2000 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 4,447,100 4,545.9 486.2 4,059.7 7.4 33.3 128.2 317.2 906.9 2,864.8 288.0 584.8 892.2 1.5
Alaska 626,932 4,249.4 566.9 3,682.5 4.3 70.3 78.2 405.1 621.9 2,685.8 374.8 339.1 935.2 2.8
Arizona 5,130,632 5,829.5 531.7 5,297.8 7.0 30.7 146.3 347.7 1,011.6 3,444.1 842.1 491.8 1061.5 2.2
Arkansas 2,673,400 4,115.3 445.3 3,670.0 6.3 31.7 74.8 332.4 802.1 2,608.7 259.3 442.5 812.3 1.8
California 33,871,648 3,739.7 621.6 3,118.2 6.1 28.9 177.9 408.7 656.3 1,924.5 537.4 471.9 933.4 2.0
Colorado 4,301,261 3,982.6 334.0 3,648.6 3.1 41.2 70.5 219.1 630.8 2,623.5 394.3 388.9 698.9 1.8
Connecticut 3,405,565 3,232.7 324.7 2,908.0 2.9 19.9 112.5 189.4 512.0 2,011.4 384.6 385.6 615.5 1.6
Delaware 783,600 4,478.1 684.4 3,793.6 3.2 54.1 177.9 449.2 665.6 2,725.9 402.1 500.6 1063.8 2.1
Florida 15,982,378 5,694.7 812.0 4,882.7 5.6 44.2 199.0 563.2 1,081.8 3,242.9 558.0 444.4 1300.3 2.9
Georgia 8,186,453 4,751.1 504.7 4,246.4 8.0 24.0 161.9 310.9 836.6 2,937.0 472.8 536.3 929.3 1.7
Hawaii 1,211,537 5,198.9 243.8 4,955.1 2.9 28.6 92.7 119.7 880.3 3,570.2 504.6 293.3 739.3 2.5
Idaho 1,293,953 3,186.2 252.5 2,933.7 1.2 29.7 17.2 204.3 566.5 2,206.0 161.2 425.9 545.9 1.3
Illinois 12,419,293 4,286.2 656.8 3,629.4 7.2 32.9 207.4 409.3 659.6 2,517.8 452.1 364.1 1019.7 2.8
Indiana 6,080,485 3,751.9 349.1 3,402.8 5.8 28.9 103.3 211.1 676.1 2,379.9 346.8 325.2 689.4 2.1
Iowa 2,926,324 3,233.7 266.4 2,967.3 1.6 23.1 36.6 205.1 558.4 2,225.2 183.6 271.7 563.1 2.1
Kansas 2,688,418 4,408.8 389.4 4,019.4 6.3 38.0 76.2 269.0 799.1 2,978.6 241.6 309.9 791.3 2.6
Kentucky 4,041,769 2,959.7 294.5 2,665.2 4.8 27.0 80.6 182.2 626.2 1,809.6 229.5 368.5 561.0 1.5
Louisiana 4,468,976 5,422.8 681.1 4,741.7 12.5 33.5 168.5 466.6 1,035.8 3,229.9 475.9 787.8 1155.3 1.5
Maine 1,274,923 2,619.8 109.6 2,510.2 1.2 25.1 19.4 63.9 531.4 1,875.1 103.7 128.0 360.6 2.8
Maryland 5,296,486 4,816.1 786.6 4,029.5 8.1 29.1 256.0 493.3 744.4 2,745.7 539.5 423.5 1189.6 2.8
Massachusetts 6,349,097 3,026.1 476.1 2,550.0 2.0 26.7 91.6 355.9 482.0 1,660.5 407.6 149.0 731.1 4.9
Michigan 9,938,444 4,109.9 555.0 3,554.9 6.7 50.6 138.0 359.7 702.2 2,291.9 560.7 479.3 910.5 1.9
Minnesota 4,919,479 3,488.4 280.8 3,207.6 3.1 45.5 75.5 156.7 530.9 2,403.7 273.0 126.4 601.6 4.8
Mississippi 2,844,658 4,004.4 360.9 3,643.5 9.0 33.3 128.2 317.2 906.9 2,864.8 288.0 675.5 725.3 1.1
Missouri 5,595,211 4,527.8 490.0 4,037.7 6.2 24.1 135.8 323.9 745.0 2,851.3 441.4 490.9 893.8 1.8
