1998 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 4,352,000 4,597.1 512.1 4,085.0 8.1 33.2 130.9 339.9 964.3 2,779.0 341.7 504.0 920.6 1.8
Alaska 614,000 4,777.0 653.9 4,123.1 6.7 68.6 86.6 492.0 667.4 3,031.1 424.6 409.9 1066.2 2.6
Arizona 4,669,000 6,575.0 577.9 5,997.0 8.1 31.1 165.2 373.6 1,209.5 3,922.4 865.1 481.2 1177.6 2.4
Arkansas 2,538,000 4,283.4 490.2 3,793.2 7.9 35.2 96.2 350.9 928.3 2,581.8 283.2 402.1 869.5 2.2
California 32,667,000 4,342.8 703.7 3,639.1 6.6 29.9 210.6 456.6 823.5 2,217.1 598.5 482.3 1067.6 2.2
Colorado 3,971,000 4,487.5 377.9 4,109.5 4.6 47.4 81.5 244.4 786.5 2,917.9 405.1 347.7 788.9 2.3
Connecticut 3,274,000 3,786.5 366.3 3,420.2 4.1 22.2 133.8 206.2 665.9 2,366.3 388.1 362.3 708.3 2.0
Delaware 744,000 5,363.2 762.4 4,600.8 2.8 67.1 194.2 498.3 859.5 3,313.0 428.2 420.7 1222.5 2.9
Florida 14,916,000 6,886.0 938.7 5,947.4 6.5 49.6 242.7 639.9 1,361.7 3,886.8 698.9 433.9 1533.4 3.5
Georgia 7,642,000 5,463.0 572.7 4,890.3 8.1 30.4 187.2 347.0 990.8 3,342.8 556.6 492.9 1061.7 2.2
Hawaii 1,193,000 5,333.0 246.9 5,086.1 2.0 29.5 102.7 112.7 936.2 3,681.0 468.9 302.0 755.5 2.5
Idaho 1,229,000 3,714.6 282.2 3,432.5 2.9 31.4 21.5 226.4 693.1 2,553.7 185.7 326.0 625.5 1.9
Illinois 12,045,000 4,872.8 807.7 4,065.0 8.4 34.0 248.5 516.9 826.1 2,799.4 439.5 350.8 1214.2 3.5
Indiana 5,899,000 4,169.4 431.0 3,738.4 7.7 33.1 111.2 279.0 789.2 2,590.1 359.2 317.0 804.8 2.5
Iowa 2,862,000 3,500.6 311.5 3,189.1 1.9 25.4 50.9 233.3 673.7 2,306.6 208.7 254.7 630.4 2.5
Kansas 2,629,000 4,858.8 397.0 4,461.7 5.9 42.6 86.8 261.8 892.6 3,341.4 227.8 307.6 843.2 2.7
Kentucky 3,936,000 2,889.4 284.0 2,605.3 4.6 29.3 75.4 174.7 637.4 1,750.1 217.8 376.1 544.5 1.4
Louisiana 4,369,000 6,098.3 779.5 5,318.8 12.8 36.8 198.0 531.9 1,172.1 3,605.1 541.6 725.8 1311.4 1.8
Maine 1,244,000 3,040.7 125.8 2,914.9 2.0 18.1 21.1 84.6 666.8 2,126.8 121.3 130.3 417.3 3.2
Maryland 5,135,000 5,365.7 796.6 4,569.1 10.0 33.4 298.7 454.5 922.9 3,096.8 549.4 413.9 1253.5 3.0
Massachusetts 6,147,000 3,435.9 621.3 2,814.6 2.0 27.4 96.6 495.2 607.3 1,777.7 429.5 171.3 902.8 5.3
Michigan 9,817,000 4,682.9 620.8 4,062.1 7.3 50.4 155.8 407.3 837.8 2,630.0 594.3 465.9 1027.0 2.2
Minnesota 4,725,000 4,046.5 310.2 3,736.3 2.6 49.9 92.5 165.2 687.5 2,723.6 325.2 115.5 683.8 5.9
Mississippi 2,752,000 4,384.0 410.7 3,973.3 11.4 37.3 123.3 238.6 1,144.5 2,490.0 338.7 565.3 808.0 1.4
Missouri 5,439,000 4,826.4 555.7 4,270.7 7.3 26.9 149.2 372.2 872.5 2,948.4 449.8 453.4 982.8 2.2
