Understanding crime rates across different states is crucial for policymakers, law enforcement, and the general public, and a ...

There has been a political shift in many major metropolitan areas at the prosecutorial level that was demanded by the ...

According to a recent map based on FBI crime data, New Mexico has been dubbed the riskiest state in the US for raising a family. The data shows that New Mexico tops the list with the highest rate ...

The White House is embracing new crime statistics that indicate the murder rate could be trending toward its lowest level ...

Finally, Denver rounds out the list, with the city witnessing robbery rates of 17.3 per 100,000 residents. Crime statistics such as these are not always straightforward to interpret. "Robbery ...

In order to look at the data in more detail, we also produced an interactive map showing how the violent crime rate has differed between states since 1979. Almost all states follow the general ...