2005 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 4,548,327 4,323.8 431.7 3,892.1 8.2 34.5 141.4 248.3 955.8 2,650.0 288.3 594.1 820.9 1.4
Alaska 663,253 4,226.4 632.3 3,612.5 4.8 81.1 81.0 465.4 622.8 2,600.7 391.3 415.4 993.6 2.4
Arizona 5,953,007 5,351.2 512.0 4,838.0 7.5 33.7 144.1 326.7 946.2 2,958.4 922.3 525.7 995.8 1.9
Arkansas 2,775,708 4,596.4 528.5 4,067.9 6.8 43.3 91.2 387.2 1,085.1 2,720.4 262.5 482.1 935.3 1.9
California 36,154,147 3,846.2 526.0 3,320.6 6.9 26.0 176.1 317.3 692.9 1,915.3 712.3 472.1 858.1 1.8
Colorado 4,663,295 4,337.8 396.7 4,041.1 3.7 43.4 84.7 264.9 745.1 2,736.1 559.7 460.4 800.8 1.7
Connecticut 3,500,701 2,851.2 272.6 2,578.6 3.0 20.3 112.3 136.9 435.5 1,840.1 303.1 377.3 530.5 1.4
Delaware 841,741 3,750.3 633.4 3,117.9 4.4 44.7 155.2 429.1 690.4 2,148.5 279.1 472.9 945.2 2.0
Florida 17,768,191 4,721.7 708.9 4,012.8 5.0 37.1 169.6 497.2 927.4 2,661.6 423.8 504.8 1110.2 2.2
Georgia 9,072,576 4,618.2 445.9 4,172.3 6.2 23.5 153.7 262.5 924.6 2,733.0 487.0 535.8 863.1 1.6
Hawaii 1,273,278 5,047.7 255.5 4,799.8 1.9 26.9 78.6 148.0 769.0 3,308.4 717.4 349.3 735.5 2.1
Idaho 1,429,367 2,954.2 256.8 2,697.4 2.4 40.4 18.6 195.3 564.3 1,931.7 201.8 478.2 526.5 1.1
Illinois 12,765,427 3,643.9 552.2 3,091.7 6.0 33.8 182.2 330.3 608.2 2,175.1 347.0 354.4 861.4 2.4
Indiana 6,266,019 3,780.0 324.0 3,459.6 5.7 29.6 108.7 180.9 698.3 2,414.3 347.0 390.5 670.0 1.7
Iowa 2,965,524 3,127.0 293.3 2,833.7 1.3 28.6 38.9 224.5 611.9 2,047.6 185.5 296.2 576.7 1.9
Kansas 2,748,172 4,195.1 389.4 3,805.7 3.7 40.0 65.3 280.4 692.4 2,773.6 339.8 330.7 770.0 2.3
Kentucky 4,172,608 2,797.8 266.8 2,531.0 4.6 34.0 88.4 139.8 634.1 1,686.1 210.8 459.4 519.9 1.1
Louisiana 4,507,331 4,422.8 596.6 3,696.4 10.0 31.5 118.0 435.1 873.7 2,503.5 319.2 802.3 966.2 1.2
Maine 1,318,220 2,531.6 112.5 2,419.1 1.4 24.7 24.5 61.8 479.7 1,837.2 102.3 145.2 354.4 2.4
Maryland 5,589,599 4,247.1 703.0 3,550.9 9.9 22.6 257.2 414.6 642.7 2,298.8 609.5 396.7 1058.1 2.7
Massachusetts 6,433,367 2,820.2 460.8 2,358.4 2.8 27.2 121.8 309.0 539.8 1,524.5 294.1 140.7 696.6 5.0
Michigan 10,100,833 3,651.5 553.8 3,097.7 6.2 51.5 132.1 363.9 698.2 1,921.5 477.9 491.0 863.6 1.8
Minnesota 5,126,739 3,384.1 297.3 3,087.8 2.2 44.0 92.1 158.9 579.6 2,229.6 278.6 181.8 606.1 3.3
Mississippi 2,908,496 3,553.8 279.6 3,274.2 7.4 39.4 82.7 150.1 923.7 2,092.9 257.6 666.7 607.0 0.9
Missouri 5,797,703 4,525.0 525.7 3,929.3 6.9 28.0 124.1 366.6 738.3 2,746.2 443.3 530.5 918.6 1.7
