1995 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 4,253,000 4,848.1 632.4 4,215.7 11.2 31.7 185.8 403.7 1,024.8 2,844.3 346.6 468.5 1054.0 2.2
Alaska 604,000 5,753.8 770.9 4,982.9 9.1 80.3 155.1 526.3 836.9 3,624.3 521.7 337.9 1269.2 3.8
Arizona 4,218,000 8,213.6 713.5 7,500.1 10.4 33.6 173.8 495.7 1,416.8 4,925.6 1,157.7 457.8 1463.5 3.2
Arkansas 2,484,000 4,690.9 553.2 4,137.7 10.4 37.2 125.7 379.8 996.9 2,815.4 325.4 336.0 967.0 2.9
California 31,589,000 5,831.1 966.0 4,865.1 11.2 33.4 331.2 590.3 1,120.3 2,856.9 887.9 415.6 1452.5 3.5
Colorado 3,747,000 5,396.3 440.2 4,956.1 5.8 39.5 96.2 298.7 934.1 3,634.5 387.5 289.1 935.8 3.2
Connecticut 3,275,000 4,503.2 405.9 4,097.3 4.6 23.7 163.2 214.4 888.4 2,668.7 540.2 313.4 815.6 2.6
Delaware 717,000 5,158.7 725.0 4,433.8 3.5 80.2 198.7 442.5 905.3 3,114.2 414.2 413.0 1168.4 2.8
Florida 14,166,000 7,701.5 1,071.0 6,630.6 7.3 48.6 299.9 715.1 1,522.4 4,322.4 785.8 439.3 1734.1 3.9
Georgia 7,201,000 6,003.6 657.1 5,346.5 9.5 35.3 205.2 407.1 1,059.9 3,678.3 608.4 466.2 1191.8 2.6
Hawaii 1,187,000 7,198.6 295.6 6,902.9 4.7 28.3 130.8 131.8 1,165.3 5,046.9 690.7 216.4 985.9 4.6
Idaho 1,163,000 4,401.5 322.0 4,079.4 4.1 28.4 24.0 265.5 779.8 3,057.6 242.0 282.7 729.9 2.6
Illinois 11,830,000 5,455.7 996.1 4,459.6 10.3 36.5 330.8 618.5 917.6 3,019.0 523.0 313.6 1442.1 4.6
Indiana 5,803,000 4,631.5 524.7 4,106.8 8.0 33.3 135.2 348.3 821.6 2,819.5 465.7 274.2 935.4 3.4
Iowa 2,842,000 4,101.9 354.4 3,747.5 1.8 21.8 53.0 277.8 757.5 2,767.2 222.8 206.0 729.2 3.5
Kansas 2,565,000 4,886.9 420.7 4,466.2 6.2 36.6 108.2 269.8 1,068.4 3,074.3 323.5 271.2 867.3 3.2
Kentucky 3,860,000 3,351.7 364.7 2,987.0 7.2 31.9 103.7 222.0 735.5 1,992.4 259.1 310.2 663.4 2.1
Louisiana 4,342,000 6,676.0 1,007.4 5,668.6 17.0 42.7 268.6 679.0 1,231.7 3,838.5 598.4 575.4 1574.3 2.7
Maine 1,241,000 3,284.7 131.4 3,153.3 2.0 21.4 26.9 81.1 726.4 2,292.0 134.8 106.6 446.7 4.2
Maryland 5,042,000 6,294.8 986.9 5,307.9 11.8 42.2 423.1 509.7 1,057.5 3,532.8 717.6 403.4 1517.7 3.8
Massachusetts 6,074,000 4,341.6 687.2 3,654.4 3.6 29.0 150.4 504.2 817.7 2,232.2 604.5 169.8 1052.6 6.2
Michigan 9,549,000 5,182.8 687.8 4,495.0 8.5 62.0 187.3 430.1 909.7 2,939.7 645.5 424.9 1137.3 2.7
Minnesota 4,610,000 4,497.3 356.1 4,141.2 3.9 56.2 123.7 172.2 797.3 3,002.5 341.5 104.0 770.2 7.4
Mississippi 2,697,000 4,514.5 502.8 4,011.7 12.9 39.1 130.9 319.9 1,131.1 2,520.1 360.5 450.0 904.0 2.0
Missouri 5,324,000 5,120.5 663.8 4,456.8 8.8 32.1 204.0 418.8 932.6 3,050.9 473.3 355.8 1109.5 3.1
