1990 Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US States  
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
Alabama 4,040,587 4,915.2 708.6 4,206.7 11.6 32.6 143.7 520.7 1,103.4 2,755.4 347.8 379.4 1129.3 3.0
Alaska 550,043 5,152.7 524.5 4,628.2 7.5 72.9 76.7 367.4 894.3 3,168.5 565.4 334.5 987.3 3.0
Arizona 3,665,228 7,888.7 652.4 7,236.4 7.7 40.9 160.9 442.8 1,669.9 4,703.0 863.5 374.1 1376.0 3.7
Arkansas 2,350,725 4,866.9 532.2 4,334.7 10.3 43.3 113.2 365.4 1,210.9 2,834.4 289.4 308.7 965.7 3.1
California 29,760,021 6,603.6 1,045.2 5,558.4 11.9 42.6 377.0 613.6 1,345.4 3,197.5 1,015.5 314.2 1601.0 5.1
Colorado 3,294,394 6,053.7 526.0 5,527.8 4.2 46.2 90.6 385.0 1,208.8 3,890.6 428.4 231.9 1078.8 4.7
Connecticut 3,287,116 5,386.7 553.7 4,833.0 5.1 27.9 234.8 286.0 1,227.7 2,874.4 730.9 236.1 1037.0 4.4
Delaware 666,168 5,360.4 655.2 4,705.1 5.0 88.1 164.8 397.3 970.5 3,290.8 443.9 334.7 1125.7 3.4
Florida 12,937,926 8,810.8 1,244.3 7,566.5 10.7 52.4 416.8 764.4 2,170.6 4,569.6 826.3 340.5 2001.0 5.9
Georgia 6,478,216 6,763.6 756.3 6,007.3 11.8 53.6 263.5 427.4 1,619.4 3,714.3 673.6 332.8 1357.0 4.1
Hawaii 1,108,229 6,106.7 280.9 5,825.8 4.0 32.5 91.4 153.0 1,228.2 4,217.1 380.5 153.4 863.5 5.6
Idaho 1,006,749 4,057.1 275.7 3,781.4 2.7 27.3 15.0 230.7 813.2 2,802.7 165.5 193.7 653.8 3.4
Illinois 11,430,602 5,935.1 967.4 4,967.7 10.3 39.4 394.0 523.6 1,063.0 3,262.0 642.8 240.2 1464.2 6.1
Indiana 5,544,159 4,683.3 473.9 4,209.4 6.2 37.9 101.3 328.4 943.3 2,827.1 439.0 227.0 894.8 3.9
Iowa 2,776,755 4,100.9 299.7 3,801.2 1.9 18.4 39.2 240.1 808.4 2,822.9 169.9 142.7 679.8 4.8
Kansas 2,477,574 5,193.1 447.7 4,745.4 4.0 40.4 117.6 285.7 1,166.5 3,243.5 335.4 232.7 922.2 4.0
Kentucky 3,685,296 3,299.4 390.4 2,909.1 7.2 29.0 69.1 285.2 766.9 1,942.7 199.4 244.3 681.3 2.8
Louisiana 4,219,973 6,486.7 898.4 5,588.2 17.2 42.2 269.8 569.2 1,437.9 3,548.6 601.7 440.6 1457.2 3.3
Maine 1,227,928 3,697.8 143.2 3,554.5 2.4 19.7 25.1 96.0 823.0 2,554.9 176.6 120.2 498.7 4.1
Maryland 4,781,468 5,830.5 919.0 4,911.5 11.5 45.7 363.8 497.9 1,119.9 3,082.9 708.7 348.6 1410.2 4.0
Massachusetts 6,016,425 5,297.9 736.3 4,561.5 4.0 33.7 217.1 481.4 1,112.7 2,525.3 923.6 133.1 1192.5 9.0
Michigan 9,295,297 5,994.8 790.4 5,204.4 10.4 77.6 234.0 468.4 1,143.3 3,347.4 713.7 368.0 1310.8 3.6
Minnesota 4,375,099 4,538.8 306.1 4,232.7 2.7 34.0 92.7 176.7 907.2 2,959.9 365.6 72.4 729.4 10.1
Mississippi 2,573,216 3,869.1 340.4 3,528.8 12.2 44.1 86.2 198.0 1,251.2 2,070.0 207.6 313.5 693.3 2.2
Missouri 5,117,073 5,120.6 715.3 4,405.3 8.8 32.5 216.4 457.6 1,065.8 2,800.2 539.4 291.4 1155.8 4.0
