2001 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 4,468,912 4,315.0 438.2 3,876.8 8.5 30.6 125.0 274.1 909.4 2,685.0 282.4 585.5 825.9 1.4
Alaska 609,000 4,244.6 589.5 3,655.1 6.2 79.1 81.1 423.1 607.1 2,634.8 413.2 346.8 955.0 2.8
Arizona 5,306,966 6,077.8 540.3 5,537.5 7.5 28.6 167.1 337.1 1,033.0 3,520.8 983.7 498.9 1094.1 2.2
Arkansas 2,694,698 4,130.2 452.4 3,677.8 5.5 33.1 80.9 332.8 823.7 2,582.5 271.6 464.4 820.2 1.8
California 34,600,463 3,893.2 615.2 3,278.0 6.4 28.8 186.7 393.3 671.3 2,016.6 590.1 456.1 943.0 2.1
Colorado 4,430,989 4,206.3 349.6 3,856.6 3.6 43.6 80.2 222.3 643.9 2,738.9 473.8 393.6 735.3 1.9
Connecticut 3,434,602 3,109.3 334.6 2,774.7 3.1 18.6 121.8 191.1 499.6 1,914.7 360.4 387.2 612.1 1.6
Delaware 796,599 4,050.6 611.1 3,439.5 2.9 52.7 145.1 410.4 645.7 2,444.9 348.9 507.5 955.1 1.9
Florida 16,373,330 5,577.5 798.3 4,779.2 5.3 40.6 200.7 551.7 1,075.2 3,154.8 549.2 442.7 1276.2 2.9
Georgia 8,405,677 4,634.3 495.7 4,138.5 7.1 25.9 171.3 291.4 854.2 2,837.2 447.2 545.2 909.6 1.7
Hawaii 1,227,024 5,374.5 254.0 5,120.5 2.6 33.3 93.1 125.0 909.7 3,661.3 549.5 301.2 766.1 2.5
Idaho 1,320,585 3,134.4 243.1 2,891.2 2.3 32.2 18.6 190.1 568.5 2,141.9 180.9 452.9 532.2 1.2
Illinois 11,847,000 5,315.8 886.2 4,429.6 10.0 38.4 279.4 562.6 913.2 3,026.2 490.2 354.6 1329.2 3.7
Indiana 6,126,743 3,823.9 371.1 3,452.9 6.7 28.0 117.0 219.3 697.9 2,404.1 350.9 341.0 716.4 2.1
Iowa 2,931,967 3,291.3 268.2 3,023.0 1.7 22.1 39.4 205.1 575.9 2,259.4 187.8 271.8 570.5 2.1
Kansas 2,702,125 4,309.4 403.7 3,905.7 3.4 33.0 89.7 275.7 759.2 2,851.0 295.5 317.5 794.3 2.5
Kentucky 4,068,816 2,896.8 258.3 2,638.5 4.4 25.8 80.3 147.7 662.7 1,756.0 219.8 371.2 522.2 1.4
Louisiana 4,470,368 5,332.2 686.3 4,646.0 11.2 31.4 175.9 467.7 1,039.1 3,121.8 485.1 802.8 1150.9 1.4
Maine 1,284,470 2,692.9 111.7 2,581.1 1.5 25.4 20.6 64.3 537.0 1,914.0 130.1 127.7 369.8 2.9
Maryland 5,386,079 4,857.0 781.4 4,075.5 8.3 26.9 251.1 495.1 771.5 2,709.5 594.6 425.0 1189.0 2.8
Massachusetts 6,401,164 3,087.9 477.8 2,610.1 2.2 29.0 101.2 345.4 506.6 1,668.8 434.7 145.9 738.8 5.1
Michigan 10,006,266 4,075.2 553.9 3,521.3 6.7 52.6 129.3 365.3 719.9 2,265.7 535.7 488.2 906.0 1.9
Minnesota 4,984,535 3,574.9 263.7 3,311.2 2.4 44.9 75.4 141.1 511.1 2,498.1 301.6 132.6 594.8 4.5
Mississippi 2,859,733 4,182.7 349.9 3,832.8 9.9 40.1 115.2 184.7 1,042.8 2,458.8 331.3 717.6 733.2 1.0
Missouri 5,637,309 4,769.7 540.5 4,229.2 6.6 24.5 137.8 371.6 762.4 2,969.9 496.9 509.1 963.4 1.9