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 902,195 3,533.4 240.6 3,292.7 1.8 33.4 27.6 177.9 437.4 2,638.6 216.8 343.7 569.9 1.7
Nebraska 1,711,263 4,095.5 327.6 3,767.9 3.7 25.5 67.0 231.4 592.0 2,870.3 305.6 222.7 704.4 3.2
Nevada 1,998,257 4,268.6 524.2 3,744.4 6.5 43.0 227.3 247.3 877.1 2,208.2 659.2 498.6 898.6 1.8
New Hampshire 1,235,786 2,433.1 175.4 2,257.8 1.8 42.2 36.7 94.7 404.0 1,680.0 173.8 182.0 401.2 2.2
New Jersey 8,414,350 3,160.5 383.8 2,776.6 3.4 16.1 161.1 203.2 522.0 1,848.8 405.9 353.3 661.5 1.9
New Mexico 1,819,046 5,518.9 757.9 4,761.0 7.4 50.7 137.4 562.4 1,173.1 3,184.4 403.6 256.3 1234.0 4.8
New York 18,976,457 3,099.6 553.9 2,545.7 5.0 18.6 213.6 316.7 463.4 1,796.4 285.8 369.5 808.5 2.2
North Carolina 8,049,313 4,919.3 497.6 4,421.8 7.0 27.1 156.5 307.0 1,216.1 2,891.8 313.9 334.7 939.8 2.8
North Dakota 642,200 2,288.1 81.4 2,206.6 0.6 26.3 8.7 45.8 325.9 1,727.2 153.5 155.0 302.1 1.9
Ohio 11,353,140 4,041.8 334.1 3,707.7 3.7 37.6 137.5 155.3 780.7 2,583.2 343.7 403.3 704.9 1.7
Oklahoma 3,450,654 4,558.6 497.8 4,060.8 5.3 41.2 75.8 375.5 917.5 2,785.4 357.8 671.2 903.9 1.3
Oregon 3,421,399 4,845.4 350.7 4,494.7 2.0 37.6 84.4 226.7 748.8 3,338.7 407.2 307.6 800.2 2.6
Pennsylvania 12,281,054 2,995.3 420.0 2,575.3 4.9 26.4 147.8 240.9 440.4 1,839.2 295.8 299.9 677.5 2.3
Rhode Island 1,048,319 3,476.4 297.7 3,178.7 4.3 39.3 88.0 166.2 631.5 2,102.2 445.0 187.1 615.6 3.3
South Carolina 4,012,012 5,221.4 804.9 4,416.5 5.8 37.7 146.6 614.8 969.3 3,068.1 379.0 522.4 1246.6 2.4
South Dakota 754,844 2,319.8 166.8 2,153.0 0.9 40.4 17.4 108.1 383.7 1,663.7 105.7 345.8 382.1 1.1
Tennessee 5,689,283 4,890.2 707.2 4,183.0 7.2 38.4 166.4 495.2 990.4 2,708.8 483.9 388.7 1125.5 2.9
Texas 20,851,820 4,955.5 545.1 4,410.4 5.9 37.7 145.1 356.3 906.3 3,057.4 446.8 754.4 986.1 1.3
Utah 2,233,169 4,476.1 255.7 4,220.3 1.9 38.6 55.6 159.5 642.5 3,288.5 289.3 246.9 677.7 2.7
Vermont 608,827 2,986.9 113.5 2,873.4 1.5 23.0 19.2 69.8 575.0 2,165.5 132.9 215.3 400.8 1.9
Virginia 7,078,515 3,028.1 281.7 2,746.4 5.7 22.8 88.9 164.3 429.9 2,064.8 251.6 417.2 556.3 1.3
Washington 5,894,121 5,105.6 369.7 4,736.0 3.3 46.4 98.6 221.3 907.3 3,234.6 594.1 248.1 843.3 3.4
West Virginia 1,808,344 2,602.8 316.5 2,286.3 2.5 18.3 41.4 254.2 546.9 1,556.1 183.3 210.0 545.1 2.6
Wisconsin 5,363,675 3,209.1 236.8 2,972.3 3.2 21.7 84.6 127.3 469.5 2,229.9 272.9 378.4 534.0 1.4
Wyoming 493,782 3,298.0 266.5 3,031.5 2.4 32.4 14.2 217.5 420.8 2,494.6 116.1 340.1 569.7 1.7
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 15 20 15 6 24 22 19 11 16 32 5 19 10
