1986 Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisionment by US States  
State Population Index Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Auto Inmates New Index * Index/ Inmates
Alabama 4,053,000 4,288.4 558.0 3,730.3 10.1 28.4 111.6 407.9 1,159.0 2,304.4 267.0 288.2 931.0 3.2
Alaska 534,000 6,245.9 570.4 5,675.5 8.6 72.7 88.0 401.1 1,161.8 3,909.9 603.7 306.1 1138.0 3.7
Arizona 3,317,000 7,321.4 658.3 6,663.1 9.3 43.0 169.2 436.8 1,907.7 4,336.6 418.8 273.2 1324.6 4.8
Arkansas 2,372,000 3,924.7 394.8 3,529.9 8.1 28.9 79.7 278.2 1,029.9 2,305.1 194.9 201.6 747.8 3.7
California 26,981,000 6,762.8 920.5 5,842.3 11.3 44.9 342.9 521.5 1,696.4 3,383.9 762.0 213.0 1504.7 7.1
Colorado 3,267,000 7,031.9 523.6 6,508.3 7.0 42.3 144.8 329.4 1,791.6 4,230.8 486.0 117.5 1174.4 10.0
Connecticut 3,189,000 4,828.8 425.8 4,403.0 4.6 23.8 192.2 205.1 1,197.6 2,758.3 447.1 134.2 866.1 6.5
Delaware 633,000 4,831.6 427.0 4,404.6 4.9 56.9 124.2 241.1 1,042.3 3,090.4 271.9 311.7 867.5 2.8
Florida 11,675,000 8,228.4 1,036.5 7,191.9 11.7 52.7 366.8 605.3 2,221.3 4,372.6 598.1 276.2 1755.7 6.4
Georgia 6,104,000 5,455.4 587.6 4,867.8 11.2 43.9 213.9 318.6 1,453.1 2,984.5 430.3 260.5 1074.4 4.1
Hawaii 1,062,000 5,671.4 245.2 5,426.2 4.8 31.0 106.3 103.1 1,338.8 3,759.1 328.2 144.6 787.8 5.4
Idaho 1,003,000 4,207.0 222.5 3,984.4 3.2 20.0 21.3 178.0 1,003.5 2,799.7 181.3 146.2 620.9 4.2
Illinois 11,553,000 5,546.1 800.0 4,746.0 8.9 41.2 325.3 433.5 1,179.8 2,937.9 628.3 170.9 1274.6 7.5
Indiana 5,504,000 3,854.8 307.7 3,547.1 6.0 25.9 90.0 185.9 886.7 2,332.9 327.5 182.7 662.4 3.6
Iowa 2,851,000 4,150.7 235.1 3,915.6 1.8 12.5 42.0 178.8 956.0 2,801.3 158.3 99.5 626.7 6.3
Kansas 2,461,000 4,822.6 368.8 4,453.8 4.4 32.9 79.6 251.9 1,187.7 3,008.1 258.0 219.7 814.2 3.7
Kentucky 3,728,000 3,092.2 334.4 2,757.8 6.7 23.1 82.5 222.2 824.2 1,740.4 193.2 143.4 610.2 4.3
Louisiana 4,501,000 6,078.0 758.2 5,319.8 12.8 40.1 223.8 481.6 1,460.8 3,417.4 441.6 324.5 1290.2 4.0
Maine 1,174,000 3,461.2 147.0 3,314.2 2.0 14.8 27.9 102.3 803.5 2,346.5 164.2 106.1 478.4 4.5
Maryland 4,463,000 5,601.8 833.0 4,768.8 9.0 43.6 304.0 476.4 1,245.6 2,977.9 545.2 279.9 1309.9 4.7
Massachusetts 5,832,000 4,723.3 556.9 4,166.5 3.6 29.7 192.7 330.9 1,070.9 2,189.1 906.5 91.4 973.6 10.6
Michigan 9,145,000 6,491.5 803.9 5,687.6 11.3 67.4 301.3 423.9 1,509.5 3,377.7 800.4 227.2 1372.7 6.0
Minnesota 4,214,000 4,362.2 284.6 4,077.6 2.5 31.8 102.0 148.3 1,004.2 2,785.3 288.1 58.6 692.4 11.8
Mississippi 2,625,000 3,345.1 274.1 3,070.9 11.2 25.8 64.6 172.4 1,075.9 1,845.0 150.1 253.0 581.2 2.3
Missouri 5,066,000 4,654.0 578.6 4,075.5 9.2 29.2 170.2 370.0 1,136.1 2,500.5 438.9 205.2 986.2 4.8
