Which county has the highest Murder Rate?

Madison Parish, LA has the highest Murder Rate in 2024, at 66.11 per 100k, followed by Dallas County, AR (65.48 per 100k) and Shackelford County, TX (62.62 per 100k).

Which county has the lowest Murder Rate?

Trempealeau County, WI has the lowest Murder Rate in 2024, at 3.23 per 100k.

What is the median Murder Rate across US counties?

The median is 6.92 per 100k across the 1,000 US counties with data in 2024.

Where does this murder rates by county data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review. Last updated 2026-10-28.

County rankings

Murder Rates by County

Name: Murder Rates by County
Creator: Rankodex

Madison Parish, LA has the highest Murder Rate in 2024 (66.11 per 100k), followed by Dallas County, AR (65.48 per 100k) and Shackelford County, TX (62.62 per 100k). Trempealeau County, WI has the lowest (3.23 per 100k).

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How many counties fall in each range; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

6.92 per 100k

Middle half 4.82 per 100k – 11.58 per 100k

Average

10.01 per 100k

1,000 counties

Lowest (best)

3.23 per 100k

Trempealeau County, WI

Highest (worst)

66.11 per 100k

Madison Parish, LA

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1	Trempealeau County, WI	3.23 per 100k	1
2	Newton County, GA	3.23 per 100k	4
3	Eddy County, NM	3.24 per 100k	2
4	Bowie County, TX	3.24 per 100k	3
5	Newton County, MO	3.25 per 100k	2
6	Washtenaw County, MI	3.25 per 100k	12
7	Wake County, NC	3.25 per 100k	40
8	Greene County, MO	3.26 per 100k	10
9	Onslow County, NC	3.26 per 100k	7
10	Meade County, KY	3.28 per 100k	1
11	Berrien County, MI	3.28 per 100k	5
12	Imperial County, CA	3.28 per 100k	6
13	Ottawa County, OK	3.29 per 100k	1
14	Douglas County, GA	3.29 per 100k	5
15	Orange County, NC	3.3 per 100k	5
16	Palo Pinto County, TX	3.3 per 100k	1
17	El Paso County, TX	3.3 per 100k	29
18	Pinal County, AZ	3.3 per 100k	17
19	Kleberg County, TX	3.3 per 100k	1
20	Obion County, TN	3.31 per 100k	1
21	Blount County, AL	3.32 per 100k	2
22	Douglas County, NE	3.33 per 100k	20
23	Contra Costa County, CA	3.33 per 100k	39
24	Fredericksburg city, VA	3.34 per 100k	1
25	Washington County, VT	3.34 per 100k	2
26	Hunt County, TX	3.36 per 100k	4
27	Limestone County, AL	3.36 per 100k	4
28	Sarasota County, FL	3.36 per 100k	16
29	Dodge County, WI	3.38 per 100k	3
30	White County, GA	3.38 per 100k	1
31	Erie County, PA	3.38 per 100k	9
32	Camden County, GA	3.39 per 100k	2
33	Harford County, MD	3.39 per 100k	9
34	Suffolk County, MA	3.4 per 100k	27
35	Edgefield County, SC	3.42 per 100k	1
36	Genesee County, NY	3.42 per 100k	2
37	Carroll County, TN	3.42 per 100k	1
38	Henderson County, TX	3.43 per 100k	3
39	Carson City, NV	3.43 per 100k	2
40	Charles County, MD	3.44 per 100k	6
41	Liberty County, TX	3.44 per 100k	4
42	St. Mary's County, MD	3.44 per 100k	4
43	Glynn County, GA	3.45 per 100k	3
44	Androscoggin County, ME	3.46 per 100k	4
44	King George County, VA	3.46 per 100k	1
46	Fluvanna County, VA	3.47 per 100k	1
47	Lexington County, SC	3.5 per 100k	11
48	Polk County, IA	3.51 per 100k	18
49	Cass County, MO	3.51 per 100k	4
50	Butler County, PA	3.51 per 100k	7
51	Cass County, ND	3.51 per 100k	7
