2011 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 4,803,689 4,025.2 419.8 3,605.4 6.2 28.5 102.1 282.9 1,064.2 2,319.3 222.0 649.6 780.3 1.2
Alaska 723,860 3,247.9 610.1 2,637.8 4.1 60.2 79.6 466.1 394.0 2,052.1 191.7 398.6 873.9 2.2
Arizona 6,467,315 3,968.9 414.2 3,554.7 6.1 38.6 110.5 259.0 845.7 2,402.9 306.2 589.2 769.7 1.3
Arkansas 2,937,979 4,235.0 480.9 3,754.1 5.5 41.3 82.6 351.5 1,173.3 2,383.0 197.8 544.6 856.3 1.6
California 37,683,933 2,995.4 411.2 2,584.2 4.8 20.3 144.1 242.0 610.5 1,584.0 389.7 393.5 669.6 1.7
Colorado 5,116,302 2,909.7 314.4 2,595.3 3.0 44.7 64.5 202.2 502.8 1,877.4 215.0 426.5 573.9 1.3
Connecticut 3,586,717 2,428.2 275.7 2,152.5 3.6 19.2 102.9 150.1 431.3 1,535.3 186.0 349.6 491.0 1.4
Delaware 908,137 3,997.9 566.4 3,431.5 5.3 33.8 171.6 355.8 838.8 2,422.7 170.1 438.5 909.6 2.1
Florida 19,082,262 4,032.0 514.6 3,517.4 5.2 27.6 134.3 347.5 891.8 2,418.0 207.6 536.6 866.3 1.6
Georgia 9,812,460 4,015.2 374.6 3,640.6 5.6 21.1 125.0 223.0 978.5 2,359.7 302.5 546.8 738.7 1.4
Hawaii 1,378,129 3,435.0 251.4 3,183.6 1.5 25.6 72.1 152.2 592.5 2,266.8 324.3 282.2 569.8 2.0
Idaho 1,583,744 2,278.0 202.2 2,075.8 2.2 28.0 11.9 160.1 436.6 1,555.1 84.0 486.7 409.8 0.8
Illinois 12,859,752 3,102.7 424.0 2,678.7 6.1 23.6 157.2 237.1 604.4 1,845.8 228.5 376.3 691.9 1.8
Indiana 6,516,353 3,493.3 331.8 3,161.5 4.7 27.0 107.1 193.0 776.1 2,158.1 227.4 442.6 648.0 1.5
Iowa 3,064,097 2,608.5 257.3 2,351.2 1.4 28.3 26.9 200.7 573.5 1,647.2 130.5 295.0 492.4 1.7
Kansas 2,870,386 3,444.3 355.7 3,088.6 3.9 39.1 50.4 262.3 651.9 2,203.8 232.9 324.0 664.6 2.1
Kentucky 4,366,814 2,965.5 239.6 2,725.9 3.5 34.3 84.8 117.0 750.0 1,822.5 153.5 479.0 512.2 1.1
Louisiana 4,574,766 4,238.5 554.6 3,683.9 11.1 27.6 114.4 401.6 1,010.8 2,473.9 199.2 865.2 923.0 1.1
Maine 1,328,544 2,669.6 123.3 2,546.3 2.0 29.7 27.9 63.8 592.0 1,873.2 81.1 146.9 377.9 2.6
Maryland 5,839,572 3,350.7 493.5 2,857.2 6.8 20.5 177.1 289.0 613.5 1,968.5 275.2 379.5 779.2 2.1
Massachusetts 6,607,003 2,679.9 427.3 2,252.6 2.8 25.0 102.4 297.0 551.0 1,538.4 163.2 205.0 652.6 3.2
Michigan 9,876,801 2,987.4 442.8 2,544.6 6.2 44.0 103.9 288.6 706.3 1,586.2 252.2 434.2 697.3 1.6
Minnesota 5,347,299 2,777.3 230.5 2,546.8 1.4 39.5 63.3 126.2 480.3 1,914.1 152.4 182.7 485.2 2.7
Mississippi 2,977,457 3,285.3 269.0 3,016.3 7.8 29.0 83.8 148.4 1,031.8 1,819.6 164.8 690.3 570.6 0.8
Missouri 6,008,984 3,760.6 447.5 3,313.1 6.1 24.4 104.4 312.5 746.8 2,311.2 255.1 512.4 778.8 1.5
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 997,677 2,670.2 276.1 2,394.1 2.9 36.7 17.1 219.4 335.5 1,913.4 145.2 367.2 515.5 1.4
