2008 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 4,667,464 4,519.6 451.3 4,068.3 7.6 34.6 157.0 252.1 1,077.1 2,703.6 287.6 634.8 858.1 1.4
Alaska 688,125 3,571.4 650.9 2,920.5 3.9 64.7 93.6 488.7 469.7 2,214.0 236.9 431.0 943.0 2.2
Arizona 6,499,377 4,569.0 481.2 4,087.8 7.0 33.7 150.1 290.3 894.3 2,605.6 587.9 572.2 890.0 1.6
Arkansas 2,867,764 4,331.7 504.6 3,827.1 5.7 49.7 96.1 353.1 1,177.6 2,422.9 226.6 511.2 887.3 1.7
California 36,580,371 3,460.7 506.2 2,954.5 5.9 24.3 189.7 286.3 649.9 1,778.3 526.3 471.8 801.7 1.7
Colorado 4,935,213 3,206.3 347.1 2,859.2 3.2 42.4 68.3 233.2 571.8 2,015.5 271.9 471.6 633.0 1.3
Connecticut 3,502,932 2,796.1 306.5 2,489.6 3.8 19.4 115.4 167.9 431.3 1,804.5 253.8 407.4 555.5 1.4
Delaware 876,211 4,288.7 706.1 3,581.9 6.5 42.3 210.8 446.5 774.1 2,515.9 291.8 464.2 1064.3 2.3
Florida 18,423,878 4,804.4 685.3 4,119.1 6.3 32.4 196.9 449.7 1,023.0 2,751.4 344.8 555.7 1097.2 2.0
Georgia 9,697,838 4,481.0 489.4 3,991.6 6.7 24.2 184.2 274.3 1,038.0 2,545.4 408.3 543.5 888.6 1.6
Hawaii 1,287,481 3,841.1 272.6 3,568.5 2.0 28.2 84.3 158.1 730.4 2,440.7 397.4 334.3 629.5 1.9
Idaho 1,527,506 2,352.2 240.8 2,111.4 1.5 37.8 15.8 185.7 445.5 1,556.3 109.7 477.3 451.9 0.9
Illinois 12,842,954 3,496.7 528.2 2,968.5 6.2 32.0 187.4 302.7 614.9 2,098.8 254.8 354.1 825.1 2.3
Indiana 6,388,309 3,670.5 336.9 3,333.6 5.0 26.7 118.8 186.3 765.5 2,294.0 274.1 443.0 670.3 1.5
Iowa 2,993,987 2,736.3 288.9 2,447.4 2.6 31.3 41.7 213.4 554.4 1,746.9 146.2 292.8 533.6 1.8
Kansas 2,797,375 3,817.0 414.2 3,402.8 4.0 44.0 60.1 306.0 705.8 2,413.9 265.2 305.3 754.5 2.5
Kentucky 4,287,931 2,964.3 298.9 2,665.4 4.7 33.8 94.7 165.7 688.8 1,797.9 178.7 491.1 565.4 1.2
Louisiana 4,451,513 4,509.1 664.4 3,844.7 12.2 28.1 140.4 483.7 1,022.4 2,517.4 304.9 849.2 1048.9 1.2
Maine 1,319,691 2,576.7 119.1 2,457.6 2.3 28.7 25.2 62.8 497.0 1,871.3 89.3 150.4 364.9 2.4
Maryland 5,658,655 4,125.8 625.3 3,500.5 8.7 19.9 233.3 363.4 686.2 2,366.7 447.6 402.0 975.4 2.4
Massachusetts 6,543,595 2,842.1 456.8 2,385.3 2.6 26.7 108.1 319.5 554.1 1,635.9 195.2 155.4 695.3 4.5
Michigan 10,002,486 3,459.7 513.7 2,946.0 5.5 44.8 132.3 331.0 746.7 1,842.2 357.1 487.3 808.3 1.7
Minnesota 5,230,567 3,115.9 263.3 2,852.6 2.1 34.5 79.9 146.8 506.3 2,152.3 193.9 189.5 548.6 2.9
Mississippi 2,940,212 3,244.6 304.5 2,940.1 8.0 31.5 105.2 159.8 877.8 1,846.2 216.1 738.0 598.5 0.8
Missouri 5,956,335 4,134.8 498.8 3,636.0 7.7 27.1 124.2 349.9 768.5 2,519.0 348.6 506.6 862.4 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 968,035 3,020.6 301.4 2,719.2 3.4 35.7 21.0 241.3 377.5 2,158.8 182.9 363.3 573.3 1.6