52	Garrett County, MD	3.52 per 100k	1
53	Polk County, FL	3.52 per 100k	30
54	Union County, MS	3.52 per 100k	1
55	Virginia Beach city, VA	3.53 per 100k	16
56	Navarro County, TX	3.54 per 100k	2
57	Henderson County, TN	3.54 per 100k	1
58	Custer County, OK	3.55 per 100k	1
59	Howard County, MD	3.55 per 100k	12
60	Hart County, GA	3.55 per 100k	1
61	Gillespie County, TX	3.56 per 100k	1
62	Palm Beach County, FL	3.56 per 100k	56
63	Washington County, TN	3.58 per 100k	5
64	Yolo County, CA	3.58 per 100k	8
65	Buchanan County, MO	3.59 per 100k	3
66	Cape Girardeau County, MO	3.59 per 100k	3
67	Madera County, CA	3.61 per 100k	6
68	Pike County, KY	3.61 per 100k	2
69	Hardin County, TN	3.61 per 100k	1
70	Salt Lake County, UT	3.61 per 100k	44
71	Walton County, GA	3.63 per 100k	4
72	Grant County, NM	3.64 per 100k	1
73	Brazoria County, TX	3.65 per 100k	15
74	Seneca County, OH	3.66 per 100k	2
75	Rusk County, TX	3.66 per 100k	2
76	De Soto Parish, LA	3.67 per 100k	1
77	Floyd County, IN	3.67 per 100k	3
78	Eau Claire County, WI	3.68 per 100k	4
79	Sussex County, DE	3.69 per 100k	10
80	Wise County, TX	3.69 per 100k	3
81	Pike County, OH	3.69 per 100k	1
82	Mercer County, PA	3.7 per 100k	4
83	Logan County, OK	3.7 per 100k	2
84	Umatilla County, OR	3.71 per 100k	3
85	Del Norte County, CA	3.71 per 100k	1
86	Oceana County, MI	3.71 per 100k	1
87	Chemung County, NY	3.71 per 100k	3
88	Pierce County, WA	3.72 per 100k	35
89	Franklin County, MO	3.72 per 100k	4
90	Queen Anne's County, MD	3.73 per 100k	2
91	Clermont County, OH	3.73 per 100k	8
92	Saline County, KS	3.75 per 100k	2
93	Cherokee County, TX	3.76 per 100k	2
94	Lewis County, NY	3.77 per 100k	1
95	Caldwell County, TX	3.78 per 100k	2
96	Wasco County, OR	3.78 per 100k	1
97	Spokane County, WA	3.78 per 100k	21
98	San Miguel County, NM	3.78 per 100k	1
99	White County, AR	3.79 per 100k	3
100	Alachua County, FL	3.8 per 100k	11
101	Carroll County, NH	3.8 per 100k	2
102	Johnson County, AR	3.81 per 100k	1
103	Iroquois County, IL	3.81 per 100k	1
104	Franklin County, KY	3.82 per 100k	2
105	Lamoille County, VT	3.82 per 100k	1
106	Butte County, CA	3.84 per 100k	8
107	Grays Harbor County, WA	3.85 per 100k	3
108	Gladwin County, MI	3.85 per 100k	1
109	Hickman County, TN	3.86 per 100k	1
110	Iredell County, NC	3.88 per 100k	8
111	Kings County, CA	3.89 per 100k	6
112	Adair County, MO	3.9 per 100k	1
113	Linn County, IA	3.91 per 100k	9
114	Manistee County, MI	3.91 per 100k	1
115	Lonoke County, AR	3.93 per 100k	3
116	Spotsylvania County, VA	3.94 per 100k	6
117	Chattooga County, GA	3.96 per 100k	1
118	York County, SC	3.96 per 100k	12
119	Grayson County, TX	3.98 per 100k	6
120	St. Louis County, MN	3.99 per 100k	8
121	Barton County, KS	4.01 per 100k	1
122	Hall County, GA	4.03 per 100k	9
123	Pottawatomie County, OK	4.03 per 100k	3
124	Le Flore County, OK	4.03 per 100k	2
125	Douglas County, NV	4.03 per 100k	2
126	Somerset County, MD	4.04 per 100k	1
127	Teller County, CO	4.04 per 100k	1
128	Sutter County, CA	4.04 per 100k	4
129	Erie County, OH	4.07 per 100k	3
130	Grand Forks County, ND	4.07 per 100k	3
131	New York County, NY	4.08 per 100k	68
132	Lowndes County, GA	4.09 per 100k	5
133	Greene County, TN	4.09 per 100k	3
134	Randolph County, MO	4.1 per 100k	1
