Highest violent crime rates by state - guess who "wins"

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Guess before clicking

This article is a little bit dated, I was still surprised. Also includes a semi-related map (to me anyway).

[Vosem]

Guess, pre-reading: Louisiana

EDIT: ...I don't think too many people will be able to guess it.

[DINGO Joe]

I went for Nevada cause I knew that there was always wacky mayhem going on there.  The answer is mildly surprising.  Of the top 10, I thought Delaware was the most surprising.

[NewYorkExpress]

Pre-reading... New York

Post Reading, I'm not surprised Florida's  on the top ten but I am suprised Alaska made the top ten.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Just reading the OP I went with Louisiana, but like Vosem was surprised. Although it's not that surprising.

[Zioneer]

Pre-reading... California?

Reading... Oh wow, that is surprising. Most of the top ten are, though Alaska isn't. My brother went there on an LDS mission, and he said that violent crime up there is a huge problem.

[Nhoj]

For what its worth this is all violent crime, Louisiana is probably higher on just homicide.

[Badger]

As noted in the article, Memphis alone bumps the TN numbers high. Though I wouldn't have guessed Nashville as being in the top 20 most violent crime prone cities.

[Storebought]

As noted in the article, Memphis alone bumps the TN numbers high. Though I wouldn't have guessed Nashville as being in the top 20 most violent crime prone cities.

Does Memphis even constitute that large a proportion of the population of TN to effect crime rates that significantly?

[Ban my account ffs!]

I guessed Alaska.  The isolated communities there are incubators of rape and domestic violence among other violent crime.

[pbrower2a]

Mississippi? (Before reading) Toward the bottom in every objective standard of educational achievement, public health, and economic distress.

[Badger]

As noted in the article, Memphis alone bumps the TN numbers high. Though I wouldn't have guessed Nashville as being in the top 20 most violent crime prone cities.

Does Memphis even constitute that large a proportion of the population of TN to effect crime rates that significantly?

A combination of Memphis having a reasonable share of the state population (compared at least to most states' major city's share of the overall state population) and having a crime rate that's just THAT bad.