Nebraska 1,781,949 3,191.4 310.7 2,880.7 3.9 33.7 72.8 200.4 489.2 2,154.6 237.0 248.3 598.8 2.4
Nevada 2,615,772 4,159.0 723.2 3,435.8 6.3 42.2 247.5 427.1 925.5 1,901.8 608.5 487.2 1066.8 2.2
New Hampshire 1,321,872 2,283.2 160.9 2,122.3 1.1 30.3 32.1 97.5 327.7 1,688.2 106.4 204.4 373.1 1.8
New Jersey 8,663,398 2,625.8 327.3 2,298.5 4.3 13.0 146.6 163.4 466.4 1,599.2 232.9 299.6 557.2 1.9
New Mexico 1,986,763 4,467.5 654.8 3,812.7 7.5 56.1 108.3 482.9 1,042.9 2,365.9 404.0 317.9 1036.1 3.3
New York 19,467,789 2,394.3 398.3 1,996.0 4.3 14.4 163.0 216.4 336.6 1,530.5 128.9 308.0 597.9 1.9
North Carolina 9,247,134 4,496.6 466.3 4,030.3 6.5 24.8 154.9 280.1 1,206.2 2,535.1 289.0 370.2 869.3 2.3
North Dakota 641,421 2,206.1 189.6 2,016.5 0.8 44.6 11.4 132.8 359.2 1,516.6 140.6 226.4 391.3 1.7
Ohio 11,528,072 3,756.6 349.9 3,406.7 4.8 39.2 163.1 142.9 890.1 2,267.3 249.3 448.4 690.6 1.5
Oklahoma 3,644,025 3,983.1 528.0 3,455.1 5.8 40.2 101.0 381.0 964.3 2,190.8 299.9 664.4 873.5 1.3
Oregon 3,782,991 3,565.6 260.2 3,305.4 2.2 31.1 70.2 156.6 556.5 2,448.4 300.5 373.5 590.7 1.6
Pennsylvania 12,566,368 2,795.9 406.2 2,389.7 5.6 27.7 150.2 222.7 467.0 1,743.8 179.0 390.3 645.2 1.7
Rhode Island 1,053,502 3,089.8 252.1 2,837.7 2.9 26.8 83.5 138.9 547.3 1,986.3 304.0 239.4 535.9 2.2
South Carolina 4,503,280 4,946.4 727.3 4,219.1 6.8 37.4 146.5 536.6 1,020.8 2,806.0 392.4 520.9 1149.2 2.2
South Dakota 804,532 1,981.4 276.1 1,705.3 4.6 69.9 16.7 185.0 322.1 1,273.3 110.0 414.3 446.6 1.1
Tennessee 6,240,456 4,752.3 720.6 4,031.7 6.6 33.4 173.2 507.4 1,045.8 2,677.4 308.5 436.3 1123.8 2.6
Texas 24,304,290 4,499.2 508.5 3,990.7 5.6 33.1 155.3 314.4 946.6 2,692.9 351.3 670.7 907.6 1.4
Utah 2,727,343 3,610.0 224.8 3,385.2 1.5 33.6 52.1 137.6 541.0 2,577.9 266.4 235.6 563.3 2.4
Vermont 621,049 2,698.2 137.5 2,560.7 2.7 21.4 15.0 98.4 566.0 1,900.3 94.4 260.5 393.6 1.5
Virginia 7,795,424 2,780.3 257.0 2,523.3 4.7 23.0 95.8 133.5 412.9 1,939.2 171.2 490.2 509.3 1.0
Washington 6,566,073 4,106.3 331.1 3,775.2 2.9 40.0 97.4 190.7 803.5 2,534.0 437.8 273.0 708.6 2.6
West Virginia 1,814,873 2,830.3 277.0 2,553.3 3.7 21.6 49.5 202.2 601.4 1,776.5 176.0 331.7 532.3 1.6
Wisconsin 5,627,610 3,036.7 275.4 2,761.3 2.6 20.0 91.7 161.0 487.9 2,068.4 205.0 398.8 551.5 1.4
Wyoming 532,981 2,968.8 246.2 2,722.6 2.3 34.5 16.1 193.3 412.8 2,174.2 135.7 391.0 518.5 1.3
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 23 5 21 4 5 17 11 22 3 3 21 5 17 10