135	Burke County, GA	4.1 per 100k	1
136	Audrain County, MO	4.11 per 100k	1
137	Roanoke County, VA	4.11 per 100k	4
138	McClain County, OK	4.12 per 100k	2
139	Anderson County, SC	4.14 per 100k	9
140	Raleigh County, WV	4.16 per 100k	3
141	Campbell County, WY	4.16 per 100k	2
142	Tom Green County, TX	4.16 per 100k	5
143	Knox County, IL	4.17 per 100k	2
144	Nicholas County, WV	4.17 per 100k	1
145	Roscommon County, MI	4.18 per 100k	1
146	Whitman County, WA	4.18 per 100k	2
147	Winston County, AL	4.19 per 100k	1
148	Harrison County, MS	4.19 per 100k	9
149	McDonald County, MO	4.2 per 100k	1
150	Hampshire County, WV	4.21 per 100k	1
151	Chilton County, AL	4.22 per 100k	2
152	Upshur County, WV	4.23 per 100k	1
153	Yankton County, SD	4.24 per 100k	1
154	Osceola County, MI	4.24 per 100k	1
155	Otero County, NM	4.25 per 100k	3
156	Colquitt County, GA	4.25 per 100k	2
157	Spalding County, GA	4.27 per 100k	3
158	Starke County, IN	4.27 per 100k	1
159	Pender County, NC	4.28 per 100k	3
160	Seminole County, OK	4.28 per 100k	1
161	Monroe County, WI	4.3 per 100k	2
162	Emanuel County, GA	4.3 per 100k	1
163	Bastrop County, TX	4.31 per 100k	5
164	Thomas County, GA	4.32 per 100k	2
165	Sunflower County, MS	4.33 per 100k	1
166	Randolph County, AL	4.34 per 100k	1
167	Victoria County, TX	4.34 per 100k	4
168	Mifflin County, PA	4.35 per 100k	2
169	Bell County, KY	4.35 per 100k	1
170	Madison County, MS	4.35 per 100k	5
171	Pinellas County, FL	4.37 per 100k	42
172	San Francisco County, CA	4.39 per 100k	36
173	Allen Parish, LA	4.4 per 100k	1
174	Clark County, OH	4.41 per 100k	6
175	Shasta County, CA	4.41 per 100k	8
176	Lawrence County, IN	4.42 per 100k	2
177	Polk County, OR	4.43 per 100k	4
178	Delaware County, IN	4.43 per 100k	5
179	Asotin County, WA	4.44 per 100k	1
180	Kings County, NY	4.44 per 100k	118
181	Stanly County, NC	4.44 per 100k	3
182	Jackson County, NC	4.45 per 100k	2
183	Madison County, NC	4.45 per 100k	1
184	Caswell County, NC	4.45 per 100k	1
185	Montgomery County, TN	4.47 per 100k	11
186	Ascension Parish, LA	4.48 per 100k	6
187	Okanogan County, WA	4.48 per 100k	2
188	Prince Edward County, VA	4.48 per 100k	1
189	Fayette County, TN	4.49 per 100k	2
190	Calhoun County, MI	4.49 per 100k	6
191	Madison County, IN	4.49 per 100k	6
192	Mendocino County, CA	4.5 per 100k	4
193	Gadsden County, FL	4.52 per 100k	2
194	Grant Parish, LA	4.52 per 100k	1
195	Stephens County, OK	4.52 per 100k	2
196	Wilkes County, NC	4.53 per 100k	3
197	Marion County, OR	4.53 per 100k	16
198	Morgan County, TN	4.53 per 100k	1
199	Georgetown County, SC	4.54 per 100k	3
200	Colusa County, CA	4.54 per 100k	1
201	Erath County, TX	4.55 per 100k	2
202	Nacogdoches County, TX	4.55 per 100k	3
203	Saline County, AR	4.55 per 100k	6
204	Pettis County, MO	4.56 per 100k	2
205	Livingston Parish, LA	4.57 per 100k	7
206	Yuba County, CA	4.57 per 100k	4
207	Rutherford County, NC	4.57 per 100k	3
208	Horry County, SC	4.59 per 100k	19
209	Clarke County, GA	4.59 per 100k	6
210	Lee County, VA	4.59 per 100k	1
211	Hernando County, FL	4.6 per 100k	10
212	McDuffie County, GA	4.6 per 100k	1
213	Gage County, NE	4.61 per 100k	1
214	DeKalb County, TN	4.61 per 100k	1
215	Prince William County, VA	4.62 per 100k	23
216	Summit County, UT	4.62 per 100k	2
217	Tehama County, CA	4.63 per 100k	3
