1978 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 3,742,000 3,938.8 419.1 3,519.7 13.3 25.5 99.1 281.2 1,229.3 1,987.9 302.5 144.2 771.1 5.3
Alaska 403,000 6,046.2 441.9 5,604.2 12.9 55.6 91.3 282.1 1,339.2 3,603.5 661.5 121.9 1002.3 8.2
Arizona 2,354,000 7,603.8 552.1 7,051.7 9.4 44.2 162.9 335.6 2,082.5 4,504.8 464.4 137.0 1257.3 9.2
Arkansas 2,186,000 3,461.7 344.1 3,117.6 9.1 23.1 80.0 231.9 967.1 1,950.9 199.6 115.0 655.9 5.7
California 22,294,000 7,116.2 742.9 6,373.3 11.7 50.8 306.1 374.4 2,193.3 3,488.8 691.3 85.6 1380.2 16.1
Colorado 2,670,000 6,832.4 498.0 6,334.5 7.3 49.6 159.2 281.9 1,869.6 3,977.0 487.9 89.4 1131.5 12.7
Connecticut 3,099,000 4,929.5 315.0 4,614.5 4.2 17.2 154.8 138.8 1,362.0 2,597.6 654.9 60.2 776.5 12.9
Delaware 583,000 6,353.9 440.7 5,913.2 6.7 20.4 145.5 268.1 1,623.7 3,792.6 496.9 168.0 1032.0 6.1
Florida 8,594,000 7,069.5 765.6 6,303.9 11.0 46.1 206.0 502.5 1,978.8 3,936.5 388.6 232.6 1396.0 6.0
Georgia 5,084,000 4,771.3 482.8 4,288.5 14.4 37.9 166.3 264.2 1,475.6 2,456.3 356.5 205.0 911.7 4.4
Hawaii 897,000 7,136.1 270.1 6,866.0 6.7 25.9 173.6 64.0 1,937.7 4,357.5 570.8 52.3 956.7 18.3
Idaho 878,000 4,014.8 236.4 3,778.4 5.4 19.2 40.0 171.9 1,038.4 2,496.2 243.7 88.0 614.2 7.0
Illinois 11,243,000 5,619.8 676.7 4,943.1 9.9 28.0 292.9 345.9 1,350.7 2,969.9 622.5 94.1 1171.0 12.4
Indiana 5,374,000 4,338.5 323.5 4,015.1 6.2 27.0 121.4 168.8 1,108.3 2,495.7 411.1 80.7 725.0 9.0
Iowa 2,896,000 3,980.1 161.4 3,818.7 2.6 10.4 46.9 101.6 870.6 2,712.9 235.1 67.2 543.3 8.1
Kansas 2,348,000 4,544.1 318.2 4,225.9 5.7 25.0 93.7 193.8 1,286.8 2,691.4 247.7 100.3 740.8 7.4
Kentucky 3,498,000 3,023.0 223.2 2,799.9 9.0 20.7 81.3 112.1 884.6 1,664.7 250.6 93.9 503.2 5.4
Louisiana 3,966,000 4,792.3 584.9 4,207.4 15.8 34.8 173.7 360.7 1,275.5 2,570.3 361.6 179.0 1005.6 5.6
Maine 1,091,000 4,138.5 207.7 3,930.8 2.7 11.1 32.9 161.0 1,241.2 2,436.2 253.3 51.7 600.8 11.6
Maryland 4,143,000 5,813.6 732.0 5,081.6 8.2 35.6 309.6 378.6 1,421.8 3,235.0 424.8 189.1 1240.2 6.6
Massachusetts 5,774,000 5,350.4 462.0 4,888.5 3.7 22.6 172.3 263.3 1,515.1 2,277.8 1,095.6 48.5 950.9 19.6
Michigan 9,189,000 5,594.1 577.2 5,016.9 10.6 39.6 219.3 307.7 1,444.3 3,046.7 525.9 162.4 1078.9 6.6
Minnesota 4,008,000 4,144.1 189.6 3,954.5 2.0 19.9 85.1 82.6 1,093.7 2,536.1 324.7 48.8 585.1 12.0
Mississippi 2,404,000 2,554.9 321.2 2,233.7 12.6 21.8 70.2 216.6 846.3 1,235.6 151.8 105.8 544.6 5.1
Missouri 4,860,000 4,527.4 467.9 4,059.5 10.4 28.0 184.0 245.5 1,345.2 2,345.5 368.8 115.7 873.9 7.6
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 785,000 3,915.8 237.6 3,678.2 4.8 15.8 36.8 180.1 786.0 2,585.1 307.1 86.7 605.4 7.0
Nebraska 1,565,000 3,441.3 190.5 3,250.7 3.0 18.3 64.9 104.4 746.8 2,287.2 216.8 79.6 515.6 6.5