Nebraska 1,842,234 3,016.2 253.6 2,762.6 3.7 37.9 53.9 158.1 473.6 2,066.0 223.0 243.9 529.9 2.2
Nevada 2,720,028 3,144.4 568.1 2,576.3 5.1 33.6 158.4 371.0 747.9 1,476.3 352.1 461.3 825.7 1.8
New Hampshire 1,317,807 2,702.9 217.3 2,485.6 1.2 44.1 38.6 133.4 473.8 1,927.3 84.5 198.1 465.9 2.4
New Jersey 8,834,773 2,455.3 307.9 2,147.4 4.3 11.4 138.2 154.0 489.4 1,460.9 197.1 269.3 522.6 1.9
New Mexico 2,078,674 4,111.0 572.7 3,538.3 7.6 41.2 82.7 444.1 1,030.4 2,248.1 259.8 329.1 926.5 2.8
New York 19,501,616 2,303.9 397.2 1,906.7 3.9 14.1 145.7 233.5 334.5 1,473.5 98.7 282.8 587.9 2.1
North Carolina 9,651,103 3,846.5 346.3 3,500.2 5.2 20.3 97.9 222.9 1,093.5 2,232.4 174.3 361.7 696.3 1.9
North Dakota 684,740 2,195.4 248.1 1,947.3 3.5 38.8 13.3 192.5 359.0 1,444.5 143.9 205.5 442.8 2.2
Ohio 11,541,007 3,602.8 305.2 3,297.6 4.3 31.9 138.6 130.4 978.3 2,138.0 181.3 441.4 635.0 1.4
Oklahoma 3,784,163 3,829.9 457.5 3,372.4 5.6 37.3 86.9 327.7 963.5 2,115.8 293.1 632.2 794.7 1.3
Oregon 3,868,229 3,399.8 249.3 3,150.5 2.2 32.0 57.8 157.3 535.2 2,379.9 235.4 372.2 564.4 1.5
Pennsylvania 12,743,948 2,586.5 362.4 2,224.1 5.0 26.2 126.8 204.4 454.9 1,636.9 132.4 402.9 584.8 1.5
Rhode Island 1,050,646 2,908.8 246.1 2,662.7 1.9 30.4 70.8 143.1 650.6 1,786.0 226.1 196.5 512.4 2.6
South Carolina 4,673,348 4,517.9 596.9 3,921.0 6.8 35.9 99.1 455.0 1,013.2 2,616.0 291.8 473.1 989.0 2.1
South Dakota 823,593 2,113.2 255.6 1,857.6 2.4 61.1 20.3 171.8 355.4 1,387.0 115.2 426.0 441.4 1.0
Tennessee 6,399,787 4,215.7 607.8 3,607.9 5.9 32.7 126.3 442.8 981.8 2,405.2 221.0 443.0 968.6 2.2
Texas 25,631,788 3,891.8 408.6 3,483.2 4.4 29.2 111.7 263.3 841.7 2,392.1 249.4 632.7 756.9 1.2
Utah 2,814,347 3,184.8 197.1 2,987.7 1.8 32.0 38.3 125.0 468.0 2,299.9 219.8 242.6 495.9 2.0
Vermont 626,592 2,555.2 147.6 2,407.6 1.8 23.3 15.8 106.8 612.5 1,710.8 84.3 255.1 388.4 1.5
Virginia 8,104,384 2,454.4 197.6 2,256.8 3.8 19.6 66.9 107.3 378.3 1,758.0 120.6 468.0 423.3 0.9
Washington 6,823,267 3,874.4 295.3 3,579.1 2.4 34.0 82.5 176.5 828.9 2,386.4 363.8 259.5 653.2 2.5
West Virginia 1,854,908 2,399.3 296.3 2,103.0 4.7 20.1 43.2 228.4 552.3 1,437.1 113.6 366.6 506.6 1.4
Wisconsin 5,709,843 2,700.3 249.9 2,450.4 2.4 20.8 80.6 146.1 475.8 1,829.7 144.9 384.6 494.9 1.3
Wyoming 567,356 2,489.2 219.4 2,269.8 3.2 25.7 12.5 178.0 328.5 1,849.5 91.8 381.7 446.4 1.2
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 7 16 6 6 28 21 15 3 12 20 3 11 9
Alaska 47 23 1 28 26 2 31 1 44 23 28 24 6 43
