2009 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 4,708,708 4,230.5 450.1 3,780.4 6.8 31.9 133.1 278.3 1,037.3 2,507.5 235.5 652.5 828.1 1.3
Alaska 698,473 3,573.8 633.4 2,940.4 3.1 73.4 93.6 463.2 515.4 2,183.5 241.5 359.1 927.4 2.6
Arizona 6,595,778 4,015.5 426.5 3,589.0 5.8 34.6 124.3 261.8 823.4 2,364.8 400.8 584.2 785.4 1.3
Arkansas 2,889,450 4,290.8 515.8 3,775.0 6.2 47.7 89.2 372.8 1,202.8 2,361.3 211.0 524.1 893.3 1.7
California 36,961,664 3,204.3 473.3 2,731.0 5.3 23.6 173.4 271.0 622.8 1,665.0 443.3 460.3 746.4 1.6
Colorado 5,024,748 3,009.5 338.8 2,670.7 3.2 45.2 67.1 223.4 530.1 1,892.2 248.4 453.7 605.9 1.3
Connecticut 3,518,288 2,649.3 300.9 2,348.4 3.0 18.7 113.7 165.5 431.2 1,705.1 212.1 382.7 535.7 1.4
Delaware 885,122 3,999.2 645.4 3,353.8 4.6 44.6 189.8 406.4 784.4 2,354.0 215.3 448.6 980.8 2.2
Florida 18,537,969 4,453.3 612.5 3,840.8 5.5 29.7 166.7 410.6 981.1 2,588.6 271.1 560.6 996.6 1.8
Georgia 9,829,211 4,100.6 428.0 3,672.6 5.8 23.6 148.9 249.8 1,003.2 2,332.0 337.4 564.8 795.3 1.4
Hawaii 1,295,178 3,942.8 274.1 3,668.7 1.8 29.7 79.5 163.1 713.7 2,580.0 375.0 318.0 641.0 2.0
Idaho 1,545,801 2,265.9 246.2 2,019.7 1.6 37.2 16.4 191.0 432.3 1,492.2 95.2 478.7 448.2 0.9
Illinois 12,910,409 3,234.1 497.2 2,736.9 6.0 30.2 177.6 283.4 603.0 1,927.3 206.6 349.8 770.9 2.2
Indiana 6,423,113 3,446.3 334.0 3,112.3 4.9 25.2 114.4 189.5 761.0 2,135.9 215.4 448.2 645.2 1.4
Iowa 3,007,856 2,612.0 282.1 2,329.9 1.3 29.6 39.9 211.3 545.9 1,654.2 129.8 293.0 515.1 1.8
Kansas 2,818,747 3,632.5 406.6 3,225.9 4.4 41.8 63.4 296.9 690.8 2,323.7 211.4 306.6 729.2 2.4
Kentucky 4,314,113 2,779.6 255.0 2,524.6 4.3 35.5 84.4 130.8 692.6 1,690.7 141.3 479.2 507.5 1.1
Louisiana 4,492,076 4,485.6 642.9 3,842.7 11.8 30.1 136.9 464.1 1,044.7 2,540.1 258.0 885.6 1027.2 1.2
Maine 1,318,301 2,525.0 119.9 2,405.1 2.0 28.4 30.3 59.2 510.4 1,817.1 77.5 150.2 360.4 2.4
Maryland 5,699,478 3,788.5 590.0 3,198.5 7.7 20.3 210.7 351.3 647.5 2,206.7 344.2 383.7 909.9 2.4
Massachusetts 6,593,587 2,785.7 462.6 2,323.1 2.6 26.3 113.2 320.4 523.5 1,619.7 179.9 152.7 694.9 4.6
Michigan 9,969,727 3,348.6 499.8 2,848.8 6.2 45.4 124.6 323.5 762.8 1,791.7 294.3 456.2 784.7 1.7
Minnesota 5,266,214 2,889.4 244.5 2,644.9 1.4 34.0 68.7 140.4 485.7 1,996.9 162.3 189.6 509.0 2.7
Mississippi 2,951,996 3,244.5 286.3 2,958.2 6.6 33.6 100.6 145.6 1,001.3 1,772.7 184.2 703.5 582.1 0.8
Missouri 5,987,580 3,862.9 492.9 3,370.0 6.5 26.8 124.2 335.4 728.0 2,350.9 291.1 510.3 829.9 1.6