Nevada 660,000 8,286.8 780.8 7,506.1 15.5 53.9 359.5 351.8 2,659.2 4,245.2 601.7 187.7 1531.4 8.2
New Hampshire 871,000 4,067.5 118.8 3,948.7 1.4 9.4 26.3 81.7 1,159.7 2,483.4 305.6 31.7 513.7 16.2
New Jersey 7,327,000 5,207.2 423.5 4,783.7 5.4 23.6 192.6 201.9 1,456.3 2,766.8 560.6 73.7 901.9 12.2
New Mexico 1,212,000 5,180.4 528.2 4,652.1 10.2 42.7 111.6 363.8 1,335.6 3,002.7 313.8 120.2 993.4 8.3
New York 17,748,000 5,792.2 841.0 4,951.2 10.3 29.1 472.1 329.5 1,650.6 2,628.6 672.0 115.5 1336.1 11.6
North Carolina 5,577,000 3,882.1 413.4 3,468.7 10.8 18.4 65.9 318.4 1,184.0 2,083.4 201.3 213.8 760.3 3.6
North Dakota 652,000 2,405.4 67.0 2,338.3 1.2 8.9 15.6 41.3 423.0 1,767.2 148.2 21.2 300.8 14.2
Ohio 10,749,000 4,658.8 412.7 4,246.2 6.9 27.4 182.6 195.8 1,214.5 2,629.7 402.0 121.4 837.3 6.9
Oklahoma 2,880,000 4,129.8 353.0 3,776.9 8.5 31.0 88.3 225.2 1,299.8 2,125.8 351.4 143.7 730.7 5.1
Oregon 2,444,000 6,075.4 502.4 5,573.0 5.0 41.2 131.1 325.0 1,617.1 3,561.1 394.8 114.5 1059.7 9.3
Pennsylvania 11,750,000 3,184.7 301.1 2,883.6 6.2 18.7 136.7 139.5 899.9 1,643.0 340.7 65.1 589.5 9.1
Rhode Island 935,000 5,262.2 348.1 4,914.1 4.0 11.0 98.2 235.0 1,392.6 2,714.3 807.2 54.7 839.5 15.3
South Carolina 2,918,000 4,895.9 637.6 4,258.4 11.5 35.4 101.3 489.4 1,498.6 2,483.6 276.1 234.5 1063.4 4.5
South Dakota 690,000 2,689.3 163.5 2,525.8 1.9 10.9 15.9 134.8 599.7 1,766.1 160.0 73.3 416.1 5.7
Tennessee 4,357,000 3,690.4 382.6 3,307.8 9.4 30.6 152.4 190.2 1,213.6 1,766.1 328.1 130.8 713.4 5.5
Texas 13,014,000 5,556.8 435.3 5,121.5 14.2 37.9 164.4 218.8 1,611.9 3,065.3 444.3 182.1 947.5 5.2
Utah 1,307,000 4,978.9 271.8 4,707.1 3.7 22.9 66.5 178.7 1,187.1 3,186.1 333.9 66.6 742.5 11.2
Vermont 487,000 3,806.6 166.3 3,640.2 3.3 14.6 14.4 134.1 1,261.2 2,164.9 214.2 70.4 530.3 7.5
Virginia 5,148,000 4,073.0 286.4 3,786.6 8.8 22.7 97.1 157.8 990.8 2,566.8 229.0 149.2 665.1 4.5
Washington 3,774,000 6,115.6 405.3 5,710.3 4.6 41.2 125.0 234.4 1,766.6 3,548.8 394.9 115.5 976.3 8.5
West Virginia 1,860,000 2,270.1 167.7 2,102.4 6.8 14.7 46.3 99.9 648.3 1,278.3 175.8 64.4 377.9 5.9
Wisconsin 4,679,000 3,880.2 132.2 3,748.1 2.5 14.5 49.9 65.2 846.3 2,672.3 229.5 74.1 507.0 6.8
Wyoming 424,000 4,494.6 280.4 4,214.2 7.1 23.6 48.1 201.7 836.1 3,035.6 342.5 100.5 701.8 7.0
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 22 37 21 40 5 24 27 16 29 42 34 12 26 8
Alaska 50 10 17 9 6 1 31 14 22 7 5 16 14 30
Arizona 31 2 10 2 17 6 16 9 3 1 14 14 5 35
Arkansas 33 43 28 44 19 28 35 23 39 43 46 22 35 13
California 1 4 4 4 8 3 4 4 2 10 3 32 3 47
Colorado 28 6 13 5 24 4 17 15 6 4 13 29 8 43
Connecticut 24 21 32 21 38 40 18 39 19 25 6 43 25 44
Delaware 47 7 18 7 29 34 20 17 9 6 12 9 12 16
Florida 8 5 3 6 10 5 7 1 4 5 21 2 2 15