Arizona 16 10 17 8 8 11 15 18 13 6 5 6 14 12
Arkansas 32 3 10 2 14 6 28 8 1 9 26 8 8 24
California 1 28 18 30 20 45 6 19 26 41 1 25 20 28
Colorado 22 31 26 29 35 3 35 27 34 28 23 21 28 13
Connecticut 29 45 32 44 31 48 19 39 43 44 29 34 41 17
Delaware 45 9 6 13 15 18 2 7 15 3 32 19 5 37
Florida 4 6 8 10 16 32 9 9 12 4 24 9 7 26
Georgia 9 8 21 4 12 41 12 23 9 11 6 7 16 14
Hawaii 40 19 37 17 47 36 32 38 28 15 4 39 30 33
Idaho 39 48 46 47 42 30 50 34 42 42 49 11 48 2
Illinois 5 26 15 26 10 39 4 20 27 31 16 29 19 30
Indiana 15 17 25 18 21 33 16 29 17 19 17 17 24 20
Iowa 30 39 34 39 49 29 44 28 30 38 41 37 40 27
Kansas 33 18 23 20 27 9 39 17 22 18 15 36 21 35
Kentucky 26 30 42 25 32 16 25 47 18 33 35 12 36 6
Louisiana 25 2 7 3 1 31 13 5 7 2 25 1 4 5
Maine 41 38 50 33 43 25 43 50 29 29 50 50 50 46
Maryland 19 21 9 23 5 43 1 13 24 24 9 28 12 36
Massachusetts 14 36 14 42 37 37 20 12 32 43 34 46 23 50
Michigan 8 29 13 34 7 5 18 14 21 40 12 20 17 25
Minnesota 21 33 43 32 48 8 36 45 36 26 36 49 42 48
Mississippi 31 22 33 21 2 27 26 40 4 34 33 2 29 1
Missouri 18 15 12 15 9 38 17 11 20 13 11 10 13 22
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 37 31 38 36 14 46 25 48 27 37 31 34 16
Nebraska 38 27 36 24 30 12 38 35 39 22 19 43 32 41
Nevada 35 25 5 31 18 19 3 6 19 45 3 15 9 29
New Hampshire 42 34 45 35 50 4 41 43 38 25 47 47 43 44
New Jersey 11 43 27 45 25 50 8 37 35 47 27 40 33 32
New Mexico 36 5 4 9 3 7 27 3 5 16 10 35 3 49
New York 3 47 20 49 28 49 5 21 49 46 45 38 26 38
North Carolina 10 13 24 11 17 44 23 24 2 17 31 33 18 31
North Dakota 48 49 40 48 33 10 48 30 46 48 39 45 45 40
Ohio 7 16 28 16 24 23 7 44 10 20 30 18 25 18
Oklahoma 28 14 11 14 13 13 24 10 11 21 7 5 10 10
Oregon 27 20 39 19 41 21 37 36 33 10 14 30 31 21
Pennsylvania 6 40 22 43 19 34 10 26 41 39 40 23 27 19
Rhode Island 43 32 41 27 44 24 33 42 23 35 18 48 35 47
South Carolina 24 1 3 1 4 15 22 2 6 1 8 13 1 39
South Dakota 46 50 35 50 40 1 45 33 47 50 43 22 46 4
Tennessee 17 4 2 5 11 20 11 4 8 5 21 16 2 42
Texas 2 11 19 12 23 26 14 16 14 7 13 4 15 8
Utah 34 24 48 22 45 22 42 46 40 14 22 44 38 34
Vermont 49 41 49 37 46 40 47 49 25 37 48 42 49 23
Virginia 12 44 47 41 29 47 34 48 45 36 42 14 47 3
Washington 13 12 30 7 38 17 29 32 16 8 2 41 22 45
West Virginia 37 46 29 46 22 46 40 22 31 49 44 32 37 15
Wisconsin 20 35 38 36 39 42 30 41 37 32 38 26 39 11
Wyoming 50 42 44 40 34 35 49 31 50 30 46 27 44 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
1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 *

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