Not sure I would use state borders for this. Murderer is up in most larger cities in the US. Alot of these states have 1 or 2 large cities and then it is going

Not sure I would use state borders for this. Murderer is up in most larger cities in the US. Alot of these states have 1 or 2 large cities and then it is going to be more rural. This could easily skew the numbers per capita for a state that does not have population more broadly spread out in its borders. Crime varies a lot based off location. For example burgarly per capita last I checked was more common in rural areas. This make sense since more unattended buildings and such. State level is far to coarse, and also why the political spin.