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
Montana 799,065 4,502.1 159.3 4,342.8 4.9 24.4 21.7 108.4 709.1 3,391.2 242.5 178.1 593.6 3.3
Nebraska 1,578,385 4,213.1 330.0 3,883.1 2.7 30.0 51.1 246.2 723.8 2,981.1 178.2 144.5 718.3 5.0
Nevada 1,201,833 6,063.6 600.9 5,462.7 9.7 62.2 238.3 290.7 1,367.4 3,502.7 592.5 436.0 1147.2 2.6
New Hampshire 1,109,252 3,645.2 131.5 3,513.7 1.9 34.8 27.2 67.6 735.5 2,534.2 244.0 120.6 482.9 4.0
New Jersey 7,730,188 5,447.2 647.6 4,799.7 5.6 29.8 301.0 311.1 1,017.2 2,843.0 939.5 272.2 1127.6 4.1
New Mexico 1,515,069 6,684.1 780.2 5,903.9 9.2 49.7 115.1 606.2 1,738.7 3,828.5 336.7 201.6 1370.6 6.8
New York 17,990,455 6,363.8 1,180.9 5,182.8 14.5 29.8 624.7 512.0 1,160.7 2,979.4 1,042.7 304.6 1699.2 5.6
North Carolina 6,628,637 5,485.9 623.5 4,862.3 10.7 34.3 152.1 426.4 1,530.4 3,048.3 283.7 266.6 1109.7 4.2
North Dakota 638,800 2,922.4 73.9 2,848.5 0.8 17.8 7.8 47.4 426.6 2,288.8 133.1 68.2 358.8 5.3
Ohio 10,847,115 4,843.4 506.2 4,337.3 6.1 46.8 188.5 264.7 982.5 2,864.1 490.6 292.9 939.9 3.2
Oklahoma 3,145,585 5,598.7 547.5 5,051.2 8.0 47.0 121.9 370.5 1,447.5 3,002.0 601.7 390.2 1052.6 2.7
Oregon 2,842,321 5,646.0 506.8 5,139.2 3.8 46.9 144.3 311.8 1,135.4 3,545.2 458.6 227.0 1020.7 4.5
Pennsylvania 11,881,643 3,476.1 431.0 3,045.1 6.7 25.8 176.2 222.3 729.1 1,810.5 505.5 187.2 735.5 3.9
Rhode Island 1,003,464 5,352.7 431.9 4,920.8 4.8 24.7 122.0 280.4 1,271.1 2,695.3 954.4 157.7 924.0 5.9
South Carolina 3,486,703 6,045.2 976.6 5,068.7 11.2 53.7 152.4 759.3 1,380.4 3,302.4 385.8 462.9 1483.5 3.2
South Dakota 696,004 2,909.3 162.8 2,746.5 2.0 34.3 12.4 114.1 527.4 2,108.9 110.2 192.4 437.5 2.3
Tennessee 4,877,185 5,051.0 670.4 4,380.6 10.5 49.5 191.2 419.2 1,264.0 2,545.1 571.5 212.2 1108.5 5.2
Texas 16,986,510 7,826.8 761.4 7,065.3 14.1 51.5 260.8 435.1 1,851.5 4,304.7 909.0 293.4 1467.9 5.0
Utah 1,722,850 5,659.9 283.9 5,376.0 3.0 37.8 56.9 186.3 880.6 4,257.6 237.7 142.9 821.5 5.7
Vermont 562,758 4,340.9 127.2 4,213.7 2.3 25.9 11.7 87.2 1,087.3 2,918.5 207.9 120.6 548.6 4.5
Virginia 6,187,358 4,440.6 350.6 4,090.0 8.8 31.0 123.3 187.6 731.1 3,031.4 327.5 280.2 759.6 2.7
Washington 4,866,692 6,222.9 501.6 5,721.3 4.9 64.0 130.0 302.7 1,262.9 4,011.4 447.1 163.1 1073.7 6.6
West Virginia 1,793,477 2,503.0 169.3 2,333.7 5.7 23.6 37.9 102.1 657.1 1,522.7 153.9 87.3 402.7 4.6
Wisconsin 4,891,769 4,395.1 264.7 4,130.4 4.6 20.7 112.7 126.7 751.4 2,962.6 416.5 151.7 677.7 4.5
Wyoming 453,588 4,210.6 301.4 3,909.3 4.9 29.5 15.9 251.1 631.0 3,129.3 149.0 244.7 692.3 2.8
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates