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 880,000 4,070.7 138.8 3,931.9 4.1 17.8 19.9 96.9 511.5 3,191.6 228.9 306.4 532.0 1.7
Nebraska 1,663,000 4,405.2 451.4 3,953.8 3.1 25.1 77.6 345.7 634.0 2,971.7 348.0 211.6 846.8 4.0
Nevada 1,747,000 5,280.5 643.6 4,636.9 9.7 52.1 254.9 326.8 1,137.6 2,711.3 788.0 520.8 1107.3 2.1
New Hampshire 1,185,000 2,419.8 107.2 2,312.7 1.5 33.8 21.5 50.4 325.1 1,863.2 124.4 179.9 338.5 1.9
New Jersey 8,115,000 3,654.1 440.1 3,213.9 4.0 22.5 309.3 350.8 652.3 2,130.6 439.4 375.5 761.5 2.0
New Mexico 1,737,000 6,719.1 961.4 5,757.7 10.9 55.1 163.4 732.0 1,394.0 3,743.9 619.9 269.0 1537.2 5.7
New York 18,175,000 3,588.5 637.8 2,950.7 5.1 21.1 270.3 341.3 576.7 1,998.9 375.1 385.4 932.9 2.4
North Carolina 7,546,000 5,322.2 579.4 4,742.8 8.1 30.6 160.8 379.9 1,324.6 3,092.0 326.2 348.9 1053.7 3.0
North Dakota 638,000 2,681.0 89.3 2,591.7 1.1 33.2 10.2 44.8 356.4 2,058.6 176.6 128.8 348.5 2.7
Ohio 11,209,000 4,327.5 362.5 3,965.0 4.0 40.5 133.5 184.5 810.1 2,771.1 383.8 428.3 759.0 1.8
Oklahoma 3,347,000 5,003.9 539.4 4,464.5 6.1 45.2 92.0 396.1 1,143.4 2,915.8 405.3 613.5 985.9 1.6
Oregon 3,282,000 5,646.6 419.8 5,226.8 3.8 39.8 105.2 271.0 927.5 3,773.3 526.0 268.0 942.5 3.5
Pennsylvania 12,001,000 3,273.0 420.5 2,852.4 5.3 26.9 164.9 223.5 531.4 1,965.4 355.5 297.0 705.7 2.4
Rhode Island 988,000 3,517.8 312.1 3,205.7 2.4 35.5 66.7 207.5 653.0 2,165.1 387.6 210.9 632.7 3.0
South Carolina 3,836,000 5,777.0 903.2 4,873.8 8.0 45.7 154.9 694.6 1,162.7 3,295.4 415.7 533.5 1390.6 2.6
South Dakota 738,000 2,624.1 154.3 2,469.8 1.4 35.0 20.2 97.8 468.6 1,897.8 103.4 324.0 401.3 1.2
Tennessee 5,431,000 5,034.4 715.0 4,319.4 8.5 45.8 178.0 482.8 1,075.9 2,726.1 517.4 384.9 1146.9 3.0
Texas 19,760,000 5,111.6 564.6 4,547.0 6.8 40.0 145.1 372.6 986.3 3,071.7 489.1 716.9 1019.3 1.4
Utah 2,100,000 5,505.9 314.2 5,191.7 3.1 41.7 66.0 203.5 812.9 4,012.1 366.7 221.3 833.4 3.8
Vermont 591,000 3,139.1 106.3 3,032.8 2.2 27.6 9.5 67.0 671.1 2,213.9 147.9 159.7 409.6 2.6
Virginia 6,791,000 3,660.4 325.7 3,334.7 6.2 26.7 105.6 187.2 560.9 2,503.5 270.3 415.5 659.2 1.6
Washington 5,689,000 5,867.4 428.5 5,438.9 3.9 48.2 115.6 260.8 1,062.5 3,757.7 618.7 245.4 972.4 4.0
West Virginia 1,811,000 2,547.2 248.6 2,298.6 4.3 18.7 37.3 188.3 613.5 1,497.9 187.2 191.6 478.5 2.5
Wisconsin 5,224,000 3,543.1 249.0 3,294.1 3.6 19.9 85.6 139.9 569.3 2,452.8 272.0 338.9 578.4 1.7
Wyoming 481,000 3,807.7 247.6 3,560.1 4.8 27.7 16.2 199.0 560.5 2,860.5 139.1 320.1 603.6 1.9
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 23 23 21 22 11 26 22 23 14 24 32 7 22 11
