Holiday partner violence rankings show Nevada leading in 2025
Nevada leads the nation in reported partner assault and intimidation rates during four major holidays in 2025 according to a detailed analysis. Dellino Family Law examined FBI records covering New Year's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The study identified Nevada at the top with 9.434 incidents per 100,000 covered residents among 32 eligible states.
The ranking places Nevada first followed by these nine others with their respective four-date rates per 100,000 covered residents and population coverage percentages. Alabama stands second at 7.137 and 94.4 percent. New Mexico ranks third at 6.548 and 89.1 percent. Tennessee comes fourth at 6.544 and 97.5 percent. South Carolina is fifth at 6.064 and 91.2 percent. Illinois sixth at 5.907 and 90.1 percent. Missouri seventh at 5.713 and 88.8 percent. Kansas eighth at 5.628 and 84.1 percent. Texas ninth at 5.592 and 97.3 percent. Arkansas tenth at 4.982 and 94.7 percent.
Nevada leads all 32 eligible states at 9.434 incidents per 100,000 covered residents sitting 2.297 points above Alabama. Five of the top 10 states exceed 6.000 incidents per 100,000 including Nevada Alabama New Mexico Tennessee and South Carolina. New Mexico and Tennessee are separated by only 0.004 incidents per 100,000 making third and fourth place nearly indistinguishable by displayed rate.
At the opposite end Michigan records 2.536 incidents per 100,000 creating a 6.898 point gap between the highest and lowest eligible states. The second through fifth lowest rates belong to Massachusetts at 3.034 Utah at 3.035 Minnesota at 3.176 and Washington at 3.212.
The top 10 do not form one uniform high risk group. The observed rate falls from 9.434 at number one to 4.982 at number 10 while several states in the middle are separated by only small differences. Nevada sits 4.452 incidents per 100,000 covered residents above Arkansas showing how much variation exists even within the highest ranked group.
Population coverage remains substantial across the leading states. Nevada participating agencies covered 99.5 percent of residents while even Kansas the lowest covered state in the top 10 reached 84.1 percent. A state's four date rate and its holiday specific increase answer separate questions as Washington ranked 28th overall yet saw New Year's Day run 74.3 percent above matched nonholiday days.
The rankings reflect only observed reported rates and do not explain why the states differ. Reporting practices unreported violence population composition local circumstances and factors outside the FBI records may all affect the broader picture so the analysis stops at observed reported rates.
The FBI released its complete 2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation statistics in August 2026 making the underlying full year crime data newly available ahead of the 2026 holiday season. The ranking gives crime and public safety reporters a state by state way to examine holiday patterns before Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year's Day return to the news cycle.