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 974,989 2,833.3 287.0 2,546.3 3.3 36.6 23.4 223.7 378.1 2,002.9 165.3 369.8 541.6 1.5
Nebraska 1,796,619 3,057.4 289.4 2,768.0 2.3 34.3 67.9 184.8 485.7 2,087.0 195.3 244.5 566.2 2.3
Nevada 2,643,085 3,768.9 705.2 3,063.7 5.9 38.7 228.1 432.5 836.7 1,757.9 469.1 472.3 1011.6 2.1
New Hampshire 1,324,575 2,333.9 160.4 2,173.5 0.8 30.1 34.3 95.2 371.1 1,717.4 85.1 206.2 377.8 1.8
New Jersey 8,707,739 2,387.2 311.4 2,075.8 3.7 12.0 133.7 162.1 424.3 1,473.7 178.0 291.5 519.0 1.8
New Mexico 2,009,671 4,346.4 632.4 3,714.0 9.9 53.2 96.1 473.2 1,092.5 2,298.0 323.5 314.5 1003.8 3.2
New York 19,541,453 2,316.4 384.4 1,932.0 4.0 13.2 144.0 223.1 321.2 1,498.8 111.9 299.1 577.6 1.9
North Carolina 9,380,884 4,068.4 404.5 3,663.9 5.2 24.6 126.1 248.7 1,149.5 2,301.7 212.7 371.6 770.9 2.1
North Dakota 646,844 2,247.2 266.4 1,980.8 1.9 45.8 16.5 202.2 375.1 1,464.6 141.1 229.7 464.5 2.0
Ohio 11,542,645 3,593.2 331.9 3,261.3 4.6 35.7 153.1 138.5 901.1 2,163.9 196.3 447.1 658.0 1.5
Oklahoma 3,687,050 4,093.0 503.4 3,589.6 6.3 41.6 91.1 364.3 1,032.6 2,273.2 283.9 661.7 862.4 1.3
Oregon 3,825,657 3,260.9 260.6 3,000.3 2.3 31.4 65.3 161.5 516.0 2,223.5 260.8 375.5 560.6 1.5
Pennsylvania 12,604,767 2,581.3 382.3 2,199.0 5.3 28.8 138.9 209.4 434.5 1,623.1 141.4 407.1 602.2 1.5
Rhode Island 1,053,209 2,870.9 254.3 2,616.6 3.0 28.1 74.5 148.6 546.2 1,842.3 228.1 210.8 516.0 2.4
South Carolina 4,561,242 4,584.4 675.2 3,909.2 6.7 36.5 126.1 506.0 996.3 2,614.4 298.5 514.9 1066.1 2.1
South Dakota 812,383 1,988.6 218.7 1,769.9 3.7 61.7 14.4 139.0 322.6 1,340.6 106.6 422.2 395.7 0.9
Tennessee 6,296,254 4,432.6 666.0 3,766.6 7.4 32.1 153.3 473.2 1,013.8 2,514.3 238.5 428.3 1042.7 2.4
Texas 24,782,302 4,506.3 491.0 4,015.3 5.4 33.5 153.4 298.7 968.7 2,737.7 309.0 654.4 892.5 1.4
Utah 2,784,572 3,510.4 215.4 3,295.0 1.4 33.8 46.8 133.4 547.9 2,497.9 249.1 234.3 544.9 2.3
Vermont 621,760 2,548.7 134.6 2,414.1 1.3 21.2 17.9 94.2 558.3 1,783.6 72.2 277.3 376.0 1.4
Virginia 7,882,590 2,692.2 230.8 2,461.4 4.7 19.9 80.5 125.7 405.4 1,907.7 148.3 482.8 476.9 1.0
Washington 6,664,195 4,015.9 336.3 3,679.6 2.9 38.8 100.7 194.0 796.0 2,527.3 356.3 273.1 704.3 2.6
West Virginia 1,819,777 2,844.8 305.2 2,539.6 4.6 25.8 50.2 224.5 659.7 1,728.4 151.5 346.9 559.2 1.6
Wisconsin 5,654,774 2,870.9 259.1 2,611.8 2.6 19.8 86.7 150.0 474.2 1,979.7 158.0 394.9 520.3 1.3
Wyoming 544,270 2,836.6 219.7 2,616.9 2.0 31.6 14.3 171.8 399.8 2,078.0 139.1 381.2 481.4 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 8 18 5 5 25 15 18 5 8 21 5 14 8
