasilia, Brazil 61.74 38.26
60 Catania, Italy 61.58 38.42

Conclusion

There are several factors that make a country or state dangerous to live in and the primary index is always the crime rate.

Crimes like murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape, arson, aggravated assault, sexual assault, trafficking etc. are only some of the examples of the most common crimes prevalent in the world today.

Wherever these crimes are the highest, the area becomes unsafe for men, women and children to live in. This is the index that decides how dangerous a state is, and states like Alaska and New Mexico have been highest on the list since years.

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Nabeel Ahmad is the founder and editor-in-chief of Legal Inquirer. Apart from Legal Inquirer, he is a serial entrepreneur, and has founded multiple successful companies in different industries.