1988 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 4,127,000 4,561.7 558.6 4,003.1 9.9 29.8 117.8 401.2 1,233.8 2,502.6 266.7 307.1 958.9 3.1
Alaska 513,000 4,921.6 522.8 4,398.8 5.7 57.7 72.9 386.5 842.3 3,101.6 455.0 343.6 962.7 2.8
Arizona 3,466,000 7,471.3 610.1 6,861.2 8.5 38.8 137.0 425.8 1,580.3 4,821.7 459.1 327.5 1296.2 4.0
Arkansas 2,422,000 4,219.6 422.7 3,796.9 8.7 32.2 84.1 297.6 1,091.8 2,492.3 212.9 235.6 802.4 3.4
California 28,168,000 6,635.5 929.8 5,705.7 10.4 41.8 305.8 571.8 1,447.1 3,314.5 944.0 259.2 1500.4 5.8
Colorado 3,290,000 6,178.3 472.6 5,705.7 5.7 38.6 98.8 329.5 1,383.1 3,900.6 422.0 176.7 1043.2 5.9
Connecticut 3,241,000 5,097.6 455.4 4,642.2 5.4 26.2 187.6 236.2 1,218.0 2,810.2 614.0 144.4 919.6 6.4
Delaware 660,000 4,799.1 451.7 4,347.4 5.2 74.4 118.8 253.3 1,040.6 3,003.6 303.2 340.8 886.4 2.6
Florida 12,377,000 8,937.6 1,117.7 7,819.9 11.4 49.7 403.3 653.3 2,294.3 4,760.6 765.1 281.8 1899.7 6.7
Georgia 6,401,000 6,326.6 665.3 5,661.2 11.7 46.4 243.6 363.7 1,610.8 3,495.8 554.6 285.3 1231.4 4.3
Hawaii 1,093,000 5,989.0 257.1 5,731.9 4.0 32.5 84.1 136.5 1,255.8 4,112.2 364.0 139.8 830.3 5.9
Idaho 999,000 3,973.0 234.7 3,738.2 3.6 17.9 20.2 193.0 870.0 2,692.0 176.3 160.4 608.5 3.8
Illinois 11,544,000 5,620.9 810.4 4,810.4 8.6 38.5 312.7 450.6 1,128.7 3,076.5 605.3 185.1 1291.4 7.0
Indiana 5,575,000 4,150.0 380.0 3,770.0 6.4 31.0 89.0 253.5 935.2 2,481.3 353.5 205.2 757.0 3.7
Iowa 2,834,000 4,076.7 256.8 3,819.8 1.7 15.7 39.9 199.5 854.3 2,803.4 162.2 109.6 638.8 5.8
Kansas 2,487,000 4,879.9 365.2 4,514.7 3.4 31.3 85.9 244.6 1,179.0 3,093.2 242.5 236.3 816.7 3.5
Kentucky 3,721,000 3,134.8 330.1 2,804.7 6.2 22.4 74.3 227.3 826.3 1,792.8 185.5 193.5 610.6 3.2
Louisiana 4,420,000 5,760.7 717.4 5,043.3 11.6 38.5 209.0 458.3 1,444.4 3,148.0 450.9 378.7 1221.7 3.2
Maine 1,206,000 3,577.7 157.4 3,420.3 3.1 18.6 25.8 110.0 816.9 2,398.7 204.7 100.8 499.4 5.0
Maryland 4,644,000 5,704.6 806.8 4,897.9 9.7 37.1 301.3 458.7 1,178.6 3,047.1 672.1 291.4 1296.6 4.4
Massachusetts 5,871,000 4,990.9 619.6 4,371.3 3.5 32.0 176.3 407.8 1,061.3 2,417.5 892.5 107.9 1056.7 9.8
Michigan 9,300,000 6,084.4 741.7 5,342.7 10.8 69.5 241.1 420.3 1,314.6 3,287.0 741.1 299.5 1276.0 4.3
Minnesota 4,306,000 4,314.7 290.1 4,024.7 2.9 31.0 94.7 161.4 909.6 2,775.8 339.3 65.2 692.6 10.6
Mississippi 2,627,000 3,592.8 325.2 3,267.6 8.6 36.2 77.2 203.3 1,281.0 1,820.3 166.4 281.0 652.0 2.3
Missouri 5,139,000 4,844.7 552.5 4,292.2 8.0 29.3 168.1 347.1 1,140.4 2,717.4 434.4 239.6 981.7 4.1