Alaska 47 21 6 25 33 1 27 5 35 21 19 32 8 47
Arizona 14 13 20 14 15 18 19 20 15 10 3 6 16 12
Arkansas 32 7 10 6 10 4 29 9 1 11 28 9 10 25
California 1 28 16 29 18 43 5 19 26 42 2 16 20 23
Colorado 22 30 25 30 32 7 37 25 32 31 18 18 27 11
Connecticut 29 40 31 41 35 48 22 35 42 40 26 27 36 15
Delaware 45 14 4 16 23 8 3 8 17 12 24 19 7 37
Florida 4 4 8 4 16 31 6 7 11 3 14 8 6 28
Georgia 9 9 19 10 14 42 10 21 8 14 7 7 15 16
Hawaii 42 15 36 11 44 32 33 36 21 4 4 35 26 32
Idaho 39 48 42 47 45 13 48 31 41 47 47 14 46 2
Illinois 5 27 13 28 12 28 4 17 27 29 29 33 18 38
Indiana 16 23 27 21 21 40 21 32 19 23 23 20 25 17
Iowa 30 41 35 42 49 33 42 27 31 43 44 39 40 27
Kansas 33 19 21 19 26 9 39 16 23 15 27 37 21 42
Kentucky 26 38 40 37 27 17 31 46 22 41 41 13 42 5
Louisiana 25 3 5 3 1 29 13 4 4 5 16 1 3 6
Maine 41 44 50 40 42 35 44 50 36 33 49 50 50 43
Maryland 19 17 9 20 3 45 2 11 25 20 6 26 9 41
Massachusetts 15 37 17 43 38 38 23 14 33 45 33 49 23 50
Michigan 8 24 12 26 11 6 18 13 18 34 11 17 17 26
Minnesota 21 31 43 31 47 20 35 42 38 27 36 48 41 48
Mississippi 31 26 34 24 7 22 25 41 9 36 32 2 29 1
Missouri 18 16 14 15 8 37 20 12 20 13 12 11 13 24
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 36 33 35 31 14 45 24 46 26 35 31 35 18
Nebraska 38 29 32 27 40 19 36 33 37 24 31 43 31 39
Nevada 35 18 1 22 13 12 1 6 14 37 1 15 4 36
New Hampshire 40 46 48 45 50 30 43 48 48 39 48 47 48 30
New Jersey 11 45 29 46 29 50 14 37 43 48 34 40 38 29
New Mexico 36 6 7 8 2 3 26 3 3 17 8 36 5 49
New York 3 47 23 49 28 49 11 26 50 46 45 38 30 31
North Carolina 10 11 22 12 20 41 17 22 2 16 25 30 19 35
North Dakota 48 49 37 48 43 5 47 29 47 49 42 45 45 33
Ohio 7 20 28 18 24 16 9 44 13 22 30 21 24 19
Oklahoma 28 10 11 13 9 10 28 10 6 18 13 3 12 9
Oregon 27 25 38 23 39 27 38 38 34 19 15 29 32 21
Pennsylvania 6 42 24 44 19 34 12 28 40 44 40 24 28 20
Rhode Island 43 33 41 33 34 36 34 40 30 32 22 46 39 45
South Carolina 24 1 2 2 6 15 16 1 10 2 10 10 1 34
South Dakota 46 50 46 50 30 2 49 43 49 50 46 23 47 3
Tennessee 17 5 3 7 4 24 8 2 7 7 20 22 2 44
Texas 2 2 15 1 17 23 7 15 12 1 9 4 11 14
Utah 34 22 47 17 46 21 41 45 29 9 17 44 34 40
Vermont 49 43 49 39 48 44 46 49 28 35 50 41 49 13
Virginia 12 39 44 38 22 46 32 47 44 30 39 12 44 4
Washington 13 12 26 9 36 11 24 30 16 6 5 42 22 46
West Virginia 37 34 30 36 25 39 40 23 24 38 38 34 33 22
Wisconsin 20 32 39 34 37 47 30 39 39 28 37 25 37 10
Wyoming 50 35 45 32 41 26 50 34 45 25 43 28 43 7
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