1997 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 4,319,000 4,889.7 564.5 4,325.3 9.9 32.3 160.5 361.8 1,013.8 2,954.8 356.7 496.3 997.0 2.0
Alaska 609,000 5,272.6 701.1 4,571.4 8.9 66.2 106.4 519.7 702.1 3,412.2 457.1 419.4 1158.2 2.8
Arizona 4,555,000 7,195.0 623.7 6,571.3 8.2 32.8 165.7 417.1 1,318.9 4,282.0 970.4 471.9 1280.8 2.7
Arkansas 2,523,000 4,718.7 526.9 4,191.8 9.9 41.3 111.5 361.9 1,013.4 2,863.8 314.6 382.0 946.1 2.5
California 32,268,000 4,865.3 798.3 4,067.1 8.0 31.6 252.5 506.2 927.4 2,430.9 708.8 470.2 1205.0 2.6
Colorado 3,893,000 4,650.4 363.2 4,287.2 4.0 43.1 83.3 232.8 796.1 3,077.3 413.7 335.0 791.9 2.4
Connecticut 3,270,000 3,984.3 390.9 3,593.4 3.8 22.6 152.9 211.6 738.3 2,410.4 444.7 355.9 750.2 2.1
Delaware 732,000 5,138.3 677.9 4,460.4 2.5 65.0 179.5 430.9 767.8 3,184.7 507.9 434.3 1123.9 2.6
Florida 14,654,000 7,271.8 1,023.6 6,248.2 6.9 51.9 276.1 688.7 1,459.8 4,056.9 731.5 425.2 1648.4 3.9
Georgia 7,486,000 5,791.7 606.6 5,185.1 7.5 31.1 206.7 361.3 1,086.3 3,503.4 595.4 465.7 1125.1 2.4
Hawaii 1,187,000 6,022.9 277.9 5,745.0 4.0 31.3 118.2 124.5 1,073.4 4,126.7 544.9 284.6 852.4 3.0
Idaho 1,210,000 3,925.2 256.8 3,668.4 3.2 28.9 19.6 205.0 758.3 2,709.4 200.7 318.4 623.6 2.0
Illinois 11,896,000 5,141.1 861.4 4,279.7 9.2 37.1 278.4 536.7 870.5 2,943.3 465.9 334.7 1289.4 3.9
Indiana 5,864,000 4,466.3 514.6 3,951.6 7.3 32.9 132.4 342.1 821.7 2,701.9 428.0 297.7 909.8 3.1
Iowa 2,852,000 3,815.8 310.0 3,505.8 1.8 20.3 55.9 232.0 771.5 2,500.0 234.3 240.0 660.6 2.8
Kansas 2,595,000 4,563.5 409.2 4,154.3 6.0 42.4 93.3 267.6 970.6 2,933.5 250.1 300.2 824.6 2.7
Kentucky 3,908,000 3,127.0 316.9 2,810.1 5.8 33.4 90.7 187.0 681.6 1,880.4 248.1 369.4 597.9 1.6
Louisiana 4,352,000 6,449.2 855.9 5,593.4 15.7 41.3 239.1 559.7 1,239.3 3,748.0 606.0 661.9 1415.2 2.1
Maine 1,242,000 3,131.7 120.8 3,011.0 2.0 20.5 20.7 77.6 663.5 2,215.2 132.2 122.9 421.9 3.4
Maryland 5,094,000 5,653.1 846.6 4,806.5 9.9 35.6 336.8 464.4 940.7 3,263.8 602.0 408.9 1327.3 3.2
Massachusetts 6,118,000 3,675.2 644.2 3,031.0 1.9 26.9 109.1 506.2 661.8 1,887.8 481.4 174.2 947.3 5.4
Michigan 9,774,000 4,916.9 590.0 4,326.9 7.8 51.9 152.8 377.5 825.9 2,832.6 668.4 456.4 1022.7 2.2
Minnesota 4,686,000 4,413.8 337.8 4,076.1 2.8 52.2 114.7 168.1 752.6 2,942.2 381.3 111.4 745.4 6.7
Mississippi 2,731,000 4,630.2 469.0 4,161.3 13.1 39.0 137.0 279.9 1,187.4 2,632.3 341.6 492.5 885.1 1.8
Missouri 5,402,000 4,814.5 577.4 4,237.1 7.9 28.2 156.1 385.2 868.2 2,878.0 490.9 431.7 1001.1 2.3
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 879,000 4,408.8 132.1 4,276.7 4.8 19.5 20.4 87.5 569.1 3,459.7 247.9 285.6 559.8 2.0