Alaska 48 21 10 20 18 1 34 8 33 17 20 18 12 32
Arizona 21 3 16 1 8 30 12 15 4 2 1 10 8 26
Arkansas 33 29 22 29 13 21 30 18 16 31 36 19 24 19
California 1 27 9 32 19 33 7 10 24 38 6 9 11 22
Colorado 24 24 31 21 27 9 36 29 28 20 23 27 30 23
Connecticut 29 34 32 35 31 45 20 35 35 36 24 24 34 15
Delaware 45 11 7 13 40 2 9 6 21 11 19 15 6 36
Florida 4 1 2 2 20 7 6 3 2 3 3 13 2 44
Georgia 10 9 17 9 9 32 10 20 12 9 8 8 13 18
Hawaii 41 12 44 8 44 34 28 44 15 7 14 35 33 29
Idaho 40 35 40 34 39 29 44 32 29 32 44 29 40 14
Illinois 5 18 4 23 7 23 5 5 23 23 16 25 7 42
Indiana 14 30 25 30 14 28 25 25 27 30 29 32 29 30
Iowa 30 41 37 40 47 42 41 31 31 37 42 39 39 27
Kansas 32 19 30 17 23 13 33 27 19 10 40 33 26 35
Kentucky 25 46 39 46 28 35 38 41 38 49 41 22 43 4
Louisiana 22 4 6 5 1 19 8 4 5 8 10 1 4 10
Maine 39 45 47 43 45 49 45 47 34 42 49 48 46 41
Maryland 19 10 5 14 4 25 2 11 18 14 9 17 5 40
Massachusetts 13 42 13 45 46 38 29 7 41 48 18 46 23 48
Michigan 8 22 14 24 16 5 16 12 22 29 7 11 15 21
Minnesota 20 32 38 31 41 6 31 42 30 27 35 50 36 50
Mississippi 31 26 29 25 2 18 23 30 7 34 33 4 28 3
Missouri 16 20 19 19 15 39 18 17 20 19 15 12 18 20
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 31 46 28 30 50 47 46 47 13 39 34 44 8
Nebraska 38 25 23 27 38 43 37 21 39 18 31 42 25 47
Nevada 36 14 11 12 5 4 4 24 9 28 2 6 10 17
New Hampshire 42 50 48 49 48 24 43 49 50 47 48 45 50 12
New Jersey 9 37 24 38 33 44 1 19 37 41 17 23 31 16
New Mexico 37 2 1 3 3 3 14 1 1 6 4 37 1 49
New York 3 38 12 42 25 46 3 22 42 44 27 20 21 25
North Carolina 11 13 15 11 10 31 15 14 3 15 34 26 14 39
North Dakota 47 47 50 47 50 27 49 50 49 43 45 49 49 34
Ohio 7 28 33 26 32 15 21 40 26 25 26 14 32 9
Oklahoma 27 17 20 16 22 12 32 13 8 21 22 3 17 6
Oregon 28 7 28 6 35 17 27 26 17 4 11 38 20 43
Pennsylvania 6 43 27 44 24 40 13 33 46 45 30 36 35 24
Rhode Island 43 40 36 39 42 20 39 34 36 40 25 43 38 38
South Carolina 26 6 3 10 12 11 17 2 6 12 21 5 3 33
South Dakota 46 48 45 48 49 22 46 45 48 46 50 30 48 1
Tennessee 17 16 8 18 6 10 11 9 10 26 12 21 9 37
Texas 2 15 18 15 17 16 19 16 13 16 13 2 16 2
Utah 34 8 35 7 37 14 40 36 25 1 28 41 27 45
Vermont 49 44 49 41 43 37 50 48 32 39 46 47 47 31
Virginia 12 36 34 36 21 41 26 39 44 33 38 16 37 5
Washington 15 5 26 4 34 8 24 28 11 5 5 40 19 46
West Virginia 35 49 42 50 29 48 42 38 40 50 43 44 45 28
Wisconsin 18 39 41 37 36 47 35 43 43 35 37 28 42 7
Wyoming 50 33 43 33 26 36 48 37 45 22 47 31 41 13
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