1982 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 3,943,000 4,633.6 447.7 4,185.8 10.6 26.0 112.0 299.1 1,256.2 2,656.4 273.3 218.6 866.3 4.0
Alaska 438,000 6,212.6 623.7 5,588.8 18.5 85.4 133.8 386.1 1,188.1 3,806.4 594.3 194.0 1182.6 6.1
Arizona 2,860,000 7,131.0 517.0 6,614.0 8.3 38.5 158.6 311.6 1,883.3 4,360.9 369.8 209.3 1178.4 5.6
Arkansas 2,291,000 3,871.5 324.7 3,546.9 8.2 27.1 78.8 210.6 1,071.5 2,289.4 186.0 171.0 679.4 4.0
California 24,724,000 7,285.5 814.7 6,470.7 11.2 50.7 372.1 380.7 2,020.2 3,785.1 665.5 135.3 1461.8 10.8
Colorado 3,045,000 7,079.9 504.2 6,575.7 6.0 44.5 150.6 303.1 1,749.1 4,429.3 397.3 99.4 1161.8 11.7
Connecticut 3,153,000 5,427.5 399.5 5,028.0 5.2 21.9 208.5 163.9 1,410.8 3,065.0 552.2 99.7 902.3 9.1
Delaware 602,000 6,384.9 559.8 5,825.1 5.3 30.9 122.4 401.2 1,444.9 3,968.6 411.6 252.5 1142.3 4.5
Florida 10,416,000 7,465.2 896.8 6,568.4 13.5 53.6 297.6 532.0 2,034.7 4,103.9 429.8 259.2 1553.6 6.0
Georgia 5,639,000 5,214.8 478.2 4,736.6 12.6 39.8 154.6 271.2 1,497.9 2,926.9 311.7 248.5 951.9 3.8
Hawaii 994,000 6,584.3 255.7 6,328.6 3.1 34.4 156.9 61.3 1,657.6 4,250.3 420.6 90.9 888.6 9.8
Idaho 965,000 4,083.2 259.2 3,824.0 2.5 16.6 30.3 209.8 1,031.9 2,617.2 174.9 107.2 641.6 6.0
Illinois 11,448,000 5,840.3 774.3 5,066.0 8.8 29.9 346.8 388.8 1,373.8 3,093.2 599.0 122.1 1280.9 10.5
Indiana 5,471,000 4,429.5 300.6 4,128.9 6.5 27.8 109.0 157.2 1,088.8 2,713.5 326.6 151.7 713.5 4.7
Iowa 2,905,000 4,136.5 172.7 3,963.8 2.3 12.5 36.2 121.8 947.8 2,842.3 173.7 98.0 569.1 5.8
Kansas 2,408,000 4,952.0 335.9 4,616.1 5.7 24.8 87.0 218.4 1,344.8 3,048.8 222.5 128.2 797.5 6.2
Kentucky 3,667,000 3,568.4 315.0 3,253.4 9.7 20.0 97.3 188.0 1,029.1 1,991.3 233.1 109.4 640.3 5.9
Louisiana 4,362,000 5,311.2 669.1 4,642.1 16.0 39.9 212.6 400.6 1,424.8 2,881.7 335.6 251.1 1133.3 4.5
Maine 1,133,000 3,859.8 163.0 3,696.7 2.1 13.4 30.5 117.0 1,047.0 2,459.2 190.6 78.5 532.7 6.8
Maryland 4,265,000 6,012.4 850.0 5,162.3 10.1 37.4 360.5 441.9 1,419.6 3,350.6 392.1 257.6 1366.2 5.3
Massachusetts 5,781,000 5,503.7 571.4 4,932.4 3.8 25.3 213.8 328.5 1,422.1 2,541.7 968.6 73.4 1064.6 14.5
Michigan 9,109,000 6,784.5 656.6 6,128.0 9.1 46.6 271.1 329.7 1,813.1 3,623.1 691.7 163.6 1269.4 7.8
Minnesota 4,133,000 4,454.6 219.3 4,235.4 2.3 22.7 101.3 92.9 1,182.1 2,815.8 237.6 50.4 642.8 12.8
Mississippi 2,551,000 3,572.6 294.6 3,278.0 14.0 26.5 73.0 181.1 1,183.8 1,940.6 153.6 209.6 622.4 3.0
Missouri 4,951,000 4,947.8 506.5 4,441.3 9.7 25.9 193.0 278.0 1,391.3 2,714.3 335.8 151.0 950.6 6.3
