1983 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 3,959,000 4,101.1 416.0 3,685.0 9.2 23.5 98.4 284.9 1,073.1 2,381.4 230.5 245.1 784.5 3.2
Alaska 479,000 6,018.6 613.8 5,404.8 13.8 101.5 97.1 401.5 1,194.2 3,566.8 643.8 219.5 1154.3 5.3
Arizona 2,963,000 6,391.6 494.2 5,897.4 7.2 41.9 132.4 312.7 1,668.6 3,871.8 357.0 227.1 1083.9 4.8
Arkansas 2,328,000 3,500.6 297.7 3,202.9 7.6 25.2 69.3 195.5 961.3 2,067.9 173.7 184.2 618.0 3.4
California 25,174,000 6,677.4 772.6 5,904.9 10.5 48.0 340.9 373.1 1,829.1 3,444.5 631.2 149.9 1363.1 9.1
Colorado 3,139,000 6,627.1 476.4 6,150.7 6.4 41.9 126.4 301.7 1,532.4 4,245.7 372.7 103.5 1091.5 10.5
Connecticut 3,138,000 4,977.8 375.0 4,602.8 4.1 20.0 200.6 150.3 1,274.3 2,849.6 478.9 113.1 835.3 7.4
Delaware 606,000 5,466.0 453.1 5,012.9 4.1 37.8 115.3 295.9 1,223.4 3,450.2 339.3 260.8 954.4 3.7
Florida 10,680,000 6,781.1 826.7 5,954.4 11.2 48.4 263.4 503.7 1,796.8 3,752.8 404.8 236.2 1422.1 6.0
Georgia 5,732,000 4,505.3 456.7 4,048.5 8.4 35.3 144.2 268.8 1,266.8 2,501.7 280.0 260.7 861.6 3.3
Hawaii 1,023,000 5,809.6 252.1 5,557.5 5.6 29.4 130.0 87.1 1,332.9 3,804.5 420.0 105.2 807.9 7.7
Idaho 989,000 3,865.8 238.7 3,627.1 3.5 18.3 27.3 189.6 930.8 2,525.7 170.6 120.9 601.4 5.0
Illinois 11,486,000 5,541.4 728.1 4,813.3 9.7 31.5 318.9 368.0 1,292.4 2,952.0 569.0 136.1 1209.4 8.9
Indiana 5,479,000 4,129.8 283.8 3,846.0 5.2 27.5 99.9 151.1 988.3 2,535.7 322.1 164.6 668.4 4.1
Iowa 2,905,000 3,919.1 181.1 3,737.9 2.3 12.6 41.0 125.2 915.6 2,664.4 157.9 98.0 554.9 5.7
Kansas 2,425,000 4,529.8 326.6 4,203.2 5.6 25.9 84.0 211.0 1,167.8 2,834.4 201.0 153.4 746.9 4.9
Kentucky 3,714,000 3,434.8 322.2 3,112.6 9.8 22.0 87.1 203.3 977.0 1,920.4 215.2 129.2 633.5 4.9
Louisiana 4,438,000 5,026.6 640.9 4,385.7 14.2 39.9 190.0 396.8 1,292.5 2,782.6 310.6 291.5 1079.5 3.7
Maine 1,146,000 3,681.2 159.6 3,521.6 2.1 16.8 27.1 113.5 996.1 2,357.9 167.5 75.2 511.8 6.8
Maryland 4,304,000 5,357.0 807.1 4,549.9 8.5 32.8 347.4 418.4 1,224.4 2,961.0 364.5 277.7 1262.1 4.5
Massachusetts 5,767,000 5,010.8 576.8 4,434.0 3.5 25.9 208.5 338.9 1,253.5 2,321.5 858.9 75.4 1020.2 13.5
Michigan 9,069,000 6,477.5 716.7 5,760.8 10.0 56.1 285.3 365.3 1,691.9 3,331.3 737.6 160.4 1292.8 8.1
Minnesota 4,144,000 4,034.2 190.9 3,843.3 1.7 22.4 79.6 87.2 1,075.6 2,558.7 209.0 51.0 575.2 11.3
Mississippi 2,587,000 3,208.2 280.4 2,927.7 11.2 23.8 63.8 181.6 1,023.5 1,762.0 142.1 213.5 573.2 2.7
Missouri 4,970,000 4,529.9 477.2 4,052.7 8.1 26.8 167.9 274.4 1,217.2 2,517.9 317.5 163.9 882.5 5.4
