2003 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 4,503,762 4,475.6 429.2 4,046.4 6.6 36.8 134.1 251.7 960.2 2,754.1 332.1 607.3 833.8 1.4
Alaska 648,280 4,359.6 598.0 3,761.6 6.0 93.3 68.8 429.9 597.6 2,784.4 379.6 403.9 974.2 2.4
Arizona 5,579,222 5,858.3 513.3 5,345.0 7.9 33.3 136.6 335.6 1,050.6 3,561.9 1,023.6 531.6 1047.8 2.0
Arkansas 2,727,774 4,088.8 456.4 3,632.4 6.6 33.4 81.6 334.7 917.1 2,495.1 220.2 486.5 819.6 1.7
California 35,462,712 4,006.0 579.6 3,426.4 6.7 28.2 179.8 364.8 683.2 2,062.7 680.5 461.5 922.2 2.0
Colorado 4,547,633 4,487.5 377.9 4,109.5 4.1 42.1 82.2 218.2 712.3 2,737.6 501.7 432.5 788.9 1.8
Connecticut 3,486,960 2,983.3 316.8 2,666.5 3.2 20.0 120.8 172.7 460.1 1,880.4 326.1 391.8 583.5 1.5
Delaware 818,166 4,090.6 675.3 3,415.3 2.6 45.2 176.1 451.4 741.4 2,314.1 359.8 505.8 1016.8 2.0
Florida 16,999,181 5,188.4 731.1 4,457.3 5.4 39.6 185.4 500.6 1,003.8 2,973.6 479.8 482.9 1176.8 2.4
Georgia 8,676,460 4,714.2 454.5 4,259.7 7.6 25.7 161.9 259.3 910.5 2,849.0 500.1 540.3 880.5 1.6
Hawaii 1,248,755 5,546.9 272.3 4,792.8 1.8 29.4 93.5 147.6 913.6 3,588.1 772.8 336.2 751.6 2.2
Idaho 1,367,034 3,175.0 245.9 2,929.1 1.9 39.1 17.9 187.0 573.3 2,162.3 193.6 420.6 538.8 1.3
Illinois 12,649,087 3,742.5 556.4 3,186.1 7.1 33.1 188.0 328.1 619.4 2,339.4 329.1 344.6 875.0 2.5
Indiana 6,199,571 3,708.0 352.3 3,355.7 5.5 27.7 103.2 215.9 670.7 2,349.9 335.0 372.2 687.9 1.8
Iowa 2,941,976 3,253.9 277.9 2,976.0 1.7 27.1 38.4 210.7 595.3 2,189.0 191.7 291.4 575.5 2.0
Kansas 2,724,786 4,407.9 397.5 4,010.4 4.6 39.8 82.5 270.6 806.4 2,916.6 287.4 335.5 798.5 2.4
Kentucky 4,118,189 2,758.6 248.5 2,510.1 4.4 27.3 78.3 138.5 632.2 1,677.5 200.4 393.1 499.5 1.3
Louisiana 4,493,665 4,947.4 636.9 4,310.5 13.0 35.6 156.0 432.4 991.9 2,881.2 437.4 805.6 1068.0 1.3
Maine 1,309,205 2,558.8 108.6 2,450.2 1.2 27.0 22.1 58.3 502.5 1,836.5 111.2 149.7 353.6 2.4
Maryland 5,512,310 4,502.6 703.5 3,799.1 9.5 24.6 241.3 428.0 701.0 2,437.7 660.4 422.6 1083.4 2.6
Massachusetts 6,420,357 3,909.0 473.1 2,562.8 2.2 28.8 124.8 317.4 544.6 1,620.9 397.3 136.6 729.4 5.3
Michigan 10,082,364 3,789.9 511.3 3,278.6 6.1 54.3 111.6 339.3 677.6 2,068.3 532.7 490.3 839.2 1.7
Minnesota 5,064,172 3,376.2 262.9 3,113.3 2.5 41.3 77.1 142.0 546.9 2,294.9 271.5 155.8 574.2 3.7
Mississippi 2,882,594 4,031.2 323.9 3,707.3 9.3 37.4 104.6 172.6 1,025.6 2,369.6 312.1 682.4 694.6 1.0
Missouri 5,719,204 4,574.7 490.8 4,083.9 5.1 24.5 116.9 344.3 734.3 2,825.8 523.7 529.8 899.2 1.7
