2002 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 4,478,896 4,472.8 445.0 4,027.8 6.8 37.2 133.1 268.0 950.6 2,767.0 310.1 615.6 847.8 1.4
Alaska 614,000 4,325.1 565.4 3,759.7 5.1 79.7 76.2 404.4 609.2 2,765.3 385.2 401.0 941.4 2.3
Arizona 5,441,125 6,575.0 554.5 5,849.8 7.1 29.6 147.0 370.8 1,085.9 3,704.0 1,059.9 513.7 1139.5 2.2
Arkansas 2,706,268 4,163.4 425.0 3,738.4 5.2 27.9 93.3 298.6 858.3 2,628.3 251.7 480.6 798.8 1.7
California 35,001,986 3,956.6 595.4 3,361.2 6.8 29.1 185.6 373.8 681.2 2,044.7 635.3 458.7 931.5 2.0
Colorado 4,501,051 4,353.2 352.9 4,000.3 4.0 45.9 79.5 223.5 703.8 2,781.4 515.1 418.1 752.9 1.8
Connecticut 3,458,587 3,013.8 312.5 2,701.3 2.4 21.4 117.6 171.0 494.7 1,871.7 334.8 408.4 582.6 1.4
Delaware 805,945 3,946.0 600.0 3,346.0 3.2 44.4 143.2 409.2 664.4 2,302.3 379.3 455.0 934.6 2.1
Florida 16,691,701 5,427.6 771.2 4,656.4 5.5 40.5 195.2 530.1 1,061.9 3,064.3 530.3 450.9 1236.8 2.7
Georgia 8,544,005 4,515.8 459.6 4,056.2 7.1 24.7 157.2 270.7 865.3 2,745.7 445.2 552.4 865.2 1.6
Hawaii 1,240,663 6,064.3 262.9 5,801.4 1.9 30.1 97.5 133.5 1,025.4 3,977.2 798.8 312.7 843.0 2.7
Idaho 1,343,124 3,167.8 254.6 2,913.2 2.7 37.0 17.9 197.0 554.0 2,163.6 195.6 428.1 545.9 1.3
Illinois 12,586,447 4,022.1 601.9 3,420.2 7.6 34.7 201.1 358.4 647.0 2,417.1 356.0 340.0 943.9 2.8
Indiana 6,156,913 3,751.3 357.3 3,394.0 5.9 29.9 107.4 214.1 692.0 2,372.5 329.5 350.3 696.7 2.0
Iowa 2,935,840 3,449.3 285.7 3,163.6 1.5 27.1 39.8 217.2 635.0 2,330.2 198.3 286.7 602.1 2.1
Kansas 2,711,769 4,093.2 377.2 3,716.0 2.9 38.2 79.8 256.3 725.7 2,724.3 266.0 329.4 748.8 2.3
Kentucky 4,089,822 2,926.5 271.4 2,655.1 4.7 26.6 76.6 163.6 657.5 1,769.7 227.9 380.6 536.9 1.4
Louisiana 4,476,192 5,105.4 663.2 4,442.1 13.2 34.2 159.1 456.7 1,013.1 2,978.0 451.0 806.8 1107.4 1.4
Maine 1,294,894 2,655.1 107.8 2,547.3 1.1 29.1 20.9 56.8 537.9 1,899.1 110.4 140.4 362.5 2.6
Maryland 5,450,525 4,754.0 770.8 3,983.2 9.4 25.1 246.2 490.1 729.6 2,629.5 624.2 427.8 1169.1 2.7
Massachusetts 6,421,800 3,097.1 484.9 2,612.2 2.7 27.7 111.6 342.9 517.7 1,680.6 414.0 138.9 746.1 5.4
Michigan 10,043,221 3,876.9 540.7 3,336.2 6.8 53.4 118.0 362.6 706.6 2,134.4 495.1 504.0 874.3 1.7
Minnesota 5,024,791 3,531.5 267.2 3,264.3 2.2 45.2 78.4 141.4 557.9 2,430.9 275.5 142.1 593.6 4.2
Mississippi 2,866,733 4,166.5 343.9 3,822.6 9.2 39.3 117.1 178.3 1,032.3 2,458.1 332.2 748.5 726.2 1.0
Missouri 5,669,544 4,604.9 539.0 4,065.9 5.8 25.8 123.9 383.4 753.5 2,820.7 491.7 529.5 945.6 1.8