Horizontally across the page are the categories.  Vertically along the left side are the states the categories apply to.

State = the State the crimes took place in.  Population = the population of the state as estimated by the US Census Bureau.  The crime and inmate rates are both per 100,000 people for the year.  Index = the total number of reported crimes per 100,000 people for the year.  Violent Crime = the total number for each of the violent crime categories per 100,000 people for the year.  Property Crime = the total number of the property crime categories per 100,000 people for the year.  The same applies for each of the crime categories: Murder  -  Rape -   Robbery  -  Assault  -  Burglary  -  Larceny  -  Auto.   

For the Years 1978 to present there are three more categories.  The Inmate category = the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, on December 31.  New Index * = Developed by the Disaster Center to examine how punishment is being applied to crimes.  The old index measured all crime equally. One violent crime was equal to one property crime.   There are about ten times more property crimes than violent crimes.  Half of people are imprisoned for violent crime and half for non-violent crime.  To make things relatively equal, we divided property crimes by ten and added that total to the number of reported violent crimes to create the new index. .  Index/ Inmates = We divide the new crime index by the number of prisoners reported for each year to compare crime to punishment each year between the states and over the years.    

For the table below we ranked each category with the highest rate ranking 1 and the lowest ranking 50.  
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
Alabama 22 30 14 36 7 31 23 7 26 39 31 5 13 9
Alaska 49 27 25 26 22 3 37 21 35 20 18 11 20 8
Arizona 24 2 17 2 21 21 19 13 4 1 7 6 10 18
Arkansas 33 31 23 32 15 18 30 22 18 34 35 15 25 10
California 1 6 3 9 5 19 4 3 11 19 2 13 3 38
Colorado 26 12 24 10 36 15 35 19 19 7 26 28 22 34
Connecticut 27 22 21 22 29 40 11 28 17 31 9 26 27 29
Delaware 46 23 16 25 30 1 18 18 32 16 24 10 15 15
Florida 4 1 1 1 10 8 2 1 1 2 8 9 1 45
Georgia 11 4 11 4 6 7 8 15 5 9 12 12 12 25
Hawaii 41 10 41 6 37 33 34 42 16 5 29 39 33 42
Idaho 42 42 42 42 44 41 47 36 38 37 46 33 43 16
Illinois 6 15 5 18 14 23 3 6 29 17 13 25 4 46
Indiana 14 33 29 35 25 24 32 23 33 35 25 29 30 20
Iowa 30 41 39 41 48 49 41 35 39 36 45 43 42 35
Kansas 32 26 30 24 38 22 28 29 20 18 33 27 29 21
Kentucky 23 47 33 47 23 39 38 30 40 48 42 24 39 6
Louisiana 21 7 7 8 1 20 7 5 8 10 14 2 6 13
Maine 38 44 47 43 45 48 44 47 37 41 44 47 45 27
Maryland 19 16 6 20 8 16 5 9 24 22 11 8 8 24
Massachusetts 13 25 12 27 39 30 13 10 25 44 5 44 17 49
Michigan 8 14 8 13 13 2 12 11 22 14 10 7 11 17
Minnesota 20 34 37 33 42 29 33 41 34 29 30 49 38 50
Mississippi 31 43 35 44 4 17 36 38 15 47 41 14 35 1
Missouri 15 28 13 28 18 32 14 12 28 38 19 19 16 22
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
Montana 44 35 46 30 32 45 45 45 46 13 38 36 46 14
Nebraska 36 39 36 40 43 35 40 34 45 26 43 41 37 36
Nevada 39 11 20 11 16 5 10 27 10 12 16 3 14 3
New Hampshire 40 45 48 45 49 26 43 49 42 43 37 45 48 23
New Jersey 9 21 18 23 28 37 6 25 30 33 4 21 21 26
New Mexico 37 5 9 5 17 10 29 4 3 8 32 32 9 48
New York 2 8 2 14 2 36 1 8 21 27 1 16 2 41
North Carolina 10 20 19 21 11 27 21 16 6 23 36 22 19 28
North Dakota 47 48 50 48 50 50 50 50 50 45 49 50 50 40
Ohio 7 32 27 31 26 14 16 32 31 32 21 18 28 12
Oklahoma 28 19 22 17 20 12 27 20 7 25 15 4 24 4
Oregon 29 18 26 15 40 13 22 24 23 11 22 30 26 31
Pennsylvania 5 46 32 46 24 43 17 37 44 49 20 35 36 19
Rhode Island 43 24 31 19 34 44 26 31 12 40 3 38 31 44
South Carolina 25 13 4 16 9 6 20 2 9 15 28 1 7 11
South Dakota 45 49 45 49 47 28 48 44 49 46 50 34 47 2
Tennessee 17 29 15 29 12 11 15 17 13 42 17 31 18 39
Texas 3 3 10 3 3 9 9 14 2 3 6 17 5 37
Utah 35 17 40 12 41 25 39 40 36 4 39 42 32 43
Vermont 48 38 49 34 46 42 49 48 27 30 40 46 44 32
Virginia 12 36 34 38 19 34 25 39 43 24 34 20 34 5
Washington 18 9 28 7 31 4 24 26 14 6 23 37 23 47
West Virginia 34 50 44 50 27 46 42 46 47 50 47 48 49 33
Wisconsin 16 37 43 37 35 47 31 43 41 28 27 40 41 30
Wyoming 50 40 38 39 33 38 46 33 48 21 48 23 40 7
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates

