2004 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 4,525,375 4,456.3 427.0 4,029.3 5.6 38.5 133.5 249.4 987.0 2,732.4 309.9 559.8 829.9 1.5
Alaska 657,755 4,003.2 632.3 3,370.9 5.6 84.8 68.0 473.9 573.6 2,456.7 340.6 397.8 969.4 2.4
Arizona 5,739,879 5,577.7 504.4 5,073.3 7.2 33.0 134.5 329.6 991.0 3,118.7 963.5 540.1 1011.7 1.9
Arkansas 2,750,000 4,535.4 502.3 4,033.1 6.4 43.0 86.3 366.7 1,096.4 2,699.7 237.0 497.7 905.6 1.8
California 35,842,038 3,970.8 527.8 3,423.9 6.7 26.8 172.3 322.0 686.1 2,033.1 704.8 463.8 870.2 1.9
Colorado 4,601,403 4,290.5 372.0 3,918.5 4.4 42.3 81.3 244.2 717.3 2,679.5 521.6 441.2 763.9 1.7
Connecticut 3,503,604 2,973.9 289.0 2,684.9 2.9 21.6 119.7 144.9 456.1 1,908.3 320.5 381.1 557.5 1.5
Delaware 830,069 3,898.6 615.0 3,283.6 3.4 43.0 161.8 406.8 683.0 2,323.3 277.3 494.4 943.4 1.9
Florida 17,385,430 4,894.3 711.8 4,182.5 5.4 38.0 172.5 495.8 956.7 2,775.2 450.5 492.3 1130.1 2.3
Georgia 8,918,129 4,674.5 451.0 4,223.5 6.9 26.8 153.1 264.2 930.6 2,796.8 496.0 573.2 873.4 1.5
Hawaii 1,262,124 5,050.1 254.6 4,795.5 2.6 26.4 74.8 150.8 857.8 3,254.7 683.0 333.2 734.2 2.2
Idaho 1,395,140 3,028.4 247.4 2,781.0 2.2 42.6 17.3 185.4 549.8 2,034.8 196.3 458.1 525.5 1.1
Illinois 12,712,016 3,719.8 545.7 3,174.1 6.1 33.2 177.6 328.7 598.6 2,257.9 317.6 348.4 863.1 2.5
Indiana 6,226,537 3,729.5 325.9 3,403.6 5.1 29.0 102.4 189.5 677.2 2,387.7 338.7 385.2 666.3 1.7
Iowa 2,952,904 3,176.2 287.8 2,904.8 1.5 26.5 39.3 220.6 607.1 2,106.9 190.8 289.8 578.3 2.0
Kansas 2,733,697 4,393.4 377.9 4,015.5 4.5 41.8 66.3 265.4 737.0 2,967.2 311.3 328.3 779.5 2.4
Kentucky 4,141,835 2,782.6 245.1 2,540.2 5.7 29.9 78.9 130.6 625.4 1,703.0 211.8 413.2 499.1 1.2
Louisiana 4,506,685 5,048.9 640.0 4,419.1 12.7 35.9 145.7 445.8 1,006.5 2,975.1 437.4 822.8 1081.9 1.3
Maine 1,314,985 2,517.4 103.7 2,413.7 1.4 24.0 22.0 56.4 482.2 1,832.4 99.1 149.9 345.1 2.3
Maryland 5,561,332 4,341.3 700.6 3,640.7 9.4 23.7 229.7 437.9 660.0 2,335.6 645.2 409.5 1064.7 2.6
Massachusetts 6,416,505 2,918.5 458.8 2,459.7 2.6 28.0 116.4 311.7 537.2 1,578.8 343.7 134.7 704.8 5.2
Michigan 10,104,206 3,558.3 492.2 3,066.1 6.4 54.3 112.2 319.4 635.7 1,929.8 500.6 484.5 798.8 1.6
Minnesota 5,096,546 3,311.4 269.8 3,041.6 2.2 41.7 79.9 146.1 550.3 2,226.1 265.2 172.4 574.0 3.3
Mississippi 2,900,768 3,776.5 295.4 3,481.1 7.8 40.0 86.3 161.2 953.6 2,256.0 271.6 674.6 643.5 1.0
Missouri 5,759,532 4,390.2 490.1 3,900.1 6.1 25.7 115.1 343.1 702.7 2,747.9 449.6 539.4 880.1 1.6