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 910,372 3,509.4 351.2 3,158.2 1.8 26.0 31.1 292.3 361.3 2,601.0 195.9 365.2 667.0 1.8
Nebraska 1,727,564 4,260.7 314.2 3,946.5 2.8 26.9 78.7 205.9 597.9 2,977.6 371.0 230.3 708.9 3.1
Nevada 2,167,455 4,510.0 639.3 3,870.7 8.4 42.8 236.1 352.0 874.3 2,189.6 806.8 483.7 1026.4 2.1
New Hampshire 1,274,405 2,221.1 161.3 2,059.8 0.9 35.0 32.4 93.0 379.6 1,527.6 152.5 192.8 367.3 1.9
New Jersey 8,575,252 3,031.6 376.1 2,655.5 4.0 15.9 162.7 193.5 511.9 1,726.6 417.0 326.4 641.7 2.0
New Mexico 1,852,044 5,086.0 740.7 4,345.3 8.2 55.5 119.1 558.0 1,060.1 2,883.6 401.6 304.4 1175.2 3.9
New York 19,134,293 2,807.1 496.6 2,310.5 4.8 20.3 191.6 280.0 400.9 1,662.1 247.5 350.0 727.7 2.1
North Carolina 8,305,820 4,729.6 471.0 4,258.6 6.6 26.4 146.9 291.0 1,198.4 2,760.8 299.4 344.1 896.9 2.6
North Dakota 633,911 2,406.9 78.2 2,328.7 0.8 25.7 9.1 42.6 353.8 1,814.3 160.6 161.8 311.1 1.9
Ohio 11,408,699 4,111.8 351.7 3,760.1 4.6 42.2 156.6 148.3 869.2 2,516.0 374.9 399.7 727.7 1.8
Oklahoma 3,489,700 4,748.7 504.0 4,244.7 4.7 45.1 85.0 369.2 1,007.9 2,870.9 366.0 651.5 928.5 1.4
Oregon 3,520,355 4,870.0 292.5 4,577.5 2.0 35.2 77.9 177.4 729.9 3,378.2 469.4 343.5 750.3 2.2
Pennsylvania 12,328,827 2,842.5 402.1 2,440.4 5.1 30.3 139.2 227.6 451.1 1,723.1 266.2 325.8 646.1 2.0
Rhode Island 1,068,326 3,593.8 285.6 3,308.2 3.8 37.0 85.7 159.0 600.5 2,251.3 456.4 191.8 616.4 3.2
South Carolina 4,103,770 5,301.7 822.7 4,479.0 7.3 47.7 140.7 627.0 1,066.0 3,002.0 411.0 556.5 1270.6 2.3
South Dakota 760,437 2,280.5 177.5 2,103.0 1.4 47.5 15.4 113.2 399.0 1,596.3 107.7 382.0 387.8 1.0
Tennessee 5,789,796 5,025.4 717.8 4,307.6 7.3 39.6 162.6 508.5 1,057.9 2,791.3 458.4 430.6 1148.6 2.7
Texas 21,736,925 5,199.8 579.7 4,620.1 6.0 39.1 172.9 361.7 978.1 3,169.7 472.4 699.1 1041.7 1.5
Utah 2,318,789 4,447.6 236.7 4,210.9 2.0 40.7 49.2 144.8 652.2 3,225.6 333.0 234.5 657.8 2.8
Vermont 616,408 2,530.7 106.7 2,424.0 2.1 20.4 12.5 71.7 566.0 1,733.3 124.8 214.8 349.1 1.6
Virginia 7,287,829 3,142.8 291.7 2,851.1 5.3 25.2 95.5 165.6 435.8 2,161.8 253.5 480.2 576.8 1.2
Washington 6,067,060 5,108.4 345.5 4,762.9 3.0 45.1 95.5 201.9 905.7 3,189.8 667.4 262.9 821.8 3.1
West Virginia 1,804,884 2,511.0 233.9 2,277.1 3.2 18.2 36.4 176.1 536.2 1,525.0 216.0 250.3 461.6 1.8
Wisconsin 5,439,692 3,253.6 225.0 3,028.6 2.8 22.7 86.6 112.8 513.4 2,267.9 247.4 397.4 527.9 1.3
Wyoming 498,830 3,579.9 273.4 3,306.5 3.0 29.7 18.6 222.1 490.7 2,666.8 148.9 349.5 604.1 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 21 16 11 19 18 23 12 16 31 5 19 7
