2012 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 4,817,528 3,955.8 450.3 3,505.5 7.1 26.9 104.2 312.1 985.6 2,314.9 205.0 650.5 800.9 1.2
Alaska 730,307 3,347.7 604.1 2,743.6 4.1 79.8 86.3 433.9 403.9 2,131.3 208.4 405.2 878.5 2.2
Arizona 6,551,149 3,965.4 428.6 3,536.8 5.5 34.8 112.7 275.6 807.7 2,439.4 289.8 582.8 782.3 1.3
Arkansas 2,949,828 4,177.9 469.6 3,708.3 5.9 41.8 78.3 343.5 1,107.6 2,406.3 194.4 494.2 840.4 1.7
California 37,999,878 3,185.3 423.5 2,761.8 5.0 20.6 148.7 249.2 646.8 1,671.3 443.7 351.2 699.7 2.0
Colorado 5,189,458 2,992.7 307.4 2,685.3 2.9 40.9 65.4 198.2 504.2 1,948.0 233.2 392.2 575.9 1.5
Connecticut 3,591,765 2,432.0 283.5 2,148.5 3.3 26.0 103.3 151.0 411.7 1,556.4 180.4 332.6 498.4 1.5
Delaware 917,053 3,898.9 550.5 3,348.4 6.1 27.2 163.3 353.9 805.7 2,385.9 156.8 448.4 885.3 2.0
Florida 19,320,749 3,763.2 487.0 3,276.2 5.2 27.2 123.6 330.9 794.8 2,288.2 193.2 524.5 814.6 1.6
Georgia 9,915,646 3,803.6 380.0 3,423.6 5.9 21.6 126.1 226.4 877.3 2,257.8 288.5 542.0 722.4 1.3
Hawaii 1,390,090 3,366.5 243.0 3,123.5 1.5 20.1 80.9 140.5 550.5 2,294.9 278.0 273.2 555.4 2.0
Idaho 1,595,590 2,204.4 209.8 1,994.6 1.9 31.0 15.2 161.7 453.8 1,454.2 86.6 498.8 409.3 0.8
Illinois 12,868,192 3,001.7 416.2 2,585.5 6.0 27.8 151.4 231.0 552.5 1,828.6 204.3 382.8 674.8 1.8
Indiana 6,537,782 3,373.3 344.8 3,028.5 4.7 25.4 101.0 213.8 729.4 2,090.4 208.6 439.9 647.7 1.5
Iowa 3,075,039 2,553.6 265.6 2,288.0 1.6 29.3 31.3 203.4 559.4 1,597.2 131.4 281.7 494.4 1.8
Kansas 2,885,398 3,512.8 356.7 3,156.1 2.9 38.3 51.7 263.7 654.1 2,267.0 234.9 324.6 672.3 2.1
Kentucky 4,379,730 2,800.4 224.9 2,575.5 4.6 30.0 81.0 109.4 682.2 1,739.8 153.5 489.2 482.5 1.0
Louisiana 4,602,134 4,031.0 496.3 3,534.7 10.6 25.1 118.6 342.0 913.4 2,450.3 171.1 870.1 849.8 1.0
Maine 1,328,501 2,636.4 122.4 2,514.0 2.0 28.0 31.6 60.8 562.7 1,876.6 74.6 145.4 373.8 2.6
Maryland 5,884,868 3,235.4 477.3 2,758.1 6.3 21.0 172.9 277.0 574.4 1,929.5 254.1 360.3 753.1 2.1
Massachusetts 6,645,303 2,563.8 407.0 2,156.8 1.8 24.8 98.6 281.7 521.2 1,496.6 139.0 199.0 622.7 3.1
Michigan 9,882,519 2,977.1 455.0 2,522.1 7.1 46.9 105.5 295.5 663.4 1,604.9 253.8 440.8 707.2 1.6
Minnesota 5,379,646 2,799.0 230.9 2,568.1 1.8 30.4 64.6 134.0 471.7 1,939.1 157.2 184.2 487.7 2.6
Mississippi 2,986,450 3,070.6 260.1 2,810.5 7.1 27.4 76.2 149.3 940.4 1,725.1 145.0 716.7 541.2 0.8
Missouri 6,024,522 3,768.0 451.3 3,316.7 6.5 25.3 96.0 323.5 705.6 2,340.0 271.1 518.0 783.0 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 1,005,494 2,874.7 278.8 2,595.9 2.9 39.0 20.1 216.8 389.9 2,037.2 168.9 357.9 538.4 1.5
