1984 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 3,990,000 3,902.0 431.2 3,470.9 9.4 25.1 96.1 300.6 1,001.8 2,235.5 233.6 259.3 778.3 3.0
Alaska 500,000 6,115.2 621.6 5,493.6 11.6 91.6 109.4 409.0 1,236.8 3,628.0 628.8 251.7 1171.0 4.7
Arizona 3,053,000 6,499.4 516.1 5,983.3 7.8 43.1 131.1 334.1 1,714.0 3,884.8 384.5 249.3 1114.4 4.5
Arkansas 2,349,000 3,367.5 321.4 3,046.1 7.5 29.7 67.6 216.6 885.9 1,992.6 167.6 193.2 626.0 3.2
California 25,622,000 6,468.3 763.4 5,705.0 10.6 45.7 327.5 379.5 1,729.3 3,346.1 629.6 161.2 1333.9 8.3
Colorado 3,178,000 6,471.1 457.8 6,013.3 5.8 39.0 114.0 299.0 1,561.3 4,054.7 397.3 101.9 1059.1 10.4
Connecticut 3,154,000 4,628.9 393.8 4,235.0 3.9 24.1 190.5 175.4 1,128.9 2,683.3 422.8 117.9 817.3 6.9
Delaware 613,000 5,006.9 435.7 4,571.1 4.1 48.9 116.0 266.7 1,089.4 3,221.4 260.4 252.8 892.8 3.5
Florida 10,976,000 6,821.2 868.0 5,953.3 11.5 50.7 276.2 529.6 1,808.0 3,718.6 426.7 242.4 1463.3 6.0
Georgia 5,837,000 4,498.1 478.6 4,019.5 9.4 40.4 144.1 284.7 1,204.6 2,522.7 292.3 250.2 880.6 3.5
Hawaii 1,039,000 5,484.3 231.9 5,252.5 3.3 30.2 115.9 82.5 1,213.6 3,689.0 349.9 129.4 757.2 5.9
Idaho 1,001,000 3,671.6 235.3 3,436.4 3.4 18.7 24.4 188.8 874.2 2,411.4 150.7 126.5 578.9 4.6
Illinois 11,511,000 5,304.2 724.9 4,579.3 9.0 31.2 303.8 380.9 1,173.4 2,820.3 585.6 150.0 1182.8 7.9
Indiana 5,498,000 3,929.4 305.2 3,624.2 5.5 25.0 98.9 175.9 928.0 2,345.2 351.0 166.0 667.6 4.0
Iowa 2,910,000 3,799.5 198.7 3,600.9 2.0 12.9 38.3 145.5 871.4 2,571.1 158.4 99.2 558.8 5.6
Kansas 2,438,000 4,339.3 334.2 4,005.2 3.7 27.4 71.6 231.5 1,049.1 2,749.3 206.8 175.1 734.7 4.2
Kentucky 3,723,000 2,958.5 277.8 2,680.7 6.6 22.2 70.7 178.4 785.2 1,715.3 180.2 130.4 545.9 4.2
Louisiana 4,462,000 5,110.5 678.0 4,432.5 12.9 41.8 190.5 432.8 1,226.2 2,898.9 307.5 310.4 1121.3 3.6
Maine 1,156,000 3,527.3 158.5 3,368.9 1.7 13.4 26.4 117.0 888.1 2,319.3 161.4 73.3 495.4 6.8
Maryland 4,349,000 5,214.5 792.3 4,422.3 8.1 37.7 301.1 445.3 1,183.8 2,841.3 397.2 285.0 1234.5 4.3
Massachusetts 5,798,000 4,588.4 523.7 4,064.8 3.6 28.1 174.6 317.4 1,099.6 2,125.1 840.0 81.1 930.2 11.5
Michigan 9,075,000 6,556.0 760.1 5,795.9 9.7 64.8 306.7 378.9 1,644.2 3,285.9 865.9 161.4 1339.7 8.3
Minnesota 4,162,000 3,841.5 211.5 3,630.0 1.8 25.3 71.1 113.3 990.9 2,432.5 206.6 52.1 574.5 11.0
Mississippi 2,598,000 3,059.9 282.0 2,777.9 9.7 27.5 60.5 184.3 980.1 1,653.3 144.5 231.7 559.8 2.4
Missouri 5,008,000 4,297.0 460.7 3,836.3 7.1 26.5 140.8 286.2 1,115.5 2,391.2 329.7 176.3 844.3 4.8