Alaska 49 20 12 23 21 1 39 8 31 17 21 22 12 36
Arizona 19 1 13 1 9 30 13 11 2 2 1 9 6 33
Arkansas 33 23 22 24 20 33 29 18 17 23 37 12 22 14
California 1 27 10 28 12 31 6 10 25 38 5 14 14 27
Colorado 22 19 27 17 27 6 34 26 23 15 8 20 23 18
Connecticut 29 41 33 39 39 46 22 37 42 40 27 21 40 10
Delaware 45 28 9 29 30 10 15 7 26 31 22 15 13 28
Florida 4 3 2 4 18 14 4 3 4 7 7 16 2 42
Georgia 10 15 20 15 10 44 11 22 16 19 16 7 18 12
Hawaii 42 2 41 2 44 27 26 44 8 1 3 37 20 40
Idaho 39 37 42 37 37 21 47 32 36 35 44 18 42 4
Illinois 5 26 8 26 6 24 3 15 29 28 26 33 11 43
Indiana 14 30 26 27 16 28 25 29 24 29 30 28 31 26
Iowa 30 35 36 34 46 35 41 28 30 30 42 39 38 30
Kansas 32 25 24 25 34 18 33 24 21 20 35 34 25 34
Kentucky 26 42 39 41 25 37 38 39 27 42 40 26 43 8
Louisiana 24 7 6 8 1 25 10 6 9 9 15 1 7 6
Maine 40 45 48 43 48 32 45 49 37 39 49 49 48 37
Maryland 18 11 3 18 2 43 1 5 20 22 6 19 4 41
Massachusetts 13 39 18 42 38 34 24 17 39 46 18 50 26 50
Michigan 8 29 14 30 13 3 21 13 22 37 9 10 17 16
Minnesota 21 33 40 33 40 7 36 43 35 27 33 48 39 49
Mississippi 31 22 31 21 3 16 23 34 7 26 29 2 29 1
Missouri 17 14 15 14 17 40 19 9 18 13 10 8 10 17
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 34 29 35 45 39 44 19 49 24 43 27 32 20
Nebraska 38 21 32 19 35 36 35 30 33 10 24 43 30 45
Nevada 35 16 7 20 4 11 2 16 14 34 2 11 9 31
New Hampshire 41 50 47 50 49 23 43 47 48 49 46 45 47 22
New Jersey 9 40 25 40 28 50 8 33 41 44 17 35 35 24
New Mexico 36 8 4 9 5 2 20 2 5 11 20 38 3 48
New York 3 44 17 47 23 48 5 21 46 47 38 29 28 29
North Carolina 11 13 19 11 14 38 14 20 1 18 32 31 16 38
North Dakota 47 48 50 46 50 41 50 50 50 41 45 47 50 23
Ohio 7 24 28 22 26 12 12 41 15 25 23 23 27 19
Oklahoma 28 12 16 12 24 8 32 12 10 12 25 4 15 9
Oregon 27 10 34 6 42 22 37 35 19 3 12 32 24 32
Pennsylvania 6 43 23 44 22 26 17 25 44 45 34 36 34 25
Rhode Island 43 31 37 31 29 20 31 40 32 33 14 46 36 47
South Carolina 25 4 1 7 7 4 16 1 3 8 19 6 1 35
South Dakota 46 49 46 49 47 5 48 45 47 48 50 25 46 2
Tennessee 16 9 5 10 8 15 9 4 6 14 13 17 5 39
Texas 2 5 11 5 15 17 7 14 11 6 11 3 8 11
Utah 34 18 43 13 43 13 40 42 28 4 28 42 33 44
Vermont 48 46 49 45 41 47 49 48 34 43 48 44 49 13
Virginia 12 38 35 38 19 42 28 38 45 36 36 13 41 3
Washington 15 6 30 3 32 9 27 31 13 5 4 40 21 46
West Virginia 37 47 44 48 31 49 42 36 38 50 41 41 45 21
Wisconsin 20 36 45 36 36 45 30 46 40 32 39 24 44 5
Wyoming 50 32 38 32 33 29 46 27 43 21 47 30 37 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
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