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 926,920 3,229.9 293.8 2,936.1 3.2 29.5 25.1 235.9 379.2 2,382.3 174.6 341.7 587.4 1.7
Nebraska 1,747,704 3,828.2 308.6 3,519.6 2.3 35.5 65.1 205.7 562.2 2,654.9 302.5 231.8 660.6 2.8
Nevada 2,332,898 4,826.4 616.4 4,210.0 7.4 40.9 210.3 357.8 992.0 2,247.8 970.3 484.4 1037.4 2.1
New Hampshire 1,299,169 2,221.4 169.5 2,051.9 1.3 35.9 38.5 93.8 383.2 1,518.1 150.6 189.4 374.7 2.0
New Jersey 8,685,166 2,789.3 356.3 2,433.0 4.5 15.3 150.6 185.9 472.4 1,611.7 348.9 310.7 599.6 1.9
New Mexico 1,903,006 4,885.8 687.4 4,198.4 8.9 54.6 108.4 515.6 1,047.0 2,736.1 415.2 323.0 1107.2 3.4
New York 19,280,727 2,632.9 440.4 2,192.5 4.6 18.7 173.8 243.3 366.7 1,613.2 212.7 330.4 659.7 2.0
North Carolina 8,540,468 4,608.3 447.8 4,160.5 6.2 27.4 138.0 276.2 1,184.9 2,659.7 316.0 359.7 863.9 2.4
North Dakota 636,308 2,051.1 87.7 1,963.4 1.3 27.8 6.8 51.9 320.6 1,495.5 147.3 194.6 284.0 1.5
Ohio 11,450,143 4,000.9 338.7 3,662.2 4.6 41.4 152.2 140.7 842.9 2,464.3 355.0 390.8 704.9 1.8
Oklahoma 3,523,546 4,742.6 500.5 4,242.1 5.3 44.2 87.7 363.3 1,000.2 2,874.1 367.7 652.0 924.7 1.4
Oregon 3,591,363 4,934.0 298.6 4,635.4 2.5 35.7 76.6 183.8 837.3 3,282.0 516.1 368.5 762.1 2.1
Pennsylvania 12,394,471 2,828.8 411.5 2,417.3 5.2 28.5 149.1 228.6 439.3 1,728.2 249.9 330.4 653.2 2.0
Rhode Island 1,079,916 3,131.5 247.5 2,886.0 2.4 29.6 67.7 147.8 506.1 2,002.3 377.6 176.8 536.1 3.0
South Carolina 4,197,892 5,326.8 789.9 4,536.9 6.8 42.2 130.3 610.6 1,041.9 3,120.4 374.6 541.0 1243.6 2.3
South Dakota 770,621 2,105.0 171.2 1,931.6 2.2 43.6 14.5 110.8 408.5 1,413.1 109.9 398.8 364.4 0.9
Tennessee 5,893,298 5,024.4 697.6 4,326.8 6.1 38.7 150.4 502.5 1,024.7 2,881.7 420.4 437.5 1130.3 2.6
Texas 22,471,549 5,038.6 540.9 4,497.7 6.1 37.3 159.4 338.1 979.5 3,099.5 418.6 703.1 990.7 1.4
Utah 2,420,708 4,271.9 233.3 4,038.6 1.9 39.9 51.1 140.4 628.9 3,093.7 315.9 242.5 637.2 2.6
Vermont 621,233 2,420.2 114.8 2,343.6 2.6 25.8 12.6 73.9 552.9 1,696.1 94.5 234.7 349.2 1.5
Virginia 7,481,332 2,952.2 275.5 2,678.2 5.2 24.3 92.2 153.8 384.4 2,060.5 233.3 476.2 543.3 1.1
Washington 6,207,046 5,190.3 343.6 4,846.7 3.1 46.0 94.5 200.0 976.8 3,173.4 696.5 266.9 828.3 3.1
West Virginia 1,812,548 2,828.6 272.8 2,555.8 3.8 19.1 42.7 216.4 606.5 1,741.5 207.8 278.7 528.4 1.9
Wisconsin 5,503,533 2,864.5 209.8 2,665.7 2.8 20.6 73.9 112.5 433.4 2,025.6 206.7 402.6 476.4 1.2
Wyoming 505,887 3,568.4 229.9 3,338.5 2.2 22.1 13.2 192.1 541.2 2,639.3 157.9 393.7 563.8 1.4
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 16 22 17 18 19 17 22 10 16 30 6 19 13