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 934,737 3,323.7 281.8 3,142.9 1.9 32.2 18.9 228.5 389.6 2,545.5 210.9 375.4 596.1 1.6
Nebraska 1,758,163 3,719.7 287.3 3,432.4 2.5 33.0 59.2 192.6 535.1 2,579.9 317.4 247.2 630.5 2.6
Nevada 2,412,301 4,843.4 607.5 4,245.9 8.5 42.1 194.9 361.9 973.4 2,153.9 1,116.4 483.4 1032.1 2.1
New Hampshire 1,306,819 2,173.7 134.8 1,838.9 1.5 31.1 27.9 74.3 320.8 1,415.1 103.0 193.6 318.7 1.6
New Jersey 8,703,150 2,692.3 355.3 2,337.0 4.8 13.9 151.8 184.7 447.9 1,571.0 318.1 317.3 589.0 1.9
New Mexico 1,925,985 4,778.0 646.3 4,131.7 7.5 54.1 98.3 486.5 1,087.2 2,639.9 411.7 328.3 1059.5 3.2
New York 19,315,721 2,554.3 444.4 2,101.9 4.5 18.8 182.1 238.9 352.2 1,564.6 185.0 323.2 654.6 2.0
North Carolina 8,672,459 4,548.9 468.7 4,080.2 6.7 26.5 145.7 289.7 1,202.6 2,549.3 328.2 363.6 876.7 2.4
North Dakota 634,605 2,135.9 111.3 2,024.6 1.9 28.4 8.5 72.5 321.9 1,533.6 169.1 208.9 313.8 1.5
Ohio 11,470,685 4,017.8 350.1 3,667.7 5.1 40.7 162.8 141.5 873.4 2,432.7 361.5 399.6 716.9 1.8
Oklahoma 3,543,442 4,551.2 509.2 4,047.1 5.3 41.8 91.2 371.0 1,007.3 2,647.5 392.3 691.1 913.9 1.3
Oregon 3,638,871 4,686.6 287.0 4,402.4 2.2 34.8 68.1 181.9 759.1 3,112.2 529.3 370.1 727.2 2.0
Pennsylvania 12,405,348 2,846.2 425.3 2,421.9 6.1 28.9 154.9 235.4 452.5 1,732.4 236.9 341.0 667.5 2.0
Rhode Island 1,073,579 2,980.4 252.4 2,728.0 3.2 30.1 72.3 146.9 495.4 1,822.6 409.9 190.1 525.2 2.8
South Carolina 4,246,933 5,037.8 767.4 4,370.4 7.4 43.8 133.2 582.9 1,006.4 2,978.4 385.6 527.8 1204.4 2.3
South Dakota 774,883 1,946.2 179.0 1,767.2 2.3 48.7 18.6 109.3 323.3 1,343.7 108.3 442.8 355.7 0.8
Tennessee 5,955,745 5,055.6 755.7 4,299.9 7.2 36.8 168.1 545.2 1,032.8 2,843.6 423.6 439.8 1185.7 2.7
Texas 22,928,508 4,847.1 528.1 4,319.0 6.1 37.1 156.1 328.8 958.8 2,952.8 407.5 698.4 960.0 1.4
Utah 2,490,334 4,062.1 225.4 3,836.7 2.2 36.9 44.0 142.2 601.2 2,894.5 341.0 251.0 609.1 2.4
Vermont 622,387 2,495.3 125.6 2,369.7 1.3 24.6 12.2 87.6 511.7 1,750.4 107.7 249.2 362.6 1.5
Virginia 7,564,327 2,932.7 283.4 2,649.3 6.1 23.3 99.1 154.9 394.3 2,043.6 211.4 467.3 548.3 1.2
Washington 6,291,899 5,235.4 345.6 4,889.8 3.3 44.7 92.0 205.7 959.1 3,147.4 783.3 276.6 834.6 3.0
West Virginia 1,814,083 2,905.5 273.9 2,632.6 4.5 18.5 45.0 205.9 624.8 1,797.2 210.6 293.4 537.2 1.8
Wisconsin 5,527,644 2,910.2 241.8 2,669.4 3.7 20.5 82.4 135.2 442.3 1,999.6 227.5 395.7 508.7 1.3
Wyoming 508,798 3,388.7 230.3 3,158.4 2.8 24.0 15.3 188.1 476.3 2,536.4 145.2 404.4 546.1 1.4
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 18 22 17 4 22 16 23 10 15 31 5 21 11