Georgia 14 24 14 22 3 11 14 18 14 34 24 4 20 2
Hawaii 40 3 37 3 28 23 12 49 5 2 9 45 17 49
Idaho 41 35 39 35 34 36 44 34 37 30 39 30 36 22
Illinois 5 13 6 15 16 20 5 8 20 17 7 27 7 42
Indiana 12 29 29 29 30 22 24 35 35 31 17 33 31 33
Iowa 26 36 47 33 45 48 42 44 42 20 40 39 42 28
Kansas 32 26 31 25 32 25 30 30 25 21 38 26 29 25
Kentucky 23 46 40 46 20 33 34 42 41 47 37 28 47 9
Louisiana 20 23 8 27 1 15 11 6 26 27 23 8 13 11
Maine 38 31 41 32 44 45 46 36 28 35 36 46 38 39
Maryland 18 11 5 12 23 13 3 3 17 11 16 5 6 18
Massachusetts 10 16 16 17 40 31 13 19 12 38 1 48 18 50
Michigan 7 14 9 13 12 10 6 13 16 14 11 10 9 19
Minnesota 19 30 43 30 47 35 33 46 36 29 30 47 40 40
Mississippi 30 48 30 49 7 32 36 26 43 50 49 24 41 6
Missouri 15 27 15 28 13 19 9 20 21 36 22 19 22 27
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 43 38 38 38 36 41 45 32 46 26 32 31 37 23
Nebraska 35 44 42 43 43 39 39 43 47 37 43 34 44 17
Nevada 45 1 2 1 2 2 2 7 1 3 8 6 1 29
New Hampshire 42 34 49 31 49 49 47 47 34 33 33 49 45 48
New Jersey 9 18 20 18 33 27 8 27 15 18 10 36 21 41
New Mexico 37 19 11 20 15 7 25 5 23 16 31 18 15 31
New York 2 12 1 14 14 18 1 10 8 24 4 21 4 38
North Carolina 11 39 22 41 11 38 38 12 33 41 45 3 27 1
North Dakota 46 49 50 48 50 50 49 50 50 44 50 50 50 45
Ohio 6 25 23 24 26 21 10 29 30 23 18 17 24 21
Oklahoma 27 32 26 36 22 16 32 24 24 40 25 13 30 5
Oregon 29 9 12 10 35 8 22 11 10 8 20 23 11 36
Pennsylvania 4 45 33 45 31 37 21 38 40 48 27 41 39 34
Rhode Island 39 17 27 16 39 46 28 21 18 19 2 44 23 46
South Carolina 25 22 7 23 9 14 26 2 13 32 35 1 10 4
South Dakota 44 47 46 47 48 47 48 40 49 46 48 37 48 12
Tennessee 17 42 25 42 18 17 19 31 31 45 29 15 32 10
Texas 3 15 19 11 4 12 15 25 11 13 15 7 19 7
Utah 36 20 36 19 41 29 37 33 32 12 28 40 28 37
Vermont 48 41 45 39 42 43 50 41 27 39 44 38 43 26
Virginia 13 33 34 34 21 30 29 37 38 28 42 11 34 3
Washington 21 8 24 8 37 9 23 22 7 9 19 20 16 32
West Virginia 34 50 44 50 27 42 43 45 48 49 47 42 49 14
Wisconsin 16 40 48 37 46 44 40 48 44 22 41 35 46 20
Wyoming 49 28 35 26 25 26 41 28 45 15 26 25 33 24
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 compare crime/imprisonment rates.   The pages also rank the states by their crime and 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.  We then ranked each State for every category of crime reported in the Uniform Crime Reports, as well as for inmates, the new crime index, and for the ratio of inmates in the state with the new crime index.  What this shows in a general way is the relationship of crime in punishment within and between the States.

The old 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
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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