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 801,000 4,333.2 224.8 4,108.4 3.9 14.9 33.1 173.0 843.8 3,006.1 258.4 113.7 635.6 5.6
Nebraska 1,586,000 3,950.8 229.6 3,721.2 2.0 20.7 61.9 145.0 811.3 2,732.1 177.9 100.1 601.7 6.0
Nevada 881,000 7,901.0 805.4 7,095.6 13.6 61.5 419.6 310.7 2,412.7 4,117.9 564.9 312.3 1515.0 4.9
New Hampshire 951,000 3,829.2 124.8 3,704.4 2.2 16.2 33.9 72.6 945.0 2,535.8 223.7 47.0 495.2 10.5
New Jersey 7,438,000 5,676.1 607.4 5,068.8 6.5 28.9 307.6 264.4 1,430.7 3,011.3 626.8 107.5 1114.3 10.4
New Mexico 1,359,000 6,607.7 734.5 5,873.1 11.6 48.3 126.2 548.4 1,628.8 3,929.5 314.9 106.1 1321.8 12.5
New York 17,659,000 6,468.1 990.1 5,478.1 11.4 29.2 610.7 338.7 1,671.9 3,025.3 780.8 158.9 1537.9 9.7
North Carolina 6,019,000 4,543.2 446.3 4,096.9 9.1 22.0 85.9 329.5 1,309.0 2,603.4 184.5 255.0 856.0 3.4
North Dakota 670,000 2,648.1 61.8 2,586.3 0.7 9.9 12.7 38.5 458.8 1,987.2 140.3 41.3 320.4 7.8
Ohio 10,791,000 4,935.5 436.7 4,498.8 6.3 29.9 183.6 217.0 1,309.6 2,807.5 381.7 161.0 886.6 5.5
Oklahoma 3,177,000 5,222.4 443.9 4,778.5 10.8 37.1 132.8 263.2 1,603.9 2,685.7 488.9 202.7 921.8 4.5
Oregon 2,649,000 6,567.5 473.0 6,094.5 5.1 39.9 167.3 260.6 1,789.7 4,003.8 301.0 146.4 1082.5 7.4
Pennsylvania 11,865,000 3,452.8 360.4 3,092.3 5.7 20.6 175.4 158.7 900.7 1,859.4 332.2 88.2 669.6 7.6
Rhode Island 958,000 5,364.1 401.8 4,962.3 3.7 19.4 114.7 264.0 1,400.2 2,826.4 735.7 81.9 898.0 11.0
South Carolina 3,203,000 5,361.2 720.0 4,641.2 10.9 38.8 122.4 547.9 1,490.9 2,872.6 277.7 269.0 1184.1 4.4
South Dakota 691,000 2,644.9 99.0 2,545.9 2.7 11.4 17.1 67.7 562.2 1,865.3 118.4 109.3 353.6 3.2
Tennessee 4,651,000 4,413.6 421.1 3,992.5 9.7 35.5 175.7 200.2 1,288.6 2,371.9 332.0 169.4 820.4 4.8
Texas 15,280,000 6,302.2 577.1 5,725.1 16.1 44.6 220.0 296.3 1,871.5 3,283.6 570.1 235.8 1149.6 4.9
Utah 1,554,000 5,334.0 285.7 5,048.3 3.4 23.7 86.5 172.1 1,106.9 3,689.9 251.5 76.9 790.5 10.3
Vermont 516,000 4,691.9 126.9 4,564.9 2.3 34.9 23.1 66.7 1,178.3 3,131.8 254.8 83.8 583.4 7.0
Virginia 5,491,000 4,255.7 309.1 3,946.7 7.4 24.9 122.2 154.6 973.5 2,789.1 184.1 176.9 703.8 4.0
Washington 4,245,000 6,282.2 406.4 5,875.8 4.4 45.9 117.9 238.3 1,680.1 3,914.9 280.8 146.5 994.0 6.8
West Virginia 1,948,000 2,511.2 174.8 2,336.4 5.2 15.5 49.8 104.3 717.9 1,435.4 183.1 79.4 408.4 5.1
Wisconsin 4,765,000 4,439.1 190.5 4,248.6 3.1 14.3 71.2 101.9 977.2 3,088.7 182.7 99.7 615.4 6.2
Wyoming 502,000 4,804.0 304.2 4,499.8 9.2 27.1 34.3 233.7 882.9 3,367.1 249.8 138.6 754.2 5.4