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 824,000 4,652.7 237.6 4,415.0 4.4 20.6 27.4 185.2 858.0 3,286.4 270.6 117.4 679.1 5.8
Nebraska 1,606,000 3,496.5 225.8 3,270.6 3.4 23.7 43.2 155.6 643.8 2,482.9 144.0 98.6 552.9 5.6
Nevada 911,000 6,561.0 628.5 5,932.5 10.8 60.7 279.0 278.0 1,978.4 3,458.6 495.5 377.1 1221.8 3.2
New Hampshire 977,000 3,137.7 133.9 3,003.8 1.0 20.7 23.2 88.9 735.9 2,079.2 188.6 59.5 434.3 7.3
New Jersey 7,515,000 4,855.5 527.7 4,327.8 5.3 32.5 242.4 247.4 1,062.8 2,690.4 574.6 137.9 960.5 7.0
New Mexico 1,424,000 6,243.4 688.1 5,555.3 9.1 55.0 130.3 493.6 1,639.7 3,595.2 320.5 134.7 1243.6 9.2
New York 17,735,000 5,577.3 914.3 4,662.9 10.1 31.6 506.9 365.8 1,257.2 2,755.1 650.6 186.6 1380.6 7.4
North Carolina 6,165,000 4,044.2 403.6 3,640.5 8.7 21.6 74.8 298.5 1,131.3 2,330.9 178.3 246.9 767.7 3.1
North Dakota 686,000 2,583.4 53.6 2,529.7 1.2 13.1 7.7 31.6 399.1 2,019.8 110.8 55.1 306.6 5.6
Ohio 10,752,000 4,273.1 385.3 3,887.8 5.1 34.7 145.6 199.9 1,049.9 2,475.3 362.5 173.4 774.1 4.5
Oklahoma 3,298,000 4,892.5 407.5 4,485.1 7.8 39.9 111.2 248.5 1,454.8 2,572.6 457.7 239.6 856.0 3.6
Oregon 2,674,000 6,243.7 506.1 5,737.6 4.8 44.9 168.6 287.8 1,823.3 3,617.9 296.4 158.4 1079.9 6.8
Pennsylvania 11,901,000 3,059.5 320.6 2,738.9 4.5 23.2 148.4 144.5 743.8 1,655.3 339.8 110.0 594.5 5.4
Rhode Island 962,000 4,774.0 334.7 4,439.3 3.4 21.3 113.4 196.6 1,184.6 2,562.8 691.9 92.6 778.6 8.4
South Carolina 3,300,000 4,662.9 624.5 4,038.5 9.2 40.3 103.3 471.7 1,231.7 2,568.3 238.5 284.7 1028.4 3.6
South Dakota 706,000 2,612.5 147.5 2,465.0 1.8 26.9 14.9 103.8 499.9 1,855.8 109.3 129.7 394.0 3.0
Tennessee 4,717,000 3,889.6 445.4 3,444.2 8.4 40.0 166.8 230.3 1,123.6 1,954.1 366.4 155.9 789.8 5.1
Texas 15,989,000 6,029.9 505.0 5,525.0 13.1 45.9 178.5 267.4 1,664.1 3,311.8 549.1 229.2 1057.5 4.6
Utah 1,652,000 4,766.2 244.2 4,522.0 2.8 20.3 58.0 163.1 858.1 3,437.2 226.7 91.9 696.4 7.6
Vermont 530,000 3,967.9 145.1 3,822.8 2.3 19.8 23.0 100.0 1,016.4 2,651.7 154.7 71.8 527.4 7.3
Virginia 5,636,000 3,783.6 295.6 3,488.0 7.7 26.7 102.3 158.9 841.7 2,462.9 183.4 189.0 644.4 3.4
Washington 4,349,000 6,101.7 406.4 5,695.3 4.6 50.0 120.6 231.1 1,702.0 3,745.8 247.4 157.0 975.9 6.2
West Virginia 1,952,000 2,335.9 168.2 2,167.7 4.4 15.6 38.1 110.0 648.0 1,347.1 172.5 81.9 385.0 4.7
Wisconsin 4,766,000 4,172.3 196.5 3,975.7 2.5 16.6 66.4 111.1 834.1 2,906.5 235.1 105.0 594.1 5.7
Wyoming 511,000 3,682.8 242.1 3,440.7 3.3 20.9 23.1 194.7 641.7 2,645.4 153.6 143.4 586.2 4.1
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 11 32 31 13 31 40 32 5 26 2