218	Muskingum County, OH	4.63 per 100k	4
219	Wyandot County, OH	4.64 per 100k	1
220	Logan County, AR	4.64 per 100k	1
221	Hockley County, TX	4.65 per 100k	1
222	Dakota County, NE	4.65 per 100k	1
223	Orange County, TX	4.65 per 100k	4
224	King County, WA	4.66 per 100k	108
225	Colorado County, TX	4.66 per 100k	1
226	Indian River County, FL	4.66 per 100k	8
227	Dukes County, MA	4.68 per 100k	1
228	Ector County, TX	4.69 per 100k	8
229	Albany County, NY	4.69 per 100k	15
230	Washington County, NE	4.7 per 100k	1
231	Lyon County, NV	4.7 per 100k	3
232	Siskiyou County, CA	4.71 per 100k	2
233	Chesapeake city, VA	4.71 per 100k	12
234	Tooele County, UT	4.72 per 100k	4
235	Merced County, CA	4.72 per 100k	14
236	Whitfield County, GA	4.74 per 100k	5
237	Erie County, NY	4.75 per 100k	45
238	Webster County, MO	4.75 per 100k	2
238	Ogemaw County, MI	4.75 per 100k	1
240	Tift County, GA	4.76 per 100k	2
241	Gray County, TX	4.78 per 100k	1
242	Grenada County, MS	4.78 per 100k	1
243	Loudon County, TN	4.79 per 100k	3
244	Walker County, TX	4.79 per 100k	4
245	Lee County, AL	4.79 per 100k	9
246	Monroe County, PA	4.8 per 100k	8
247	Craven County, NC	4.8 per 100k	5
248	Lee County, MS	4.8 per 100k	4
249	Delaware County, OK	4.8 per 100k	2
250	Pike County, GA	4.81 per 100k	1
251	Pickaway County, OH	4.82 per 100k	3
252	Walla Walla County, WA	4.83 per 100k	3
253	Clatsop County, OR	4.85 per 100k	2
254	Pierce County, GA	4.86 per 100k	1
255	Scott County, KY	4.86 per 100k	3
256	Ingham County, MI	4.87 per 100k	14
257	Tyler County, TX	4.88 per 100k	1
258	Coffee County, TN	4.88 per 100k	3
259	Midland County, TX	4.89 per 100k	9
260	Boone County, WV	4.89 per 100k	1
261	Galveston County, TX	4.9 per 100k	18
262	Polk County, NC	4.9 per 100k	1
263	Marion County, FL	4.91 per 100k	21
264	Sampson County, NC	4.91 per 100k	3
265	St. Joseph County, MI	4.92 per 100k	3
266	Lubbock County, TX	4.92 per 100k	16
267	Knox County, TN	4.93 per 100k	25
268	Nodaway County, MO	4.93 per 100k	1
269	Tarrant County, TX	4.93 per 100k	110
270	Kalamazoo County, MI	4.94 per 100k	13
271	Floyd County, GA	4.94 per 100k	5
272	Schenectady County, NY	4.95 per 100k	8
273	Sequoyah County, OK	4.95 per 100k	2
274	Worth County, GA	4.96 per 100k	1
275	Douglas County, KS	4.96 per 100k	6
276	Person County, NC	4.97 per 100k	2
277	Yuma County, AZ	4.97 per 100k	11
278	Yell County, AR	4.97 per 100k	1
279	Taylor County, WI	4.98 per 100k	1
280	Willacy County, TX	4.98 per 100k	1
281	Natrona County, WY	4.98 per 100k	4
282	Marshall County, IA	4.98 per 100k	2
283	Wyoming County, WV	5 per 100k	1
284	San Bernardino County, CA	5 per 100k	111
285	Franklin County, NC	5 per 100k	4
286	Jackson County, MI	5.01 per 100k	8
287	Buncombe County, NC	5.01 per 100k	14
288	Fresno County, CA	5.03 per 100k	52
289	Marathon County, WI	5.03 per 100k	7
290	Ouachita Parish, LA	5.04 per 100k	8
291	Calhoun County, TX	5.06 per 100k	1
292	Coweta County, GA	5.06 per 100k	8
293	Camden County, NJ	5.06 per 100k	27
294	Labette County, KS	5.08 per 100k	1
295	Colbert County, AL	5.08 per 100k	3
296	Pearl River County, MS	5.08 per 100k	3
297	Lawrence County, MO	5.1 per 100k	2
298	Beadle County, SD	5.12 per 100k	1
299	Lincoln County, NC	5.13 per 100k	5
300	Langlade County, WI	5.13 per 100k	1

