Seriously dude, Heritage? You got to better than that.
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As pegged by wiki: (search criteria: murder rates by state 2022)
Here are the 10 states with the highest murder rate:
Mississippi - 20.50 per 100k.
Louisiana - 19.90 per 100k.
Alabama - 14.20 per 100k.
Missouri - 14 per 100k.
Arkansas - 13 per 100k.
South Carolina - 12.70 per 100k.
Tennessee - 11.50 per 100k.
Maryland - 11.40 per 100k.
Change the search criteria to: crime rates by state 2022
"The West South Central District – part of the South region and composed of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas – had the highest crime rates of any district. Both property crime and violent crime were 22% higher in these states than the national average."
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