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 804,000 4,267.0 123.0 4,144.0 2.6 16.8 22.6 81.0 703.6 3,224.0 216.4 159.0 537.4 3.4
Nebraska 1,601,000 4,140.0 273.2 3,866.8 3.6 24.0 56.1 189.4 765.2 2,912.8 188.8 131.5 659.9 5.0
Nevada 1,060,000 6,453.1 780.7 5,672.5 10.5 73.8 291.2 405.2 1,544.9 3,528.4 599.2 454.0 1348.0 3.0
New Hampshire 1,097,000 3,333.9 147.9 3,186.1 2.3 25.2 21.1 99.4 682.7 2,275.7 227.7 94.1 466.5 5.0
New Jersey 7,720,000 5,295.3 582.8 4,712.5 5.3 33.7 245.2 298.6 980.2 2,837.9 894.4 219.6 1054.1 4.8
New Mexico 1,510,000 6,606.3 658.1 5,948.1 11.5 38.4 103.1 505.2 1,836.9 3,721.3 389.9 182.7 1252.9 6.9
New York 17,898,000 6,309.3 1,097.3 5,212.0 12.5 30.6 544.4 509.8 1,218.3 3,133.8 859.9 248.4 1618.5 6.5
North Carolina 6,526,000 4,862.2 501.9 4,360.4 7.8 28.1 108.6 357.4 1,391.2 2,718.8 250.4 250.8 937.9 3.7
North Dakota 663,000 2,728.1 59.1 2,668.9 1.8 11.2 8.1 38.0 437.7 2,112.7 118.6 63.2 326.0 5.2
Ohio 10,872,000 4,645.3 452.0 4,193.2 5.4 42.6 161.4 242.7 1,031.4 2,762.6 399.2 245.1 871.3 3.6
Oklahoma 3,263,000 5,589.1 434.5 5,154.6 7.4 37.7 105.1 284.4 1,643.4 2,954.9 556.3 329.9 950.0 2.9
Oregon 2,741,000 7,058.7 545.7 6,513.0 5.1 40.5 193.0 307.2 1,764.1 4,154.4 594.4 218.6 1197.0 5.5
Pennsylvania 12,027,000 3,176.4 362.0 2,814.4 5.5 24.9 138.1 193.5 696.7 1,690.9 426.8 151.0 643.4 4.3
Rhode Island 995,000 5,204.4 396.7 4,807.7 4.1 30.5 115.2 246.9 1,261.3 2,718.5 827.9 118.3 877.5 7.4
South Carolina 3,493,000 5,412.3 741.2 4,671.2 9.3 42.7 124.7 564.4 1,416.2 2,950.3 304.7 378.1 1208.3 3.2
South Dakota 715,000 2,581.0 113.7 2,467.3 3.1 26.9 12.2 71.6 517.9 1,853.8 95.5 146.1 360.4 2.5
Tennessee 4,919,000 4,469.4 532.7 3,936.7 9.4 44.7 173.6 305.1 1,237.9 2,156.0 542.8 160.3 926.4 5.8
Texas 16,780,000 8,017.7 652.6 7,365.1 12.1 48.4 234.2 357.9 2,157.2 4,407.9 800.1 242.6 1389.1 5.7
Utah 1,691,000 5,578.5 243.1 5,335.5 2.8 23.6 54.1 162.6 881.0 4,238.7 215.7 115.1 776.7 6.7
Vermont 556,000 4,240.5 142.3 4,098.2 2.0 23.0 16.0 101.3 1,096.8 2,804.1 197.3 100.6 552.1 5.5
Virginia 5,996,000 4,176.7 299.2 3,877.5 7.8 27.1 112.5 151.8 818.4 2,757.6 301.6 230.7 687.0 3.0
Washington 4,619,000 7,113.0 466.4 6,646.6 5.7 56.5 145.9 258.3 1,855.6 4,358.1 432.9 125.4 1131.1 9.0
West Virginia 1,884,000 2,238.8 131.4 2,107.4 4.9 18.7 34.2 73.6 610.9 1,334.8 161.7 79.5 342.1 4.3
Wisconsin 4,858,000 3,972.0 214.4 3,757.6 3.0 19.9 67.1 124.5 729.2 2,759.3 269.2 131.2 590.2 4.5
Wyoming 471,000 3,967.1 314.0 3,653.1 2.5 24.0 15.1 272.4 658.8 2,851.8 142.5 203.2 679.3 3.3
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 30 16 33 10 31 23 13 20 38 33 8 21 8