Showing the first 300 of 1,000 counties, ranked by Murder Rate.

What correlates with Murder Rate (2024)?

Pearson r against 37 other county metrics sharing at least 600 counties. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Murder Rate tend to score higher on these

Adults with Diabetes (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = +0.39 · moderate · n = 956
Plot
Poverty Rate (%)Housing, Income and Commutes by County (Census)
r = +0.36 · moderate · n = 1,000
Plot
Adults in Fair or Poor Health (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = +0.35 · moderate · n = 956
Plot
Adults Who Smoke (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = +0.32 · moderate · n = 956
Plot
Adults with Obesity (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = +0.31 · moderate · n = 956
Plot
Adults with No Leisure-Time Exercise (%)Health of Adults by County (CDC PLACES)
r = +0.31 · moderate · n = 956
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Murder Rate tend to score lower on these

Median IncomePoorest Counties
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 642
Plot
Homes with Broadband Internet (%)Housing, Income and Commutes by County (Census)
r = −0.34 · moderate · n = 1,000
Plot
Median Household IncomeHousing, Income and Commutes by County (Census)
r = −0.33 · moderate · n = 1,000
Plot
Population Growth Since 2020
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 1,000
Plot
Median Rent (Monthly; $3,501 Means $3,500 or More)Housing, Income and Commutes by County (Census)
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 1,000
Plot
Median Home Value ($2,000,001 Means $2M or More)Housing, Income and Commutes by County (Census)
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 999
Plot

Quick answers

Which county has the highest Murder Rate?: Madison Parish, LA has the highest Murder Rate in 2024, at 66.11 per 100k, followed by Dallas County, AR (65.48 per 100k) and Shackelford County, TX (62.62 per 100k).
Which county has the lowest Murder Rate?: Trempealeau County, WI has the lowest Murder Rate in 2024, at 3.23 per 100k.
What is the median Murder Rate across US counties?: The median is 6.92 per 100k across the 1,000 US counties with data in 2024.
Where does this murder rates by county data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review. Last updated 2026-10-28.