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 870,000 4,797.4 171.4 4,626.0 4.0 26.6 29.1 111.7 581.6 3,769.8 274.6 228.1 634.0 2.8
Nebraska 1,637,000 4,544.5 382.0 4,162.5 2.9 19.4 65.2 294.5 631.9 3,179.2 351.4 181.4 798.3 4.4
Nevada 1,530,000 6,579.3 945.2 5,634.2 10.7 61.2 324.6 548.7 1,322.5 3,566.2 745.4 487.7 1508.6 3.1
New Hampshire 1,148,000 2,655.4 114.5 2,540.9 1.8 29.0 27.4 56.3 418.6 1,977.2 145.1 174.1 368.6 2.1
New Jersey 7,945,000 4,703.7 599.8 4,103.9 5.1 24.3 283.0 287.4 875.2 2,597.1 631.6 334.8 1010.2 3.0
New Mexico 1,685,000 6,428.0 819.2 5,608.8 8.8 56.6 154.5 599.3 1,447.1 3,648.5 513.2 228.2 1380.1 6.0
New York 18,136,000 4,560.1 841.9 3,718.3 8.5 23.7 399.7 410.0 808.1 2,344.4 565.7 369.7 1213.7 3.3
North Carolina 7,195,000 5,639.5 646.4 4,993.1 9.4 32.2 179.2 425.5 1,417.6 3,264.9 310.6 380.1 1145.7 3.0
North Dakota 641,000 2,866.3 86.7 2,779.6 0.9 22.8 10.0 53.0 350.7 2,249.8 179.1 84.0 364.7 4.3
Ohio 11,151,000 4,405.2 482.5 3,922.7 5.4 43.4 178.7 255.0 838.8 2,669.0 414.9 398.7 874.8 2.2
Oklahoma 3,278,000 5,596.8 664.1 4,932.7 12.2 44.6 115.6 491.8 1,271.9 3,164.3 496.4 548.7 1157.4 2.1
Oregon 3,141,000 6,563.9 522.4 6,041.5 4.1 41.7 137.9 338.7 1,102.8 4,236.7 702.0 204.6 1126.6 5.5
Pennsylvania 12,072,000 3,364.9 427.3 2,937.6 6.3 25.2 189.3 206.5 561.8 1,963.1 412.7 265.7 721.1 2.7
Rhode Island 990,000 4,244.5 368.0 3,876.6 3.3 27.0 92.3 245.4 932.7 2,503.0 440.8 180.2 755.7 4.2
South Carolina 3,673,000 6,063.8 981.9 5,081.8 7.9 47.3 175.9 750.8 1,254.6 3,441.8 385.4 507.3 1490.1 2.9
South Dakota 729,000 3,060.6 207.5 2,853.1 1.8 41.0 25.9 138.8 540.7 2,191.5 120.9 253.6 492.8 1.9
Tennessee 5,256,000 5,362.7 771.5 4,591.2 10.6 47.1 223.2 490.5 1,143.2 2,799.5 648.5 285.5 1230.6 4.3
Texas 18,724,000 5,684.3 663.9 5,020.5 9.0 45.7 179.8 429.3 1,082.3 3,377.8 560.4 673.9 1166.0 1.7
Utah 1,951,000 6,090.8 328.8 5,762.0 3.9 42.7 67.1 215.1 800.8 4,572.1 389.1 171.1 905.0 5.3
Vermont 585,000 3,433.7 118.3 3,315.4 2.2 28.2 10.9 76.9 760.9 2,418.8 135.7 177.9 449.8 2.5
Virginia 6,618,000 3,989.2 361.5 3,627.7 7.6 27.2 131.7 194.9 595.2 2,740.0 292.6 408.7 724.3 1.8
Washington 5,431,000 6,269.8 484.3 5,785.5 5.1 59.2 132.7 287.3 1,091.2 4,140.3 554.0 211.8 1062.9 5.0
West Virginia 1,828,000 2,458.2 210.2 2,248.0 4.9 21.2 42.7 141.4 565.0 1,516.6 166.3 136.2 435.0 3.2
Wisconsin 5,123,000 3,885.7 281.1 3,604.6 4.3 23.3 105.1 148.4 613.2 2,627.8 363.6 199.4 641.6 3.2
Wyoming 480,000 4,320.2 254.2 4,066.0 2.1 34.4 17.9 199.8 612.1 3,286.3 167.7 287.5 660.8 2.3
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 25 21 26 6 32 15 21 19 29 34 6 22 9