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 31 21 33 13 29 30 17 29 37 30 10 27 5
Alaska 50 14 11 13 1 1 22 8 30 10 8 14 10 27
Arizona 29 4 16 2 22 14 18 14 4 2 19 12 11 21
Arkansas 33 42 31 44 23 27 37 29 36 44 40 16 35 6
California 1 3 4 5 10 4 3 9 3 11 5 26 4 45
Colorado 27 5 18 3 28 9 21 16 8 1 16 38 12 47
Connecticut 26 19 28 19 32 37 12 36 21 20 11 37 23 38
Delaware 47 11 15 11 31 20 26 5 16 7 15 6 14 10
Florida 7 2 2 4 6 3 7 3 2 5 13 3 1 25
Georgia 12 25 19 23 7 12 20 20 14 25 26 8 20 4
Hawaii 39 8 39 6 40 19 19 49 11 3 14 40 25 40
Idaho 40 40 38 40 43 42 47 30 38 38 46 33 38 24
Illinois 5 16 6 17 21 21 5 7 24 18 7 28 7 43
Indiana 14 35 35 34 26 25 31 38 35 35 24 21 33 12
Iowa 28 39 45 38 46 48 42 41 42 28 47 39 45 22
Kansas 32 26 30 26 29 33 34 27 25 21 38 27 30 29
Kentucky 23 46 32 46 17 40 33 32 39 45 36 30 39 23
Louisiana 18 23 9 24 3 10 11 6 18 26 21 7 15 9
Maine 38 43 46 43 48 47 46 42 37 42 39 45 46 32
Maryland 19 15 3 15 14 15 4 4 20 15 17 4 5 17
Massachusetts 11 18 14 21 37 31 10 13 19 40 1 47 18 50
Michigan 8 6 10 7 19 6 8 11 6 13 4 18 8 36
Minnesota 21 33 42 32 45 35 32 45 32 30 35 48 37 49
Mississippi 31 45 36 45 4 28 38 33 31 47 48 11 41 1
Missouri 15 27 17 30 15 30 13 19 23 34 20 22 21 30
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 37 41 35 36 45 45 34 46 24 31 29 40 20
Nebraska 35 41 40 41 49 38 40 40 47 33 45 35 43 26
Nevada 43 1 5 1 5 2 2 15 1 4 10 1 3 14
New Hampshire 42 44 48 42 47 43 44 46 43 41 37 49 47 44
New Jersey 9 17 12 16 25 24 6 21 17 23 6 32 16 42
New Mexico 37 7 7 10 8 5 24 1 12 8 25 34 6 48
New York 2 10 1 14 9 23 1 10 10 22 2 20 2 39
North Carolina 10 32 22 36 20 36 36 12 27 39 41 5 28 3
North Dakota 46 48 50 48 50 50 50 50 50 46 49 50 50 37
Ohio 6 28 24 29 27 22 14 28 26 31 18 19 26 19
Oklahoma 25 24 23 22 12 16 23 23 13 36 12 13 22 11
Oregon 30 9 20 8 34 11 17 24 7 6 27 24 17 34
Pennsylvania 4 47 29 47 30 39 16 37 44 49 22 41 36 35
Rhode Island 41 20 27 20 38 41 29 22 22 29 3 43 24 46
South Carolina 24 21 8 25 11 13 25 2 15 27 29 2 9 8
South Dakota 45 49 49 49 42 49 49 47 49 48 50 31 49 2
Tennessee 17 36 25 37 16 17 15 31 28 43 23 17 29 13
Texas 3 12 13 12 2 8 9 18 5 16 9 9 13 15
Utah 36 22 37 18 39 34 35 35 34 12 33 46 31 41
Vermont 48 30 47 27 44 18 48 48 33 17 32 42 44 33
Virginia 13 38 33 39 24 32 27 39 41 32 42 15 34 7
Washington 20 13 26 9 35 7 28 25 9 9 28 23 19 31
West Virginia 34 50 44 50 33 44 41 43 48 50 43 44 48 16
Wisconsin 16 34 43 31 41 46 39 44 40 19 44 36 42 28
Wyoming 49 29 34 28 18 26 43 26 45 14 34 25 32 18
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