These pages compare reported crimes and imprisonment rates for every 100,000 people for each year in the 50 United States and rank each State's crime/imprisonment rates.

In order to compare crime to punishment we created a new crime index* and divided that index by the ratio of inmates to crimes of each state, as reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.    In an important new way, this table links crime to punishment within and between the States.

The traditional crime index is made up of the total crimes committed in each State.   The problem with the old index is that it provides equal weight to every crime  and far more property crimes are committed than violent crimes.  Since violent criminals make up about half the prison population and about ten times more property crimes are committed than violent crimes, for the new index* we divided the number of property crimes by ten and added to that the number of violent crimes to make up the new index*. 

Since we developed the tables: "Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US States 1978 - 2012", we are interested in hearing how others use the table.  Email: host@disastercenter.com

Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime by US States 1960 - 1977
1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 * 1972 * 1973 * 1974 * 1975 * 1976 * 1977 *
Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisonment by US States 1978 - 2012
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Crime, Punishment and Ratio of Crime to Punishment Per 100,000 and Rank by Year and between States

Alaska -   Alabama  -  Arkansas  -  Arizona  -  California  -  Colorado  -  Connecticut -    Delaware  -    Florida  -  Georgia  -  Hawaii  -  Iowa -  Idaho  -  Illinois  -  Indiana -  Kansas -  Kentucky  -  Louisiana  -  Massachusetts  -  Maryland  -   Maine  - Michigan  -  Minnesota  -  Missouri  -  Mississippi  -  Montana -  North Carolina -  North Dakota  -  Nebraska  -  New Hampshire  -  New Jersey  -  New Mexico  -  Nevada  -  New York -  Ohio  -  Oklahoma -  Oregon  -  Pennsylvania -  Rhode Island  -  South Carolina  -  South Dakota  -  Tennessee  -  Texas  -  Utah  -  Virginia  -  Vermont  -  Washington  -  Wisconsin  -  West Virginia  -  Wyoming  
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Rate and Rank of Crimes in the United States 1960 to 2013 Violent Crime Property Crime Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Theft Motor Vehicle Theft