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10 U.S. States With The Lowest Murder Rates

Which U.S. states had the lowest murder rates in 2024?
Murder rate = murders per 100,000 residents
Change = change since 2014
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Murder Rate
% Change
State
1.0
-17
New Hampshire
1.6
-20
Idaho
1.6
+14
Hawaii
1.8
-10
Massachusetts
2.1
-25
Nebraska
2.1
-16
Rhode Island
2.1
+11
Iowa
2.3
+44
Maine
2.3
-41
New Jersey
2.4
-4
Connecticut
2.4
-11
Wyoming
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48 Comments
plattitude
+4
Level 94
Oct 21, 2019
Interesting, the states fall into 3 geographical groupings, though I think the western grouping might have 2 separate reasons. The top spot increasing and remaining the lowest, though...
rocamorar
+16
Level 80
Oct 24, 2019
They are all concentrated in the North. I guess warmer climates make for hot-blooded brains.
kalbahamut
+35
Level 79
Nov 14, 2019
or just it's hard to kill people when you are indoors all day because it's too damn cold to go outside.
SpencerGT
+19
Level 68
Dec 12, 2021
"I would kill you, but... now, where is my coat?"
MindWax
+3
Level 87
Aug 17, 2023
That's why Alaska is #1 on this list, right? Oh...
JWatson24
+10
Level 71
Jan 14, 2022
@rocamorar is right, higher temperature tends to make people more irritable and thus increases aggressive behavior. Kalbahamut's point is good too though--when people are stuck indoors, they are less likely to commit crimes. A combination of those factors is why crime waves are almost always exclusive to the summer, and why warmer areas tend to have more violence.
TheQuizzler
+4
Level 63
Nov 14, 2019
It is very encouraging to see some pretty massive drops in percentages among many of the states here. That being said, I would not be surprised to see Minnesota to fall off the list next year with the rather large increase of the recent homicide rate in Minneapolis.
tee111
+3
Level 70
Nov 14, 2019
St. Paul is headed for a record year. : (
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Nov 27, 2021
Minneapolis now one of the most dangerous cities in the United States.
TheQuizzler
+3
Level 63
Jan 18, 2022
Wow, my original comment was quite prescient then. Downtown Minneapolis is awful now.
SMFlex
+2
Level 54
Apr 28, 2024
I live in St. Paul and there are some parts of St. Paul and Minneapolis that five, seven years ago were fine but now are filled with gangs and you fear for your life when you go there. It used to be great, but there has been a massive drop-off in safety, especially in Minneapolis with the corrupt police.
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 79
Nov 14, 2019
I was bad at this 😢
SonicYouthX
+4
Level 62
Nov 14, 2019
I -L O V E- this image for this quiz. It captures what it means to .not. murder so well.
Milezinator
+8
Level 71
Nov 14, 2019
How do people know this? I’m usually good at these kinds of quizzes but I just got bottom 6.8 percentile. There didn’t seem to be any sort of pattern, not dense or sparsely populated, not liberal or conservative, not East or West, not poor or rich. What am I missing?

Edit: im f***ing stupid I thought the quiz was asking for highest murder rates

nerdalert
+10
Level 89
Feb 27, 2020
Interesting to see absolutely no correlation to the state's gun control laws.
AyBrains
+4
Level 36
Apr 24, 2020
Yeah. Pretty much everybody in Oregon owns a gun, at it was on the list
MasterKenobi
+1
Level 65
Jan 18, 2022
Because murder happens in a lot more ways than just shootings.
nerdalert
+1
Level 89
Apr 21, 2026
True, but 78% are with a gun.
KanzazKyote
+1
Level 92
Apr 22, 2026
True, but guns also stop far more violent crimes than cause them. By about 300 times, in fact.
Valenmiceli
+9
Level 63
Jul 22, 2020
well... Minnesota has aged badly
PapaFurchetta
+2
Level 94
Mar 10, 2021
I somehow managed to get them all except for the #1 answer. That's certainly a first for me on these quizzes.
brayden813
+1
Level 29
Jun 1, 2021
This quiz says top 10! But there is 11!
WAFFLEZZ
+3
Level 20
Jan 14, 2022
no, there is ten
interopia
+1
Level 90
Apr 22, 2026
Well, now it's 11. I think because there's a tie for #10.
NV1
+1
Level 55
Jun 11, 2021
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vdbjdj
+1
Level 41
Jan 14, 2022
Dang it Dekalb County... you ruined Georgia!
MasterKenobi
+3
Level 65
Jan 18, 2022
No, the whole Atlanta area ruined Georgia a long time ago.
WaymanBeck
+6
Level 58
Mar 11, 2022
Atlanta has its problems but if Georgia didn't have Atlanta it would basically be another Mississippi.
777Wolverine
+1
Level 49
Nov 7, 2025
i swear southern georgia is just as bad
Jonty84
+17
Level 63
Jan 28, 2022
Almost a "name the whitest states" quiz.
TheExtraMenu
+4
Level 66
May 16, 2024
yeah… the super white states of oregon and hawaii…
reverendmeat
+4
Level 86
Apr 21, 2026
Oregon is super white
Nickelz
+2
Level 69
Apr 21, 2026
the famously white state of Hawaii...
KanzazKyote
+4
Level 92
Apr 22, 2026
Hawaii is majority Asian, which is the only group less violent than Whites
EvanAviator
+1
Level 61
Apr 23, 2026
massachusetts and new jersey ??
brandybuck96
+3
Level 82
Apr 5, 2022
pretty insane that if the UK were a state, it would be second on this list
RJG
+2
Level 63
Feb 11, 2023
7/10 and from UK. That time limit was ridiculous.
NateVoD
+2
Level 60
Mar 21, 2023
Lol where's Alaska? Thought it would be on this list being sparsely populated and having such a harsh climate.
ProfessorTaco567
+1
Level 47
Jun 9, 2023
Yeah, me too. It was the first state I guessed and everything.
SMFlex
+3
Level 54
May 12, 2024
It is sparsely populated, which is the issue. If they murder 25 people in a year, they are off the list.
FootballMaster19
+1
Level 35
Apr 11, 2023
I thought wyoming wasnt a thing
FNWY4life
+2
Level 75
Aug 27, 2023
OREGON!!!!!???!?!?!
GnomesRreal
+2
Level 81
Oct 31, 2023
Well well well
Botticella
+1
Level 68
Nov 13, 2024
I would guess that 'stability' is one reason these states score low.
nerdalert
+1
Level 89
Apr 21, 2026
I feel like this would compare pretty well with the oldest states list.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Apr 21, 2026
The "plus" symbols looks like they're missing for the red boxes.
AnAmerican
+7
Level 79
Apr 21, 2026
The description says "highest" instead of "lowest"
FreeStater
+1
Level 81
Apr 23, 2026
Vermont seems like a very strange exclusion.
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