Alaska 47 20 7 22 24 1 34 5 29 18 18 22 8 38
Arizona 17 1 16 2 5 25 15 16 11 5 2 9 7 26
Arkansas 32 12 12 12 12 10 28 9 3 13 34 13 12 27
California 1 24 14 26 11 39 5 17 23 37 5 16 19 23
Colorado 22 17 24 14 30 9 31 21 19 11 7 18 22 20
Connecticut 29 40 38 40 35 47 22 44 44 38 29 28 41 12
Delaware 45 26 6 30 29 5 10 7 25 30 32 15 11 31
Florida 4 9 3 15 23 18 6 3 12 14 12 10 3 35
Georgia 9 11 20 9 14 43 12 22 13 12 9 6 17 16
Hawaii 42 4 41 3 44 37 35 39 17 1 4 33 24 33
Idaho 39 36 40 36 39 14 47 30 34 35 42 14 42 3
Illinois 5 29 11 32 19 24 3 14 31 28 22 32 18 41
Indiana 15 25 29 24 20 31 23 35 21 25 21 27 28 18
Iowa 30 34 31 34 49 33 42 27 30 32 43 39 37 28
Kansas 33 21 25 19 31 15 38 20 24 9 24 35 23 37
Kentucky 26 43 39 41 26 23 30 43 27 44 40 19 44 4
Louisiana 24 16 9 20 1 28 21 6 15 23 26 1 9 6
Maine 40 46 49 43 48 40 44 50 39 39 50 49 48 42
Maryland 19 19 4 23 2 45 1 8 26 26 6 25 5 44
Massachusetts 13 42 19 45 37 36 20 18 35 48 30 50 27 50
Michigan 8 28 10 31 15 3 18 12 22 36 10 11 16 21
Minnesota 21 32 30 33 43 7 26 36 33 27 33 48 34 49
Mississippi 31 30 36 27 8 16 32 38 14 31 35 4 33 2
Missouri 18 15 15 16 10 35 19 11 20 10 11 7 13 19
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 35 29 45 27 45 26 46 21 39 29 35 15
Nebraska 38 27 32 25 38 26 39 31 36 19 28 44 31 43
Nevada 35 7 8 8 3 11 2 13 7 29 1 12 6 34
New Hampshire 41 48 47 49 47 29 43 48 50 49 49 46 49 17
New Jersey 10 44 26 46 25 50 13 33 42 45 27 38 36 25
New Mexico 36 8 5 10 6 2 25 4 2 17 14 36 4 48
New York 3 45 21 47 28 48 4 24 47 46 44 37 30 32
North Carolina 11 14 18 11 13 38 14 19 1 20 25 31 15 39
North Dakota 48 49 50 48 46 34 50 49 49 47 45 45 50 14
Ohio 7 23 27 21 22 13 8 42 16 24 20 24 26 22
Oklahoma 28 13 17 13 21 12 29 10 5 16 17 3 14 8
Oregon 27 10 33 4 41 21 37 34 18 3 8 30 25 30
Pennsylvania 6 41 23 42 18 32 11 25 41 43 36 34 29 29
Rhode Island 43 35 42 35 34 30 36 40 38 40 15 47 43 46
South Carolina 25 5 1 5 7 8 17 1 6 4 19 8 1 36
South Dakota 46 50 46 50 40 4 46 46 48 50 47 20 47 1
Tennessee 16 3 2 7 9 20 7 2 4 8 13 21 2 45
Texas 2 6 13 6 16 17 9 15 9 6 16 2 10 10
Utah 34 22 45 18 42 19 41 41 32 7 23 42 32 40
Vermont 49 47 48 44 50 41 49 47 37 42 48 43 46 13
Virginia 12 37 34 38 17 44 24 37 45 33 38 17 38 5
Washington 14 2 28 1 33 6 27 29 8 2 3 41 20 47
West Virginia 37 39 37 39 27 49 40 28 28 41 41 40 40 24
Wisconsin 20 38 43 37 32 46 33 45 43 34 37 26 45 7
Wyoming 50 31 44 28 36 42 48 32 40 22 46 23 39 9
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