Alaska 48 14 11 15 14 1 22 8 30 12 19 20 10 35
Arizona 23 1 13 1 9 26 20 11 4 2 1 8 6 27
Arkansas 33 28 23 29 10 21 31 22 20 31 36 21 26 20
California 1 13 6 18 5 27 3 6 12 28 2 12 7 33
Colorado 25 19 29 16 27 19 37 26 21 11 29 26 27 30
Connecticut 28 33 32 32 33 44 21 37 27 36 17 24 33 14
Delaware 46 22 12 25 41 2 12 14 26 21 26 13 14 19
Florida 4 2 1 3 23 8 6 2 1 4 3 10 1 37
Georgia 10 12 19 10 12 24 10 20 17 9 11 7 13 12
Hawaii 40 3 41 2 32 36 30 45 9 1 7 36 25 43
Idaho 41 36 40 33 36 35 47 32 36 23 42 29 37 13
Illinois 6 18 3 23 11 23 4 4 24 25 18 23 8 44
Indiana 14 29 24 30 20 28 26 23 31 30 23 30 28 32
Iowa 30 40 38 38 47 47 41 30 38 33 43 38 38 34
Kansas 32 24 31 22 26 22 34 31 16 22 37 31 32 28
Kentucky 24 45 35 45 24 31 36 35 39 47 41 25 41 7
Louisiana 21 4 2 7 1 14 8 3 8 7 13 2 2 17
Maine 39 46 47 44 46 48 45 47 40 43 49 48 47 38
Maryland 19 8 4 11 4 16 1 9 18 14 5 15 3 36
Massachusetts 13 37 15 40 40 33 24 10 32 45 12 46 23 49
Michigan 8 21 14 21 18 3 14 15 25 27 9 11 18 15
Minnesota 20 34 37 28 39 7 32 41 35 26 35 49 35 50
Mississippi 31 32 26 35 2 20 29 25 11 39 32 9 30 4
Missouri 16 23 18 24 17 30 11 18 23 24 22 19 20 25
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 26 46 19 37 40 43 46 45 8 40 35 44 18
Nebraska 37 31 33 27 43 50 40 27 41 19 33 41 34 42
Nevada 38 5 7 8 7 4 5 7 5 13 4 5 4 24
New Hampshire 42 49 49 49 49 34 44 49 49 48 47 44 49 6
New Jersey 9 27 22 31 30 42 7 28 28 38 10 22 24 23
New Mexico 36 7 9 9 16 6 23 5 2 10 20 34 9 48
New York 3 30 8 39 19 43 2 19 33 42 14 18 12 31
North Carolina 11 16 20 14 13 29 17 17 3 18 38 17 17 22
North Dakota 47 48 50 48 50 46 50 50 50 44 44 50 50 41
Ohio 7 35 28 36 28 13 18 33 29 35 25 16 31 8
Oklahoma 27 17 16 17 3 12 33 12 6 20 21 3 16 5
Oregon 29 6 25 4 35 17 25 24 13 5 6 39 19 47
Pennsylvania 5 44 30 46 25 41 13 38 47 49 27 32 40 16
Rhode Island 43 39 34 37 42 39 38 34 22 40 24 42 36 39
South Carolina 26 11 5 12 21 9 19 1 7 15 30 4 5 21
South Dakota 45 47 45 47 48 18 46 44 48 46 50 33 45 3
Tennessee 17 20 10 20 8 10 9 13 10 32 8 28 11 40
Texas 2 15 17 13 15 11 16 16 15 16 15 1 15 1
Utah 34 10 39 6 38 15 39 36 34 3 28 45 29 46
Vermont 49 43 48 43 44 37 49 48 37 41 48 43 46 11
Virginia 12 41 36 41 22 38 28 40 44 34 39 14 39 2
Washington 15 9 27 5 29 5 27 29 14 6 16 37 21 45
West Virginia 35 50 44 50 31 49 42 43 46 50 46 47 48 26
Wisconsin 18 42 42 42 34 45 35 42 42 37 31 40 43 29
Wyoming 50 38 43 34 45 25 48 39 43 17 45 27 42 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
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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