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 817,000 4,644.4 212.6 4,431.8 3.7 19.8 23.5 165.6 908.2 3,294.7 228.9 110.7 655.8 5.9
Nebraska 1,597,000 3,787.7 217.7 3,569.9 2.6 21.2 49.8 144.0 777.0 2,631.6 161.4 97.9 574.7 5.9
Nevada 891,000 6,701.3 655.2 6,046.1 12.8 51.3 307.2 284.0 2,011.4 3,563.3 471.4 353.5 1259.8 3.6
New Hampshire 959,000 3,356.3 125.1 3,231.2 2.0 19.5 24.1 79.6 821.9 2,227.2 182.1 50.0 448.2 9.0
New Jersey 7,468,000 5,163.4 553.1 4,610.3 5.3 30.3 269.0 248.4 1,237.2 2,768.9 604.3 123.1 1014.1 8.2
New Mexico 1,399,000 6,346.2 686.8 5,659.4 8.9 48.0 114.0 515.9 1,559.2 3,793.9 306.3 122.5 1252.7 10.2
New York 17,667,000 5,902.6 914.1 4,988.5 11.1 30.0 536.5 336.5 1,410.1 2,854.7 723.7 172.5 1413.0 8.2
North Carolina 6,082,000 4,183.7 409.6 3,774.1 8.1 21.9 79.6 300.0 1,189.5 2,418.1 166.5 234.6 787.0 3.4
North Dakota 680,000 2,675.4 53.7 2,621.8 2.1 12.5 7.8 31.3 436.3 2,056.3 129.1 51.7 315.9 6.1
Ohio 10,746,000 4,505.1 397.9 4,107.2 5.6 31.5 159.4 201.4 1,155.6 2,607.1 344.6 167.7 808.6 4.8
Oklahoma 3,298,000 4,929.1 423.4 4,505.7 7.6 37.8 128.7 249.3 1,509.5 2,549.6 446.7 227.3 874.0 3.8
Oregon 2,662,000 6,250.9 487.8 5,763.0 4.1 40.5 170.3 273.0 1,745.8 3,714.5 302.8 149.0 1064.1 7.1
Pennsylvania 11,895,000 3,195.5 342.8 2,852.6 4.9 20.6 172.3 145.0 810.6 1,726.8 315.2 98.8 628.1 6.4
Rhode Island 955,000 5,005.4 355.2 4,650.3 2.7 16.8 112.9 222.8 1,332.1 2,666.3 651.8 91.8 820.2 8.9
South Carolina 3,264,000 4,770.9 616.8 4,154.1 9.8 35.0 104.9 467.0 1,294.8 2,619.5 239.8 280.6 1032.2 3.7
South Dakota 700,000 2,547.6 120.0 2,427.6 2.1 17.0 15.9 85.0 545.7 1,779.0 102.9 116.6 362.8 3.1
Tennessee 4,685,000 4,011.7 402.0 3,609.6 8.8 35.9 172.8 184.6 1,205.9 2,087.2 316.5 176.0 763.0 4.3
Texas 15,724,000 5,907.3 512.2 5,395.0 14.2 40.3 189.3 268.4 1,667.5 3,202.6 524.9 223.8 1051.7 4.7
Utah 1,619,000 5,117.9 256.0 4,862.0 3.5 24.9 64.3 163.3 1,015.8 3,610.4 235.7 79.1 742.2 9.4
Vermont 525,000 4,132.8 132.6 4,000.2 3.6 40.8 27.8 60.4 1,090.3 2,723.0 186.9 72.2 532.6 7.4
Virginia 5,550,000 3,961.6 292.5 3,669.0 7.0 24.7 110.5 150.4 919.9 2,571.4 177.7 177.1 659.4 3.7
Washington 4,300,000 6,077.7 371.8 5,706.0 4.9 44.7 105.4 216.7 1,640.1 3,812.9 253.0 154.8 942.4 6.1
West Virginia 1,965,000 2,419.0 171.8 2,247.2 4.9 13.4 44.2 109.3 684.7 1,380.9 181.6 82.8 396.5 4.8
Wisconsin 4,751,000 4,255.7 190.9 4,064.8 2.8 18.1 71.9 98.1 883.6 2,976.9 204.3 102.6 597.4 5.8
Wyoming 514,000 4,013.8 237.2 3,776.7 5.8 21.4 29.8 180.2 705.4 2,905.1 166.1 141.3 614.9 4.4
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 34 22 37 13 33 30 16 32 39 31 7 28 3
