In 2020, homicides accounted for more than 24,500 deaths in the United States.  The six-state New England region accounted for 413 homicide deaths, or about 1.7% of all 2020 U.S. homicide deaths.  At 2.8 deaths per 100,000 population, New England had the lowest homicide death rate of any U.S. region in 2020.  Further examination of state-level data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics details the following about homicide rates in New England:

Homicide Rates in New England

State	Deaths	Population	Death Rate*
CT	152	3,557,006	4.3
MA	183	6,893,574	2.7
ME	21	1,350,141	1.6
NH	14	1,366,275	**
RI	29	1,057,125	2.7
VT	14	623,347	**
Region	413	14,847,468	2.8
U.S.	24,576	329,484,123	7.5

(*) number of homicide deaths per 100,000 population
(**) rates are deemed unreliable when fewer than 20 deaths are recorded

Report Period: 2020

Source: CDC Wonder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed on April 23, 2022