Crime

Mapped: Police Violence by State in 2024

Published

1 month ago

February 15, 2025

Bruno Venditti

Graphics/Design:

Miranda Smith

See this visualization first on the Voronoi app.

Use This Visualization

Mapped: Police Violence by State in 2024

The rate of civilians killed by police in the United States is significantly higher than in other developed democratic countries. In 2024, police killed 1,364 people in the United States.

This map displays the number of people killed by police in each U.S. state in 2024, based on data from Mapping Police Violence. Below, we also provide the number of people killed per million residents.

Texas and New Mexico Lead

In total numbers, Texas ranks highest with 165 deaths last year, followed by two other highly populated states, California and Florida.

Meanwhile, Rhode Island is at the bottom of the list with 0 police-related deaths in 2024.

When considering deaths per million residents, New Mexico has the highest rate at 13.22, while Rhode Island remains the lowest at 0 per million.

State	Deaths per million	Total Deaths
Texas	5.66	165
California	3.16	125
Florida	4.46	96
Georgia	4.95	53
Arizona	7.27	52
North Carolina	4.98	52
Ohio	4.15	49
Colorado	6.93	40
Tennessee	5.64	39
Indiana	5.60	38
Washington	4.54	35
Pennsylvania	2.69	35
Missouri	5.36	33
Virginia	3.71	32
New York	1.53	31
New Mexico	13.22	28
Michigan	2.68	27
South Carolina	5.08	26
Illinois	1.95	25
Alabama	4.78	24
Wisconsin	4.07	24
Kentucky	4.88	22
Utah	6.42	21
Oklahoma	5.30	21
Nevada	6.12	20
Louisiana	4.29	20
Arkansas	6.31	19
Mississippi	6.08	19
Oregon	4.25	18
New Jersey	1.72	16
Kansas	5.11	15
Maryland	2.43	15
Montana	11.99	13
Minnesota	2.28	13
West Virginia	6.69	12
Idaho	6.52	12
Maine	8.07	11
Iowa	3.45	11
Alaska	10.91	8
New Hampshire	5.81	8
Wyoming	12.13	7
North Dakota	8.98	7
Nebraska	3.57	7
Hawaii	4.12	6
South Dakota	4.51	4
Connecticut	1.11	4
Vermont	3.11	2
Delaware	2.02	2
Massachusetts	0.28	2
Rhode Island	0	0
National Average	5.02	1364