Sadly, the truth is politically incorrect:
Parenthetically, when compared to the rest of the developed world, the US does notoriously bad on measures of criminality (among other things). Race, of course, is a major reason why this is the case. Taken as nations of their own, the upper Midwest and the Northeast look just fine when measured against Europe.
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Hispanic crimes are recorded as white. So you’ll notice the higher murder rate in states near the Mexican border.
anepigone.blogspot.com/2013/01/white-murder-rates-by-state.html