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 905,382 3,684.9 352.0 3,332.8 3.8 20.8 25.4 302.1 405.4 2,726.4 201.1 367.4 685.3 1.9
Nebraska 1,720,039 4,312.5 303.1 4,009.4 2.5 25.1 65.6 210.0 567.4 3,064.6 377.3 225.0 704.0 3.1
Nevada 2,097,722 4,283.0 589.2 3,693.8 8.6 42.1 235.1 303.4 844.3 2,148.7 700.9 488.6 958.6 2.0
New Hampshire 1,259,359 2,321.3 170.2 2,151.0 1.3 36.4 35.3 97.2 388.2 1,592.9 169.9 190.3 385.3 2.0
New Jersey 8,511,116 3,215.1 388.8 2,826.3 3.9 15.0 165.8 204.1 550.0 1,833.3 443.0 331.5 671.4 2.0
New Mexico 1,830,935 5,318.8 780.4 4,538.4 5.4 46.4 147.2 581.3 1,067.9 3,080.7 389.8 295.7 1234.2 4.2
New York 19,084,350 2,913.5 513.6 2,399.9 5.0 18.6 191.5 298.5 421.3 1,725.6 253.0 353.8 753.6 2.1
North Carolina 8,206,105 4,926.1 493.1 4,433.0 6.2 25.4 162.1 299.4 1,241.6 2,891.0 300.3 336.8 936.4 2.8
North Dakota 636,550 2,409.7 79.3 2,330.4 1.1 25.8 9.4 43.0 340.1 1,819.7 170.6 161.4 312.3 1.9
Ohio 11,389,785 4,171.6 351.4 3,820.2 4.0 39.2 151.0 157.2 850.9 2,598.6 370.8 397.3 733.4 1.8
Oklahoma 3,469,577 4,594.4 510.9 4,083.5 5.3 42.8 79.1 383.6 996.5 2,724.7 362.3 657.5 919.3 1.4
Oregon 3,473,441 5,043.2 306.6 4,736.6 2.4 33.8 79.1 191.3 767.2 3,542.1 427.3 327.6 780.3 2.4
Pennsylvania 12,303,104 2,957.3 409.9 2,547.4 5.3 28.2 142.2 234.2 441.7 1,815.4 290.3 309.4 664.6 2.1
Rhode Island 1,059,659 3,682.3 309.3 3,373.0 3.7 39.3 93.0 173.4 644.0 2,253.1 475.9 182.0 646.6 3.6
South Carolina 4,062,125 5,395.4 815.2 4,580.2 8.1 43.5 147.4 616.1 1,049.0 3,120.1 411.1 531.8 1273.2 2.4
South Dakota 758,324 2,326.7 154.4 2,172.3 0.9 46.3 13.6 93.6 407.1 1,657.7 107.5 366.4 371.6 1.0
Tennessee 5,749,398 5,144.3 744.0 4,400.3 7.4 38.2 177.7 520.7 1,038.5 2,870.1 491.7 411.3 1184.0 2.9
Texas 21,370,983 5,141.6 571.6 4,570.0 6.2 38.2 165.4 361.7 956.3 3,133.3 480.4 717.5 1028.6 1.4
Utah 2,278,712 4,226.4 233.2 3,993.2 2.9 39.3 52.5 138.4 605.8 3,101.6 285.8 229.3 632.5 2.8
Vermont 612,978 2,769.8 105.1 2,664.7 1.1 17.5 17.5 69.0 513.9 2,027.2 123.7 214.5 371.6 1.7
Virginia 7,196,750 3,174.3 291.0 2,883.3 5.1 24.6 95.3 166.0 439.1 2,182.4 261.8 440.3 579.3 1.3
Washington 5,993,390 5,147.2 354.7 4,792.5 3.0 43.4 99.0 209.3 884.7 3,255.8 652.0 250.8 834.0 3.3
West Virginia 1,800,975 2,560.8 279.6 2,281.3 2.2 17.8 39.3 220.3 533.1 1,569.6 178.6 231.5 507.7 2.2
Wisconsin 5,405,947 3,318.8 231.0 3,087.8 3.6 21.1 82.2 124.1 498.1 2,317.4 272.3 388.9 539.8 1.4
Wyoming 493,574 3,522.4 257.6 3,264.8 1.8 31.0 17.0 207.8 502.5 2,621.3 141.0 341.6 584.1 1.7
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 17 22 20 5 28 21 24 13 22 35 5 20 8
Alaska 49 21 10 26 17 1 32 8 30 23 20 29 13 37