Nebraska 1,657,000 4,283.8 438.4 3,845.3 3.0 24.5 66.2 344.7 592.2 2,918.7 334.4 197.4 822.9 4.2
Nevada 1,677,000 6,064.5 789.7 5,265.8 11.2 59.9 302.4 425.3 1,310.4 3,176.1 788.3 511.5 1316.3 2.6
New Hampshire 1,173,000 2,639.6 113.2 2,526.4 1.4 33.7 23.4 54.8 393.2 1,997.4 135.8 182.3 365.8 2.0
New Jersey 8,053,000 4,057.0 492.6 3,564.4 4.2 21.5 210.6 256.4 756.2 2,297.0 511.2 345.1 849.0 2.5
New Mexico 1,730,000 6,906.5 853.3 6,053.2 7.7 50.4 171.4 623.7 1,452.4 2,883.7 717.2 250.7 1458.6 5.8
New York 18,137,000 3,910.9 688.6 3,222.4 6.0 22.5 309.3 350.8 652.3 2,130.6 439.4 370.4 1010.8 2.7
North Carolina 7,425,000 5,491.5 607.0 4,884.5 8.3 31.6 172.6 394.5 1,346.8 3,208.5 329.2 360.0 1095.5 3.0
North Dakota 641,000 2,711.4 87.2 2,624.2 0.9 24.8 6.4 55.1 358.8 2,085.3 180.0 110.1 349.6 3.2
Ohio 11,186,000 4,514.6 435.4 4,097.2 4.7 40.8 158.7 231.2 849.0 2,824.1 406.0 425.8 845.1 2.0
Oklahoma 3,317,000 5,494.7 559.5 4,935.1 6.9 45.7 103.9 403.0 1,206.4 3,287.3 441.5 609.0 1053.0 1.7
Oregon 3,243,000 6,269.8 444.4 5,825.3 2.9 40.3 117.5 283.7 1,033.2 4,197.6 594.5 229.7 1026.9 4.5
Pennsylvania 12,020,000 3,431.5 442.1 2,989.4 5.9 27.4 156.3 252.6 567.5 2,054.0 367.8 285.9 741.0 2.6
Rhode Island 987,000 3,654.4 333.5 3,320.9 2.5 36.3 71.6 222.6 717.6 2,178.2 425.0 204.8 665.6 3.2
South Carolina 3,760,000 6,134.0 990.3 5,143.7 8.4 48.9 176.2 756.9 1,232.0 3,492.7 419.0 525.0 1504.7 2.9
South Dakota 738,000 3,245.0 197.4 3,047.6 1.4 48.4 23.3 124.4 553.9 2,377.4 116.3 301.3 502.2 1.7
Tennessee 5,368,000 5,511.8 789.7 4,722.1 9.5 56.9 214.0 509.2 1,171.7 2,921.8 628.6 302.9 1261.9 4.2
Texas 19,439,000 5,480.5 602.5 4,878.0 6.8 41.2 157.0 397.5 1,034.3 3,320.4 523.3 711.0 1090.3 1.5
Utah 2,059,000 5,995.5 334.0 5,661.4 2.4 47.5 68.4 215.8 890.5 4,326.9 444.1 201.9 900.1 4.5
Vermont 589,000 2,828.2 119.7 2,708.5 1.5 26.5 13.4 78.3 613.1 1,959.6 135.8 138.6 390.6 2.8
Virginia 6,734,000 3,876.2 345.2 3,530.9 7.2 27.0 124.5 186.5 571.4 2,679.0 280.5 403.0 698.3 1.7
Washington 5,610,000 5,926.3 440.7 5,485.6 4.3 51.4 120.0 265.0 1,106.3 3,811.5 567.8 232.9 989.3 4.2
West Virginia 1,816,000 2,469.1 218.7 2,250.4 4.1 19.5 43.1 151.9 586.3 1,483.1 181.0 173.1 443.7 2.6
Wisconsin 5,170,000 3,677.6 270.6 3,407.1 4.0 20.3 100.9 145.5 570.7 2,533.9 302.5 298.1 611.3 2.1
Wyoming 480,000 4,180.8 255.2 3,925.6 3.5 28.5 17.7 205.4 624.6 3,166.3 134.8 316.5 647.8 2.0
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 23 21 20 20 5 29 16 20 16 20 32 6 21 11
Alaska 48 17 10 17 9 1 32 6 35 11 20 16 11 31
Arizona 21 2 14 1 12 28 15 13 4 2 1 8 8 27