Nebraska 1,855,350 3,018.5 258.8 2,759.7 2.8 38.3 60.8 157.0 471.3 2,064.4 224.1 246.5 534.8 2.2
Nevada 2,754,354 3,422.7 608.6 2,814.1 4.5 33.8 178.6 391.7 803.1 1,647.3 363.7 459.9 890.0 1.9
New Hampshire 1,321,617 2,641.9 215.0 2,426.9 1.1 36.8 35.6 141.4 453.1 1,893.4 80.4 211.2 457.7 2.2
New Jersey 8,867,749 2,336.6 290.1 2,046.5 4.4 11.7 128.4 145.7 477.4 1,383.2 185.9 261.3 494.8 1.9
New Mexico 2,083,540 4,163.8 559.6 3,604.2 5.6 45.9 88.6 419.5 1,026.3 2,315.6 262.2 314.8 920.0 2.9
New York 19,576,125 2,323.3 406.3 1,917.0 3.5 14.5 146.3 242.0 328.9 1,499.6 88.5 275.6 598.0 2.2
North Carolina 9,748,364 3,724.3 353.5 3,370.8 4.9 20.4 96.3 231.9 1,018.9 2,186.5 165.4 357.2 690.6 1.9
North Dakota 701,345 2,284.2 245.7 2,038.5 3.6 39.8 18.1 184.2 346.3 1,523.8 168.4 213.5 449.6 2.1
Ohio 11,553,031 3,507.9 301.5 3,206.4 4.1 33.0 133.3 131.0 911.6 2,123.9 171.0 440.4 622.1 1.4
Oklahoma 3,815,780 3,906.7 474.4 3,432.3 5.8 42.5 85.1 341.0 945.9 2,178.6 307.8 647.9 817.6 1.3
Oregon 3,899,801 3,488.7 247.1 3,241.6 2.3 29.7 62.0 153.1 565.4 2,413.3 262.9 378.3 571.3 1.5
Pennsylvania 12,764,475 2,522.2 355.5 2,166.7 5.5 26.4 123.3 200.3 446.9 1,601.4 118.4 398.2 572.2 1.4
Rhode Island 1,050,304 2,827.4 253.0 2,574.4 3.4 27.8 68.1 153.7 564.5 1,759.3 250.6 190.1 510.4 2.7
South Carolina 4,723,417 4,393.5 560.5 3,833.0 7.0 36.2 95.5 421.7 957.4 2,590.1 285.5 458.0 943.8 2.1
South Dakota 834,047 2,401.1 323.8 2,077.3 2.8 71.9 18.8 230.3 393.3 1,555.4 128.6 434.5 531.5 1.2
Tennessee 6,454,914 4,014.6 638.5 3,376.1 6.2 31.7 126.3 474.3 871.1 2,304.2 200.8 438.2 976.1 2.2
Texas 26,060,796 3,771.7 408.6 3,363.1 4.4 29.6 116.6 258.0 786.6 2,327.0 249.5 601.2 744.9 1.2
Utah 2,854,871 3,230.3 208.0 3,022.3 1.8 34.2 38.7 133.4 458.7 2,352.4 211.3 242.1 510.2 2.1
Vermont 625,953 2,643.0 142.3 2,500.7 1.3 20.9 18.2 101.9 667.6 1,759.6 73.5 242.3 392.4 1.6
Virginia 8,186,628 2,371.1 191.5 2,179.6 3.9 18.4 57.6 111.5 362.2 1,705.9 111.5 450.7 409.5 0.9
Washington 6,895,318 3,987.2 298.1 3,689.1 3.1 32.6 84.1 178.2 890.1 2,412.3 386.7 249.0 667.0 2.7
West Virginia 1,856,680 2,716.9 320.1 2,396.8 3.8 22.4 45.0 249.0 617.6 1,658.9 120.3 378.5 559.8 1.5
Wisconsin 5,724,554 2,743.1 283.9 2,459.2 3.0 21.5 82.0 177.6 487.9 1,827.5 143.8 356.9 529.8 1.5
Wyoming 576,626 2,494.3 201.3 2,293.0 2.4 26.7 10.6 161.6 368.5 1,823.2 101.3 379.5 430.6 1.1
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 14 7 2 32 17 12 4 12 22 3 11 8
Alaska 47 22 3 27 26 1 25 2 44 20 21 22 6 41