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 918,157 3,461.2 365.0 3,096.2 3.3 26.8 32.5 302.5 405.4 2,483.2 207.6 394.9 674.6 1.7
Nebraska 1,737,475 4,045.7 293.8 3,751.9 3.2 29.0 67.1 194.5 583.2 2,815.8 352.9 229.3 669.0 2.9
Nevada 2,242,207 4,903.2 616.0 4,287.2 8.8 38.8 233.0 335.4 979.3 2,378.1 929.8 471.3 1044.7 2.2
New Hampshire 1,288,705 2,203.2 150.3 2,052.9 1.3 34.0 37.2 77.8 356.1 1,546.8 150.0 189.9 355.6 1.9
New Jersey 8,642,412 2,913.9 364.3 2,549.6 4.7 14.9 154.4 190.4 502.8 1,646.4 400.4 317.4 619.3 2.0
New Mexico 1,878,562 4,756.4 667.3 4,089.1 6.2 50.0 103.1 507.9 1,011.3 2,693.3 384.5 317.4 1076.2 3.4
New York 19,212,425 2,714.8 465.8 2,249.0 4.9 19.6 186.3 255.0 392.7 1,620.9 235.3 339.0 690.7 2.0
North Carolina 8,421,190 4,725.0 454.1 4,270.9 6.0 25.4 145.2 277.5 1,195.6 2,755.9 319.3 349.2 881.2 2.5
North Dakota 633,400 2,190.1 80.2 2,109.9 1.4 25.3 8.4 45.2 309.3 1,630.4 170.2 181.3 291.2 1.6
Ohio 11,437,011 3,984.0 333.9 3,650.1 4.6 40.7 147.7 140.8 831.3 2,460.1 358.6 391.2 698.9 1.8
Oklahoma 3,506,469 4,818.7 506.4 4,312.3 5.9 42.8 91.9 365.8 993.8 2,948.9 369.5 641.6 937.6 1.5
Oregon 3,564,330 5,060.4 294.8 4,765.6 1.9 34.2 79.9 178.8 801.3 3,432.0 532.3 357.6 771.4 2.2
Pennsylvania 12,370,761 2,828.0 397.8 2,430.2 5.2 28.7 145.3 218.5 435.9 1,724.1 270.3 330.8 640.8 1.9
Rhode Island 1,076,084 3,280.9 285.7 2,995.2 2.3 46.9 77.1 159.3 513.3 2,074.2 407.7 185.1 585.2 3.2
South Carolina 4,148,744 5,328.1 806.4 4,521.7 7.3 47.1 139.8 612.2 1,060.4 3,080.7 380.6 553.3 1258.6 2.3
South Dakota 764,905 2,177.1 173.7 2,003.4 1.3 46.5 13.6 112.3 376.3 1,512.9 114.3 393.2 374.0 1.0
Tennessee 5,845,208 5,080.6 691.3 4,389.3 6.8 36.4 161.9 487.1 1,083.3 2,853.1 452.9 433.8 1130.2 2.6
Texas 22,103,374 5,153.0 553.1 4,599.9 6.4 36.3 167.1 342.9 994.8 3,160.8 444.3 709.7 1013.1 1.4
Utah 2,352,119 4,505.3 250.2 4,255.1 2.6 39.1 53.5 155.3 721.1 3,202.3 331.7 238.7 675.7 2.8
Vermont 619,343 2,342.9 114.2 2,228.7 2.4 20.3 10.0 81.4 487.1 1,635.9 105.6 227.2 337.1 1.5
Virginia 7,365,284 2,999.7 278.2 2,721.5 5.6 24.5 91.1 156.9 395.2 2,082.3 244.1 475.6 550.4 1.2
Washington 6,131,298 5,101.9 346.9 4,755.0 3.0 46.7 93.3 204.0 950.4 3,142.1 662.5 262.3 822.4 3.1
West Virginia 1,811,440 2,594.4 255.4 2,339.0 4.0 17.2 38.7 195.5 579.5 1,568.3 191.2 261.6 489.3 1.9
Wisconsin 5,474,290 3,101.5 221.1 2,880.4 3.3 22.0 80.3 115.5 484.9 2,169.7 225.8 402.9 509.1 1.3
Wyoming 502,111 3,577.3 261.7 3,315.6 2.8 27.1 16.7 215.1 520.0 2,636.7 158.9 375.0 593.3 1.6
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 19 22 18 11 19 18 24 12 18 27 5 19 8