Alaska 50 10 11 11 3 1 31 5 26 9 5 13 9 24
Arizona 28 6 15 5 22 8 19 12 6 2 17 11 11 18
Arkansas 33 43 32 44 21 29 37 29 38 44 41 15 37 6
California 1 3 4 4 8 5 3 7 2 12 6 25 3 45
Colorado 26 4 18 1 24 9 22 13 10 1 15 37 10 48
Connecticut 27 22 26 19 36 40 10 38 18 21 10 34 23 37
Delaware 47 15 20 13 35 15 23 15 23 11 19 5 18 8
Florida 7 1 2 3 5 4 8 2 3 6 14 8 1 30
Georgia 12 28 19 30 17 17 18 20 19 37 27 6 22 4
Hawaii 39 13 37 10 26 24 20 46 13 4 13 36 26 38
Idaho 40 40 38 39 41 43 45 30 39 35 42 32 39 23
Illinois 5 14 5 16 12 20 4 8 17 18 8 28 8 42
Indiana 14 33 34 32 30 25 29 36 36 34 20 20 32 13
Iowa 29 39 44 36 45 49 42 41 41 27 47 40 44 26
Kansas 32 27 30 25 27 27 33 26 28 22 36 24 30 21
Kentucky 23 44 31 45 11 35 32 27 37 46 33 29 35 22
Louisiana 18 19 9 24 2 13 11 6 16 23 24 2 12 10
Maine 38 42 46 42 46 47 46 42 35 40 43 46 46 34
Maryland 19 16 3 20 16 19 2 4 22 17 16 4 5 16
Massachusetts 11 20 12 22 40 28 9 10 20 41 1 45 16 50
Michigan 8 5 6 7 9 2 6 9 5 13 2 22 4 39
Minnesota 21 35 43 33 50 34 34 45 31 32 34 49 41 49
Mississippi 31 46 35 46 6 32 39 32 33 48 48 14 43 1
Missouri 15 26 17 29 18 26 16 18 24 36 21 21 20 25
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 25 41 23 37 41 48 34 42 14 32 35 34 29
Nebraska 36 41 40 41 44 38 40 40 46 28 46 41 42 28
Nevada 43 2 8 2 4 3 5 17 1 10 11 1 6 7
New Hampshire 41 45 48 43 49 42 47 48 44 42 38 50 47 44
New Jersey 9 17 13 18 29 22 7 23 21 24 7 30 17 41
New Mexico 37 7 7 9 14 6 24 1 9 5 25 31 7 47
New York 2 12 1 14 7 23 1 11 12 20 3 18 2 40
North Carolina 10 31 23 35 19 36 35 14 27 38 44 9 27 5
North Dakota 46 48 50 48 47 50 50 50 50 45 49 48 50 32
Ohio 6 29 25 27 28 21 17 28 29 30 18 19 25 20
Oklahoma 24 23 21 21 20 14 21 22 11 33 12 10 21 12
Oregon 30 8 16 6 34 11 15 19 4 7 26 26 13 35
Pennsylvania 4 47 29 47 32 39 14 39 45 49 23 39 36 33
Rhode Island 42 21 28 17 43 46 25 24 14 26 4 42 24 43
South Carolina 25 24 10 26 10 18 28 3 15 29 29 3 15 9
South Dakota 45 49 49 49 48 45 49 47 49 47 50 33 49 2
Tennessee 17 37 24 40 15 16 13 31 25 43 22 17 29 14
Texas 3 11 14 12 1 12 12 21 7 15 9 12 14 17
Utah 35 18 36 15 39 30 38 35 34 8 30 44 31 46
Vermont 48 32 47 31 38 10 44 49 30 25 37 47 45 36
Virginia 13 38 33 38 23 31 26 37 40 31 40 16 33 11
Washington 20 9 27 8 31 7 27 25 8 3 28 23 19 31
West Virginia 34 50 45 50 33 48 41 43 48 50 39 43 48 19
Wisconsin 16 30 42 28 42 44 36 44 43 16 35 38 40 27
Wyoming 49 36 39 34 25 37 43 33 47 19 45 27 38 15
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
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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