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 819,000 4,478.9 157.4 4,321.5 2.9 17.3 19.5 117.6 792.6 3,314.0 214.9 136.5 589.6 4.3
Nebraska 1,598,000 3,855.7 262.6 3,593.1 3.1 24.6 51.1 183.7 748.2 2,677.3 167.6 124.1 621.9 5.0
Nevada 963,000 6,289.7 718.9 5,570.8 12.6 64.9 286.9 354.5 1,603.9 3,489.2 477.7 464.1 1276.0 2.7
New Hampshire 1,027,000 3,330.1 139.5 3,190.6 2.2 21.5 23.6 92.2 755.0 2,207.9 227.7 76.3 458.6 6.0
New Jersey 7,620,000 5,241.3 572.5 4,668.8 5.2 33.2 268.7 265.4 1,070.8 2,822.5 775.5 157.7 1039.4 6.6
New Mexico 1,479,000 6,625.9 725.6 5,900.3 11.5 46.9 129.5 537.7 1,844.7 3,712.4 343.3 157.7 1315.6 8.3
New York 17,772,000 5,767.7 985.9 4,781.8 10.7 30.5 514.1 430.6 1,221.1 2,923.5 637.2 215.6 1464.1 6.8
North Carolina 6,331,000 4,331.8 475.9 3,856.0 8.1 26.4 87.7 353.6 1,225.0 2,422.7 208.3 259.0 861.5 3.3
North Dakota 679,000 2,605.4 51.3 2,554.2 1.0 11.6 6.9 31.7 385.1 2,049.2 119.9 53.9 306.7 5.7
Ohio 10,752,000 4,358.7 420.9 3,937.8 5.5 38.6 142.1 234.7 987.8 2,574.2 375.7 209.3 814.7 3.9
Oklahoma 3,305,000 6,014.1 436.4 5,577.7 8.1 36.4 106.5 285.4 1,786.8 3,141.7 649.2 298.5 994.2 3.3
Oregon 2,698,000 7,080.7 549.7 6,531.0 6.6 51.1 205.9 286.1 1,966.7 4,162.8 401.5 177.8 1202.8 6.8
Pennsylvania 11,889,000 3,101.8 358.6 2,743.3 5.5 25.1 152.1 175.8 734.8 1,654.1 354.4 128.7 632.9 4.9
Rhode Island 975,000 4,902.5 335.5 4,567.0 3.5 21.4 118.7 191.9 1,293.9 2,568.3 704.7 103.0 792.2 7.7
South Carolina 3,378,000 5,137.4 674.6 4,462.8 8.6 41.3 99.5 525.2 1,340.3 2,845.8 276.6 329.7 1120.9 3.4
South Dakota 708,000 2,716.0 124.7 2,591.2 4.0 17.7 16.2 86.9 553.5 1,939.0 98.7 150.9 383.8 2.5
Tennessee 4,803,000 4,534.2 539.6 3,994.6 10.4 47.0 207.7 274.5 1,325.2 2,125.8 543.6 160.2 939.1 5.9
Texas 16,682,000 7,408.1 658.9 6,749.2 13.5 51.6 239.9 353.9 2,048.6 3,986.5 714.1 232.7 1333.8 5.7
Utah 1,665,000 5,478.4 266.7 5,211.7 3.2 25.3 58.6 179.6 914.9 4,073.6 223.2 104.9 787.9 7.5
Vermont 541,000 3,976.9 149.2 3,827.7 2.0 21.8 22.2 103.1 949.2 2,697.4 181.1 82.2 532.0 6.5
Virginia 5,787,000 3,859.8 306.0 3,553.8 7.1 26.5 105.7 166.7 812.5 2,521.8 219.5 215.9 661.4 3.1
Washington 4,463,000 6,879.7 437.0 6,442.6 5.0 53.4 135.1 243.5 1,861.5 4,266.6 314.5 148.3 1081.3 7.3
West Virginia 1,919,000 2,316.7 164.5 2,152.2 5.9 18.9 41.0 98.6 625.3 1,357.7 169.2 78.2 379.7 4.9
Wisconsin 4,785,000 4,096.8 257.9 3,838.9 3.1 20.1 72.8 161.9 782.9 2,802.2 253.8 120.2 641.8 5.3
Wyoming 507,000 4,357.2 293.1 4,064.1 5.3 21.9 22.5 243.4 817.4 3,078.1 168.6 173.7 699.5 4.0
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 34 17 38 12 29 25 11 25 41 31 7 23 6
Alaska 49 11 16 10 17 1 32 12 24 8 10 5 14 13