Alaska 47 22 7 27 19 1 36 5 32 23 23 24 10 40
Arizona 18 1 13 1 6 27 16 14 9 5 2 8 8 23
Arkansas 32 15 14 16 10 7 28 9 2 17 36 10 13 22
California 1 24 12 25 9 37 6 16 22 35 3 16 16 24
Colorado 22 20 25 19 29 10 30 23 20 18 7 18 23 20
Connecticut 29 37 34 37 34 46 19 41 42 39 25 28 39 12
Delaware 45 25 9 29 31 8 7 8 23 27 32 11 11 26
Florida 4 9 2 13 20 20 5 4 13 13 11 12 3 35
Georgia 9 13 19 10 7 36 9 21 15 12 10 5 15 15
Hawaii 42 4 39 3 36 39 34 38 16 2 5 33 25 34
Idaho 39 36 41 36 44 9 46 34 36 34 42 17 43 4
Illinois 5 29 10 30 16 26 3 15 31 28 26 31 18 41
Indiana 14 28 29 26 24 31 24 32 24 24 24 27 28 19
Iowa 30 34 35 34 47 38 42 27 29 32 43 39 36 30
Kansas 33 17 24 18 27 12 38 20 19 9 29 36 22 38
Kentucky 26 44 42 41 17 28 32 44 28 43 39 20 44 6
Louisiana 24 5 6 7 1 22 14 6 6 8 13 1 5 7
Maine 40 46 49 45 48 43 45 49 40 40 49 49 49 37
Maryland 19 19 3 22 2 44 1 7 25 26 6 21 6 43
Massachusetts 13 39 18 42 37 33 20 18 38 47 22 50 27 50
Michigan 8 31 16 31 11 3 22 17 26 38 9 13 21 17
Minnesota 21 32 38 32 43 13 31 40 35 31 34 48 37 48
Mississippi 31 27 32 24 4 16 29 36 14 29 33 3 32 2
Missouri 17 18 17 20 15 41 21 12 21 14 12 9 14 16
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 33 33 32 30 44 25 48 25 44 32 35 18
Nebraska 38 26 30 23 41 25 39 29 33 20 31 44 29 45
Nevada 35 11 8 11 5 15 2 11 8 30 1 14 7 33
New Hampshire 41 48 47 48 49 23 43 47 47 48 46 46 46 29
New Jersey 10 43 26 43 28 50 11 33 41 46 21 38 34 27
New Mexico 36 10 5 12 3 2 23 2 3 15 16 37 4 49
New York 3 45 21 47 26 49 4 24 49 45 38 35 30 31
North Carolina 11 14 20 14 12 35 15 19 1 19 27 30 17 39
North Dakota 48 50 50 49 50 34 50 50 50 49 47 45 50 11
Ohio 7 23 28 21 25 14 10 42 17 22 20 26 26 21
Oklahoma 28 12 15 9 21 5 27 10 7 11 19 4 12 9
Oregon 27 8 31 4 39 24 33 35 18 1 8 29 24 32
Pennsylvania 6 41 23 44 23 32 13 26 43 42 35 34 31 28
Rhode Island 43 35 40 35 40 29 37 39 39 37 17 47 41 46
South Carolina 25 2 1 5 8 11 18 1 4 4 18 7 1 36
South Dakota 46 49 46 50 45 6 47 46 45 50 48 23 47 1
Tennessee 16 7 4 8 14 18 12 3 5 10 14 19 2 42
Texas 2 6 11 6 13 21 8 13 11 6 15 2 9 8
Utah 34 21 43 15 46 17 40 43 27 7 28 42 33 44
Vermont 49 47 48 46 38 40 49 48 34 44 50 43 48 14
Virginia 12 38 36 38 22 42 26 37 46 33 37 15 40 3
Washington 15 3 27 2 33 4 25 30 12 3 4 41 20 47
West Virginia 37 42 37 40 30 48 41 28 30 41 40 40 42 25
Wisconsin 20 40 45 39 35 47 35 45 44 36 41 22 45 5
Wyoming 50 30 44 28 42 45 48 31 37 21 45 25 38 10
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