Alaska 48 22 10 23 26 1 33 10 31 22 24 31 12 38
Arizona 20 1 14 1 9 28 15 15 5 2 1 10 8 28
Arkansas 33 23 22 24 14 27 37 16 16 25 37 15 21 19
California 1 30 9 33 16 31 7 9 26 40 7 13 13 24
Colorado 24 28 31 25 34 11 38 30 29 24 21 20 30 16
Connecticut 29 36 33 38 37 47 23 36 40 39 22 22 36 11
Delaware 45 17 6 19 32 2 6 7 24 20 20 8 7 27
Florida 4 2 1 3 21 7 5 2 3 5 5 14 1 44
Georgia 10 13 16 11 4 42 10 21 15 12 11 6 14 14
Hawaii 42 6 43 2 36 33 26 45 13 1 8 37 25 33
Idaho 39 38 42 37 47 29 48 34 34 35 45 16 43 3
Illinois 5 20 8 27 8 25 4 8 25 27 12 26 9 39
Indiana 14 29 29 29 19 32 24 32 23 30 26 33 31 26
Iowa 30 35 40 36 45 43 43 33 35 33 42 38 40 25
Kansas 32 19 24 18 13 16 34 23 17 11 39 34 24 34
Kentucky 25 45 36 42 25 35 32 37 30 44 40 25 41 9
Louisiana 22 4 7 5 1 21 8 6 4 7 10 1 5 8
Maine 40 46 49 46 48 40 45 49 37 41 50 49 49 42
Maryland 19 12 3 17 3 30 1 5 21 19 6 17 4 41
Massachusetts 13 42 21 44 41 36 27 14 41 49 16 48 26 50
Michigan 8 24 11 28 11 4 17 12 22 31 4 12 15 22
Minnesota 21 32 38 31 35 6 36 42 38 29 35 50 37 48
Mississippi 31 27 27 26 2 23 21 18 10 15 33 3 27 1
Missouri 17 16 19 16 15 41 20 17 20 17 15 11 18 18
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 44 30 43 22 44 38 45 23 41 29 38 12
Nebraska 38 25 32 20 28 39 39 27 32 14 29 42 29 45
Nevada 35 21 15 21 12 8 2 25 14 34 2 9 17 17
New Hampshire 41 48 46 48 44 9 42 47 48 47 44 46 46 30
New Jersey 9 39 25 40 30 50 11 35 39 42 18 27 34 21
New Mexico 36 3 4 4 5 3 19 3 2 8 19 39 3 49
New York 3 40 12 45 23 48 3 20 43 45 34 24 22 29
North Carolina 11 9 18 8 10 34 12 22 1 13 28 32 11 40
North Dakota 47 50 50 49 50 38 50 50 50 46 46 47 50 23
Ohio 7 26 30 22 29 19 18 43 18 26 27 19 28 15
Oklahoma 27 14 17 14 22 10 35 11 8 18 25 4 16 6
Oregon 28 11 28 7 40 20 31 28 19 3 17 35 23 36
Pennsylvania 6 43 23 43 24 37 13 26 44 43 30 36 33 31
Rhode Island 43 33 35 32 27 13 29 39 28 37 14 45 35 46
South Carolina 26 5 2 9 18 18 14 1 7 9 23 7 2 32
South Dakota 46 49 47 50 49 12 47 46 49 48 49 28 48 2
Tennessee 16 10 5 13 7 15 9 4 6 21 9 21 6 43
Texas 2 8 13 10 17 17 16 13 12 10 13 2 10 4
Utah 34 18 41 12 42 14 40 41 27 4 31 41 32 37
Vermont 49 44 48 39 46 44 46 48 33 36 47 43 47 20
Virginia 12 41 37 41 20 45 28 40 46 38 38 18 42 5
Washington 15 7 26 6 31 5 25 29 9 6 3 40 20 47
West Virginia 37 47 34 47 38 49 41 24 36 50 43 44 44 35
Wisconsin 18 37 45 35 33 46 30 44 42 32 36 23 45 7
Wyoming 50 34 39 34 39 26 49 31 47 28 48 30 39 13
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