Arizona 25 3 12 3 13 14 17 7 4 2 20 10 6 24
Arkansas 33 39 28 42 21 28 35 22 31 40 39 22 32 12
California 1 7 3 8 6 11 3 4 9 13 4 19 2 42
Colorado 27 5 21 5 23 15 19 18 7 4 14 40 13 48
Connecticut 28 24 26 25 35 37 15 31 21 30 16 36 25 37
Delaware 47 23 25 24 33 4 23 28 30 17 30 4 24 4
Florida 5 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 1 1 11 9 1 36
Georgia 11 19 13 16 8 12 11 19 13 20 19 11 17 17
Hawaii 39 15 41 13 34 24 27 44 15 9 25 33 31 29
Idaho 41 35 43 32 41 44 47 37 33 28 41 32 41 18
Illinois 6 17 6 19 16 17 4 8 23 22 9 26 11 44
Indiana 14 42 33 41 26 32 31 33 38 39 26 23 35 10
Iowa 29 36 42 34 49 49 41 36 35 27 47 44 39 35
Kansas 32 25 29 23 36 22 36 25 22 19 32 16 28 11
Kentucky 23 47 32 46 24 38 34 30 39 48 40 34 42 19
Louisiana 18 12 7 14 2 18 10 5 12 12 17 3 9 15
Maine 38 43 47 43 48 48 43 46 42 38 46 41 46 21
Maryland 19 16 4 18 15 13 5 6 18 21 12 8 8 22
Massachusetts 12 26 18 27 38 26 14 17 28 43 1 45 21 49
Michigan 8 9 5 9 7 2 6 10 11 14 2 15 4 34
Minnesota 21 30 36 28 45 23 29 42 32 29 28 49 34 50
Mississippi 31 44 37 45 9 33 38 39 27 47 48 13 44 1
Missouri 15 27 14 29 14 27 16 13 26 36 18 21 20 23
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 29 45 26 44 47 48 43 43 15 37 35 43 20
Nebraska 36 41 39 39 43 36 40 34 46 32 45 38 40 27
Nevada 43 10 9 12 3 3 7 14 10 11 15 1 10 3
New Hampshire 40 45 48 44 46 41 44 48 45 42 34 48 47 33
New Jersey 9 20 15 20 31 21 8 24 29 25 3 28 18 39
New Mexico 37 8 8 7 5 10 22 2 6 10 24 29 7 47
New York 2 14 2 17 10 25 1 9 20 23 8 18 3 41
North Carolina 10 33 22 35 20 31 33 16 19 37 38 12 26 7
North Dakota 46 49 50 49 50 50 50 50 50 45 49 50 50 30
Ohio 7 31 27 33 28 19 20 29 34 33 22 20 27 14
Oklahoma 26 13 24 11 19 20 26 21 8 16 7 6 19 8
Oregon 30 4 19 4 25 8 13 20 3 5 21 24 12 40
Pennsylvania 4 46 30 47 29 35 18 38 47 49 23 37 38 26
Rhode Island 42 22 31 21 39 42 24 32 17 34 6 43 29 46
South Carolina 24 21 10 22 18 16 30 3 14 24 29 2 15 9
South Dakota 45 48 49 48 37 46 49 49 49 46 50 30 48 2
Tennessee 16 28 20 31 11 9 12 23 16 44 13 27 22 32
Texas 3 2 11 2 1 7 9 15 2 7 5 14 5 31
Utah 35 18 38 15 40 34 39 35 37 6 35 42 30 45
Vermont 48 38 46 37 47 40 46 45 36 31 42 46 45 38
Virginia 13 40 34 40 22 30 28 40 41 35 36 17 36 5
Washington 20 6 23 6 32 5 21 26 5 3 27 31 16 43
West Virginia 34 50 44 50 27 45 42 47 48 50 43 47 49 25
Wisconsin 17 37 40 36 42 43 37 41 44 26 33 39 37 28
Wyoming 50 32 35 30 30 39 45 27 40 18 44 25 33 16
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 Imprisionment 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 Imprisionment 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  
Copyright 2014
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