Alaska 47 21 9 21 17 1 38 7 30 16 21 21 12 38
Arizona 18 1 13 1 5 26 17 14 4 2 1 8 6 27
Arkansas 32 23 19 25 12 25 32 16 14 22 39 12 22 16
California 1 26 10 26 10 32 6 10 25 38 4 16 14 29
Colorado 22 18 25 15 29 10 31 26 23 19 10 18 23 21
Connecticut 29 40 32 39 34 47 20 36 43 39 30 26 40 12
Delaware 45 22 5 27 38 8 7 5 20 30 23 10 13 30
Florida 4 4 2 7 21 14 5 3 7 8 12 13 2 39
Georgia 9 14 20 13 6 39 10 22 16 13 11 7 18 15
Hawaii 42 2 38 2 45 28 26 41 15 1 3 34 20 34
Idaho 39 37 44 36 44 16 46 34 34 34 42 20 42 6
Illinois 5 30 11 31 8 27 3 17 29 29 29 32 11 41
Indiana 14 31 28 28 20 33 24 27 27 28 26 29 31 22
Iowa 30 36 37 35 46 36 42 29 31 32 43 39 38 28
Kansas 33 20 24 19 26 13 30 21 18 10 33 35 25 37
Kentucky 26 43 43 42 28 34 35 44 28 42 41 25 43 5
Louisiana 24 9 7 10 1 22 11 6 10 11 15 1 7 7
Maine 40 46 49 43 50 37 45 49 40 40 49 49 48 36
Maryland 19 17 3 20 2 42 1 8 24 25 6 19 4 42
Massachusetts 13 28 17 40 42 30 19 18 36 46 18 50 26 50
Michigan 8 29 14 30 15 2 22 13 26 37 7 11 17 19
Minnesota 21 34 39 32 39 11 37 42 35 31 34 48 39 49
Mississippi 31 25 31 23 3 18 23 37 5 27 32 3 29 2
Missouri 17 15 16 17 23 44 21 11 21 14 9 9 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 33 26 33 31 38 44 19 45 23 40 23 32 18
Nebraska 38 24 34 22 33 29 39 32 32 15 25 43 30 45
Nevada 35 10 8 11 4 17 2 15 11 26 2 15 9 33
New Hampshire 41 48 47 49 48 24 43 48 49 49 47 45 47 24
New Jersey 10 41 27 41 25 50 12 33 39 43 17 37 35 26
New Mexico 36 12 6 16 14 3 25 2 6 20 19 38 3 48
New York 3 44 18 46 24 48 4 23 47 47 37 33 28 31
North Carolina 11 13 21 12 16 40 15 20 1 17 31 31 16 40
North Dakota 48 49 50 48 47 41 50 50 50 45 45 47 50 14
Ohio 7 27 30 24 27 12 13 43 17 24 24 27 27 20
Oklahoma 28 11 15 9 18 9 28 9 9 9 22 4 15 10
Oregon 27 8 33 3 43 23 34 35 19 3 8 30 24 32
Pennsylvania 6 42 23 44 22 31 14 25 44 41 35 36 34 25
Rhode Island 43 35 35 34 41 5 36 38 38 36 16 46 36 47
South Carolina 25 3 1 6 7 4 16 1 3 7 20 6 1 35
South Dakota 46 50 46 50 49 7 48 46 48 50 48 24 46 1
Tennessee 16 7 4 8 9 20 9 4 2 12 13 17 5 43
Texas 2 5 12 5 13 21 8 12 8 5 14 2 8 9
Utah 34 16 42 14 37 15 40 40 22 4 28 42 33 44
Vermont 49 47 48 47 40 46 49 47 41 44 50 44 49 11
Virginia 12 39 36 38 19 43 29 39 46 35 36 14 41 3
Washington 15 6 29 4 35 6 27 30 13 6 5 40 21 46
West Virginia 37 45 41 45 30 49 41 31 33 48 44 41 45 23
Wisconsin 20 38 45 37 32 45 33 45 42 33 38 22 44 4
Wyoming 50 32 40 29 36 35 47 28 37 21 46 28 37 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