Alaska 50 9 11 11 3 1 27 6 13 6 6 7 9 22
Arizona 28 4 14 2 18 11 19 11 5 2 16 9 11 19
Arkansas 33 43 30 43 21 24 36 27 36 44 41 15 35 6
California 1 6 4 7 6 9 2 8 4 11 5 23 4 44
Colorado 26 5 19 1 24 17 24 14 10 1 14 39 13 48
Connecticut 27 24 26 23 34 34 10 36 22 23 13 35 23 37
Delaware 47 17 21 15 33 7 22 21 26 15 28 6 19 9
Florida 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 1 3 4 12 11 1 33
Georgia 11 26 17 26 10 13 17 18 17 30 26 8 20 8
Hawaii 39 13 40 12 40 23 23 49 16 5 20 33 29 32
Idaho 40 40 39 40 38 45 45 31 37 35 46 34 39 20
Illinois 5 14 6 14 14 22 4 7 20 19 7 27 8 43
Indiana 14 33 32 34 25 33 30 35 34 37 19 21 33 13
Iowa 29 37 43 35 45 50 41 40 38 27 43 40 42 29
Kansas 32 27 29 27 35 27 33 24 29 21 34 19 30 16
Kentucky 23 47 35 47 23 37 35 34 43 47 38 31 44 15
Louisiana 18 16 8 19 2 12 9 5 15 17 24 2 10 12
Maine 38 41 46 41 48 48 44 42 35 39 42 46 46 35
Maryland 19 15 3 20 17 18 5 4 19 18 15 3 6 17
Massachusetts 12 25 13 24 36 25 12 12 25 41 2 45 18 50
Michigan 8 3 5 5 8 2 3 9 8 14 1 22 3 45
Minnesota 21 36 42 33 46 31 34 43 32 34 35 50 40 49
Mississippi 31 45 34 45 9 26 38 33 33 49 47 13 41 1
Missouri 15 28 18 30 22 30 18 17 24 36 22 18 22 24
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 23 38 21 31 42 43 32 40 13 27 36 32 31
Nebraska 36 42 41 42 39 35 40 39 47 31 48 41 43 28
Nevada 43 2 9 4 5 3 6 19 1 9 10 1 7 5
New Hampshire 41 44 49 44 50 41 46 48 45 42 36 48 47 39
New Jersey 9 19 12 22 26 20 8 23 27 22 8 29 17 38
New Mexico 37 8 7 9 13 4 20 2 9 8 23 30 5 47
New York 2 12 1 13 7 21 1 10 12 20 4 17 2 41
North Carolina 10 31 25 32 15 38 32 15 21 38 39 10 28 4
North Dakota 46 49 50 48 49 49 50 50 50 43 49 49 50 27
Ohio 7 29 27 29 27 19 16 28 28 32 18 20 27 18
Oklahoma 25 18 23 17 19 16 26 22 11 26 11 12 21 10
Oregon 30 7 15 6 28 10 13 16 2 7 25 24 12 36
Pennsylvania 4 46 31 46 30 36 15 41 44 48 21 37 36 26
Rhode Island 42 20 28 18 37 39 25 29 18 29 3 42 25 46
South Carolina 24 22 10 25 12 14 28 3 14 28 30 4 15 11
South Dakota 45 48 47 49 47 28 49 46 49 46 50 32 48 3
Tennessee 17 35 20 38 16 15 14 26 23 45 17 26 24 25
Texas 3 11 16 10 1 8 11 20 7 12 9 14 14 21
Utah 35 21 36 16 42 43 39 37 39 10 33 43 31 42
Vermont 48 32 48 31 44 44 48 47 30 24 44 47 45 40
Virginia 13 38 33 36 20 29 29 38 41 33 37 16 34 7
Washington 20 10 24 8 29 6 21 25 6 3 29 25 16 34
West Virginia 34 50 45 50 32 47 42 45 46 50 40 44 49 23
Wisconsin 16 30 44 28 43 46 37 44 42 16 31 38 37 30
Wyoming 49 39 37 39 41 40 47 30 48 25 45 28 38 14
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