Arizona 15 7 15 5 15 14 15 16 13 3 5 6 13 12
Arkansas 32 2 11 2 11 6 31 7 1 6 25 11 8 26
California 1 25 16 24 18 45 5 19 24 38 1 33 18 33
Colorado 22 29 28 28 36 7 34 30 34 25 17 24 27 15
Connecticut 29 44 33 45 32 35 18 39 43 44 28 34 39 19
Delaware 45 10 6 13 9 30 3 6 14 7 35 16 5 32
Florida 4 14 8 15 17 31 11 10 16 15 26 8 10 23
Georgia 8 11 21 9 12 41 10 25 11 17 6 7 16 11
Hawaii 40 21 41 19 48 47 30 43 32 14 8 39 31 34
Idaho 39 50 45 49 43 20 49 34 40 49 47 10 48 2
Illinois 5 28 17 30 10 27 4 23 31 30 23 25 20 28
Indiana 16 20 25 20 20 36 19 27 18 22 20 19 23 16
Iowa 30 41 35 41 47 25 44 28 30 43 40 37 41 27
Kansas 33 16 22 18 35 10 39 17 23 16 16 35 21 36
Kentucky 26 33 43 31 21 22 29 48 20 35 36 12 43 5
Louisiana 25 4 7 6 1 38 13 8 8 2 29 1 7 4
Maine 41 39 50 35 42 26 43 50 29 29 49 50 50 45
Maryland 19 23 9 26 7 43 2 15 26 27 12 29 14 37
Massachusetts 14 40 19 44 46 39 20 14 33 48 39 47 24 50
Michigan 9 30 12 34 4 3 16 13 22 41 13 17 17 24
Minnesota 21 34 42 33 45 21 35 44 37 26 34 49 42 46
Mississippi 31 26 36 23 3 29 32 40 7 36 37 2 32 1
Missouri 18 13 13 14 6 37 22 11 19 9 9 9 12 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 31 34 29 37 9 45 26 46 24 31 30 33 20
Nebraska 38 27 37 25 38 11 37 36 38 23 18 42 34 42
Nevada 35 19 2 22 22 16 1 5 15 40 3 13 4 31
New Hampshire 42 38 44 38 50 12 42 42 41 28 48 46 44 40
New Jersey 11 47 31 47 24 50 8 41 36 50 27 40 40 29
New Mexico 36 3 5 4 14 4 24 4 2 11 11 36 3 49
New York 3 48 20 50 30 49 6 21 50 47 46 38 26 43
North Carolina 10 15 24 11 19 46 21 22 3 18 33 31 19 30
North Dakota 48 49 40 48 29 8 48 31 49 46 32 45 45 38
Ohio 7 17 29 17 25 17 7 46 9 21 30 18 25 13
Oklahoma 28 9 10 8 13 5 26 9 6 19 4 4 9 10
Oregon 27 18 39 16 41 23 36 38 27 4 10 28 29 21
Pennsylvania 6 42 23 43 16 34 12 29 42 42 43 23 28 14
Rhode Island 43 32 38 32 31 28 33 37 28 34 14 48 37 48
South Carolina 24 1 4 1 5 13 23 3 5 1 7 14 2 35
South Dakota 46 45 26 46 39 2 46 24 45 45 41 21 35 7
Tennessee 17 5 1 10 8 19 9 1 12 13 24 20 1 44
Texas 2 12 18 12 23 24 14 18 17 10 15 5 15 9
Utah 34 24 46 21 44 15 41 45 39 8 19 44 38 39
Vermont 49 37 49 36 49 44 47 49 21 33 50 43 49 25
Virginia 12 46 48 42 27 48 38 47 48 37 44 15 47 3
Washington 13 6 30 3 33 18 27 32 10 5 2 41 22 47
West Virginia 37 36 27 39 28 40 40 20 25 39 42 27 30 17
Wisconsin 20 35 32 37 34 42 28 33 35 31 38 32 36 18
Wyoming 50 43 47 40 40 33 50 35 47 32 45 26 46 6
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  

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
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