Arkansas 33 24 22 25 6 17 30 19 17 28 36 19 24 21
California 1 22 7 30 13 31 6 8 20 37 5 9 10 22
Colorado 25 25 33 21 33 14 37 31 27 19 28 25 33 18
Connecticut 28 35 32 35 35 43 21 36 33 38 21 23 34 14
Delaware 46 19 12 18 41 2 11 11 29 16 16 12 13 25
Florida 4 1 1 2 20 7 5 2 1 5 3 15 1 42
Georgia 10 11 16 10 17 33 10 21 12 8 10 10 12 19
Hawaii 41 8 40 5 32 32 27 44 13 4 13 36 28 34
Idaho 40 36 42 34 37 34 47 38 30 31 43 27 41 7
Illinois 6 18 3 22 8 22 4 5 22 21 19 26 7 41
Indiana 14 29 23 31 18 27 24 24 26 32 25 33 25 36
Iowa 30 39 39 38 46 48 41 32 28 36 42 38 39 30
Kansas 32 27 31 27 23 15 35 27 18 23 39 31 31 29
Kentucky 24 46 38 46 26 26 36 39 36 49 40 21 43 2
Louisiana 22 4 4 7 1 16 7 4 6 7 8 2 4 15
Maine 39 45 47 44 44 46 45 48 37 41 49 48 47 40
Maryland 19 12 6 15 4 24 1 10 19 14 9 17 5 38
Massachusetts 13 41 13 43 45 39 31 9 38 48 18 45 23 48
Michigan 8 20 18 19 15 6 22 18 25 29 6 11 18 16
Minnesota 20 30 35 29 40 5 29 41 32 22 30 49 35 50
Mississippi 31 26 25 26 2 21 23 26 9 34 33 7 27 6
Missouri 16 23 19 24 14 36 20 17 23 27 17 13 20 17
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 31 46 23 27 49 46 46 46 10 41 35 44 8
Nebraska 38 32 29 33 38 42 40 23 42 25 34 43 32 44
Nevada 37 7 8 9 3 3 3 12 5 17 2 5 6 24
New Hampshire 42 49 49 49 49 25 43 50 49 46 46 44 49 10
New Jersey 9 34 24 36 30 45 9 29 31 40 15 24 29 20
New Mexico 36 3 5 3 16 9 14 3 2 26 4 37 3 49
New York 3 37 11 41 24 44 2 22 39 43 24 20 19 28
North Carolina 11 15 15 13 11 30 13 16 3 15 35 22 14 35
North Dakota 47 48 50 48 50 41 50 49 50 44 45 50 50 37
Ohio 7 28 30 28 28 19 17 33 24 30 29 14 30 9
Oklahoma 27 14 21 12 21 13 33 14 8 13 23 3 16 4
Oregon 29 5 26 4 39 20 28 25 15 3 11 40 17 47
Pennsylvania 5 43 27 45 25 37 19 30 47 45 31 34 36 26
Rhode Island 43 42 37 40 42 23 38 34 34 42 26 41 38 39
South Carolina 26 6 2 11 10 10 12 1 7 9 27 4 2 33
South Dakota 45 44 45 42 48 11 44 45 48 39 50 30 45 3
Tennessee 17 13 9 16 7 4 8 7 10 24 7 29 9 43
Texas 2 16 17 14 22 18 18 15 14 12 14 1 15 1
Utah 34 9 36 6 43 12 39 35 21 1 22 42 26 46
Vermont 49 47 48 47 47 40 49 47 41 47 47 47 48 32
Virginia 12 38 34 37 19 38 25 40 44 33 38 18 37 5
Washington 15 10 28 8 29 8 26 28 11 6 12 39 22 45
West Virginia 35 50 44 50 31 50 42 42 43 50 44 46 46 23
Wisconsin 18 40 41 39 34 47 34 43 45 35 37 32 42 13
Wyoming 50 33 43 32 36 35 48 37 40 18 48 28 40 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 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
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Rate Per 100,000 and Rank by State of Crime and Imprisionment 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