Alaska 47 23 8 28 30 2 31 3 39 22 30 23 9 34
Arizona 15 4 18 3 7 21 15 18 13 6 2 6 11 17
Arkansas 32 11 15 10 18 4 28 11 2 16 32 10 13 27
California 1 26 14 25 16 41 5 19 25 40 3 17 20 24
Colorado 22 29 26 30 35 8 38 24 28 30 23 18 27 9
Connecticut 29 39 31 40 32 48 22 35 43 38 27 25 37 12
Delaware 45 12 4 14 12 9 3 7 17 13 19 19 5 38
Florida 4 2 5 2 13 26 4 6 7 2 13 7 3 33
Georgia 9 9 17 7 9 42 7 21 6 8 6 8 12 21
Hawaii 42 18 39 15 46 33 33 40 21 15 8 34 28 31
Idaho 39 47 45 47 48 14 48 33 42 47 47 16 45 2
Illinois 5 25 10 24 15 27 6 17 26 28 26 33 18 39
Indiana 16 21 27 22 22 38 21 32 19 20 22 21 25 15
Iowa 30 42 35 42 40 29 42 27 31 42 42 40 41 28
Kansas 33 19 22 20 29 7 39 16 22 17 25 38 21 45
Kentucky 26 36 34 36 24 20 30 36 23 39 39 12 34 5
Louisiana 25 6 6 9 1 34 18 4 8 12 15 1 6 6
Maine 41 45 50 41 43 32 44 50 36 35 50 50 50 43
Maryland 19 15 9 16 2 47 2 10 24 18 4 26 8 44
Massachusetts 14 37 20 44 41 39 24 14 32 45 35 49 23 50
Michigan 8 27 12 26 21 5 19 13 20 37 10 14 19 23
Minnesota 21 31 40 31 45 19 35 42 35 27 36 48 39 48
Mississippi 31 28 32 27 3 28 25 39 15 36 33 2 30 1
Missouri 18 14 16 13 4 36 20 12 18 11 12 11 16 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 34 33 35 34 16 45 23 46 25 37 32 33 18
Nebraska 38 30 30 29 31 22 36 29 37 26 29 43 29 42
Nevada 35 13 2 18 14 10 1 8 12 33 1 15 4 35
New Hampshire 40 48 48 46 49 31 43 49 49 44 48 47 49 29
New Jersey 11 44 29 45 27 50 16 37 41 46 31 39 36 30
New Mexico 36 10 7 11 6 3 23 5 5 19 7 36 7 49
New York 3 46 24 49 28 49 10 26 48 48 45 37 31 32
North Carolina 10 8 19 6 11 40 13 20 1 9 20 31 15 40
North Dakota 48 49 47 48 50 6 50 47 47 49 43 46 48 26
Ohio 7 20 25 19 23 13 9 43 14 21 28 20 24 16
Oklahoma 28 17 11 17 17 11 26 9 10 23 18 4 14 7
Oregon 27 24 41 23 44 30 37 41 30 14 17 30 32 19
Pennsylvania 6 40 23 43 20 35 14 25 40 43 38 29 26 22
Rhode Island 43 32 43 32 37 37 34 44 33 31 16 44 40 37
South Carolina 24 1 1 1 8 15 17 1 9 1 9 9 1 36
South Dakota 46 50 37 50 26 1 46 34 50 50 46 24 46 4
Tennessee 17 3 3 5 10 24 8 2 4 5 14 22 2 46
Texas 2 7 13 8 19 25 12 15 11 4 11 3 10 11
Utah 34 22 46 21 47 23 40 45 34 7 24 45 35 41
Vermont 49 43 49 37 38 45 49 48 29 34 49 42 47 14
Virginia 12 41 42 39 25 43 29 46 44 32 41 13 44 3
Washington 13 16 28 12 36 12 27 31 16 10 5 41 22 47
West Virginia 37 38 36 38 33 44 41 28 27 41 40 35 42 20
Wisconsin 20 33 38 33 39 46 32 38 38 29 34 27 38 13
Wyoming 50 35 44 34 42 18 47 30 45 24 44 28 43 8
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