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Forcible rape rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the United States in 2024, by state

Characteristic	Rate per 100,000 inhabitants
Alaska	122.1
Arkansas	69.9
Oklahoma	59.7
Montana	59.2
Colorado	58.3
Utah	58
Wyoming	58
Michigan	56.5
New Mexico	53.8
Nevada	51.8
South Dakota	51.5
Texas	50
North Dakota	49.8
West Virginia	48
Illinois	46.9
Ohio	45.7
Missouri	45.2
Idaho	44.7
Kansas	44.1
Nebraska	43.5
Oregon	41.2
Arizona	40
Hawaii	38.9
Washington	37.8
United States	37.5
Tennessee	37.4
South Carolina	37.1
Minnesota	36.8
California	36.6
Iowa	35.2
Wisconsin	34.8
Vermont	34.7
District of Columbia	34.6
Louisiana	33.7
New Hampshire	33.7
Indiana	33.5
Maryland	33
Kentucky	32.4
Georgia	32.2
Maine	31.7
Rhode Island	29.5
Mississippi	29.3
North Carolina	28
Florida*	27.9
Pennsylvania	27.8
Virginia	27.8
Massachusetts	27.6
Alabama	25.8
New York	21.7
Connecticut	17.9
New Jersey	17.3
Delaware	15.7

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August 2025

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2024

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Data for the offense of rape were estimated using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape.

*Limited data was available for Florida in 2024.

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Alaska saw the highest rape rate in the United States in 2024, with about 122 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants. The lowest rate was found in Delaware, with 15.7 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants.

Sexual assault in Alaska

Fighting sexual assault in Alaska is particularly difficult due to small, isolated, close-knit communities who can be wary of airing their dirty laundry to outsiders, as well as a low number of law enforcement employees in the state. In addition, Alaska’s low population is spread out over a large land area, meaning that in the event of an assault being reported to police, it can take law enforcement hours, or even days, to reach the most isolated communities.

The victims of sexual assault

There tends to be more reported female victims of sexual assault than male victims. However, since sexual assault is typically an underreported crime, especially among males, these figures could be, and probably are, much higher. In addition, many victims of sexual offenses tend to be young, although sexual assault can occur at any age.