Arizona 20 1 15 1 8 31 10 16 8 3 1 10 8 31
Arkansas 33 26 21 25 18 23 33 17 18 26 37 13 21 15
California 1 29 8 33 14 30 6 10 25 39 5 14 14 26
Colorado 24 23 31 21 30 7 35 26 29 18 15 21 27 19
Connecticut 29 40 32 40 33 47 22 35 42 40 26 23 37 11
Delaware 45 28 9 29 36 2 17 9 27 29 28 9 12 20
Florida 4 2 3 4 20 12 4 4 2 5 7 16 2 42
Georgia 10 15 18 14 10 35 9 22 15 17 16 6 17 12
Hawaii 42 4 42 2 37 22 28 44 12 1 6 37 24 36
Idaho 39 39 43 37 41 25 46 36 33 37 43 15 43 3
Illinois 6 7 1 11 2 17 1 3 11 12 11 27 1 47
Indiana 14 30 26 28 12 33 23 28 24 30 27 31 30 28
Iowa 30 36 38 36 45 43 41 32 32 33 42 39 41 27
Kansas 32 19 24 19 32 24 30 23 22 16 32 35 22 35
Kentucky 25 44 40 42 25 36 34 41 26 45 40 24 44 7
Louisiana 22 5 7 6 1 26 8 7 6 7 12 1 7 10
Maine 40 46 48 44 46 39 45 49 36 41 48 50 49 43
Maryland 19 13 4 16 6 34 2 6 19 21 4 18 5 40
Massachusetts 13 41 20 43 42 29 25 15 40 47 18 48 26 50
Michigan 8 27 13 27 11 3 20 13 23 32 8 12 18 17
Minnesota 21 33 39 32 40 6 38 42 39 27 30 49 38 49
Mississippi 31 24 30 22 3 13 24 37 5 28 29 2 29 2
Missouri 17 14 14 13 13 42 19 12 21 13 9 8 10 21
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 28 31 28 45 44 19 48 19 41 25 32 18
Nebraska 38 18 35 17 38 40 39 29 34 11 23 43 31 44
Nevada 35 20 11 24 4 11 3 18 17 36 2 11 11 23
New Hampshire 41 50 46 50 47 20 43 46 49 49 46 45 46 24
New Jersey 9 37 25 39 27 50 11 33 35 42 17 33 33 25
New Mexico 36 6 5 9 19 4 16 2 3 10 22 38 4 48
New York 3 43 16 46 24 46 5 21 46 46 39 28 25 29
North Carolina 11 12 19 10 16 38 13 20 1 14 31 32 15 39
North Dakota 47 48 50 47 49 37 50 50 50 43 45 47 50 22
Ohio 7 25 29 23 26 16 14 40 16 25 24 20 28 16
Oklahoma 28 16 17 15 21 10 36 11 9 20 25 4 16 6
Oregon 27 11 34 5 39 21 37 34 20 2 19 34 23 33
Pennsylvania 5 42 23 45 22 32 18 25 44 44 33 36 34 30
Rhode Island 43 32 33 30 29 14 29 38 28 34 14 46 35 46
South Carolina 26 3 2 7 7 8 15 1 4 8 21 7 3 34
South Dakota 46 49 47 49 50 5 49 47 47 48 50 26 47 1
Tennessee 16 9 6 12 9 18 7 5 7 15 10 19 6 41
Texas 2 10 12 8 15 19 12 14 10 6 13 3 9 9
Utah 34 22 44 18 35 15 40 43 31 9 34 42 36 38
Vermont 48 45 49 41 48 49 47 48 38 38 49 44 48 14
Virginia 12 38 36 38 23 41 27 39 45 35 38 17 40 4
Washington 15 8 27 3 34 9 26 30 14 4 3 40 19 45
West Virginia 37 47 37 48 43 48 42 27 37 50 44 41 45 32
Wisconsin 18 35 45 35 31 44 31 45 43 31 36 22 42 5
Wyoming 50 34 41 34 44 27 48 31 41 24 47 30 39 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
1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 *

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