Alaska 49 24 20 24 26 4 37 14 38 17 18 4 20 4
Arizona 25 3 14 3 17 14 20 9 8 1 17 7 7 20
Arkansas 33 35 28 38 14 24 34 23 28 39 39 21 31 14
California 1 6 3 8 9 12 4 2 10 12 1 14 3 37
Colorado 26 11 22 9 25 15 29 19 14 8 23 30 18 39
Connecticut 28 22 24 22 28 36 13 32 22 27 10 36 25 41
Delaware 47 28 26 27 31 1 22 28 30 21 30 5 26 3
Florida 4 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 2 7 12 1 43
Georgia 11 9 10 11 3 8 8 15 7 11 15 11 11 25
Hawaii 40 13 39 7 35 23 33 42 18 7 26 37 29 40
Idaho 42 40 42 41 37 47 46 37 36 37 44 31 42 19
Illinois 6 16 4 18 15 17 3 8 26 19 11 28 8 46
Indiana 14 37 30 39 22 27 31 27 33 40 27 25 33 17
Iowa 29 39 40 37 50 49 41 35 37 29 46 43 40 38
Kansas 32 25 31 23 39 26 32 30 23 18 35 20 30 15
Kentucky 23 47 33 47 23 43 36 33 39 48 43 27 41 9
Louisiana 20 14 9 16 4 16 11 7 11 15 19 2 12 11
Maine 38 44 44 43 40 46 43 44 41 42 40 45 46 29
Maryland 18 15 5 17 11 20 5 6 24 20 9 10 6 26
Massachusetts 13 23 13 25 38 25 14 11 29 41 3 44 16 49
Michigan 8 12 7 12 7 3 9 10 15 13 8 9 9 22
Minnesota 21 32 37 32 43 28 30 40 34 30 28 49 34 50
Mississippi 31 43 34 44 16 21 35 34 16 47 45 13 38 1
Missouri 15 27 17 28 18 32 16 18 25 36 20 19 19 21
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 48 30 45 48 44 47 44 14 37 33 45 13
Nebraska 36 38 38 36 36 39 39 38 42 24 42 38 37 31
Nevada 41 8 6 10 8 2 6 12 9 10 12 1 5 6
New Hampshire 39 45 45 45 47 37 45 46 46 43 36 47 47 30
New Jersey 9 20 15 20 30 22 7 22 32 26 2 23 17 28
New Mexico 37 7 11 6 5 18 28 5 4 9 25 29 10 45
New York 2 10 2 14 1 29 1 4 21 16 4 16 2 42
North Carolina 10 26 21 26 19 33 26 17 13 34 34 15 23 18
North Dakota 46 48 50 48 49 50 50 50 50 45 49 50 50 32
Ohio 7 29 25 29 29 11 17 31 31 31 24 17 28 16
Oklahoma 27 17 27 15 21 19 27 24 6 22 14 6 22 5
Oregon 30 5 18 5 32 13 12 20 5 6 13 24 14 33
Pennsylvania 5 46 32 46 27 38 19 36 45 49 22 34 39 23
Rhode Island 43 21 29 19 34 30 24 29 17 35 5 41 27 47
South Carolina 24 19 8 21 13 10 21 3 12 23 29 3 13 10
South Dakota 45 49 49 49 41 35 49 49 49 46 50 35 48 2
Tennessee 16 31 19 34 12 9 15 21 19 44 16 32 24 36
Texas 3 2 12 2 2 7 10 16 2 3 6 18 4 35
Utah 35 18 41 13 44 41 40 39 35 5 38 42 32 44
Vermont 48 34 46 31 48 42 47 45 27 28 41 46 44 34
Virginia 12 36 36 35 20 34 25 41 40 33 31 22 35 7
Washington 19 4 23 4 24 5 18 26 3 4 21 40 15 48
West Virginia 34 50 47 50 33 45 42 48 48 50 47 48 49 24
Wisconsin 17 41 43 40 42 44 38 43 43 32 32 39 43 27
Wyoming 50 42 35 42 46 40 48 25 47 25 48 26 36 12
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