("1" is highest crime rate in that category, "50" is lowest crime rate. Rankings based on 1998 rates per 100,000 population.)
MURDER |
RAPE |
ROBBERY |
ASSAULT |
BURGLARY |
MV-THEFT |
|
Alabama |
8 |
26 |
22 |
22 |
14 |
32 |
Alaska |
18 |
1 |
34 |
8 |
34 |
20 |
Arizona |
8 |
30 |
12 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
Arkansas |
13 |
21 |
30 |
18 |
16 |
36 |
California |
19 |
33 |
6 |
10 |
24 |
6 |
Colorado |
27 |
9 |
36 |
28 |
28 |
23 |
Connecticut |
30 |
44 |
20 |
35 |
36 |
24 |
Delaware |
40 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
21 |
19 |
Florida |
20 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Georgia |
8 |
32 |
9 |
19 |
12 |
8 |
Hawaii |
44 |
34 |
28 |
44 |
15 |
14 |
Idaho |
39 |
29 |
43 |
32 |
29 |
44 |
Illinois |
7 |
23 |
4 |
5 |
23 |
16 |
Indiana |
14 |
28 |
25 |
24 |
27 |
29 |
Iowa |
47 |
42 |
41 |
30 |
31 |
42 |
Kansas |
23 |
13 |
33 |
26 |
19 |
40 |
Kentucky |
27 |
35 |
38 |
41 |
38 |
41 |
Louisiana |
1 |
19 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
Maine |
44 |
49 |
45 |
47 |
35 |
49 |
Maryland |
4 |
25 |
1 |
11 |
18 |
9 |
Massachusetts |
44 |
38 |
29 |
7 |
41 |
18 |
Michigan |
15 |
5 |
16 |
12 |
22 |
7 |
Minnesota |
41 |
6 |
31 |
42 |
30 |
35 |
Mississippi |
2 |
18 |
23 |
29 |
7 |
33 |
Missouri |
15 |
39 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
15 |
Montana |
30 |
50 |
47 |
46 |
47 |
39 |
Nebraska |
37 |
43 |
37 |
20 |
39 |
31 |
Nevada |
5 |
4 |
3 |
23 |
9 |
2 |
New Hampshire |
48 |
24 |
43 |
49 |
50 |
48 |
New Jersey |
32 |
46 |
10 |
31 |
32 |
17 |
New Mexico |
3 |
3 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
New York |
25 |
45 |
2 |
21 |
42 |
27 |
North Carolina |
8 |
31 |
15 |
14 |
3 |
34 |
North Dakota |
50 |
26 |
49 |
50 |
49 |
45 |
Ohio |
32 |
15 |
21 |
40 |
26 |
26 |
Oklahoma |
22 |
12 |
32 |
13 |
8 |
22 |
Oregon |
35 |
17 |
27 |
25 |
17 |
11 |
Pennsylvania |
24 |
39 |
13 |
33 |
46 |
30 |
Rhode Island |
42 |
20 |
39 |
34 |
37 |
25 |
South Carolina |
12 |
11 |
17 |
2 |
6 |
21 |
South Dakota |
49 |
22 |
46 |
45 |
48 |
50 |
Tennessee |
6 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
Texas |
17 |
16 |
19 |
16 |
13 |
13 |
Utah |
37 |
14 |
40 |
36 |
25 |
28 |
Vermont |
43 |
37 |
50 |
48 |
32 |
46 |
Virginia |
21 |
41 |
26 |
39 |
44 |
38 |
Washington |
34 |
8 |
24 |
27 |
11 |
5 |
West Virginia |
29 |
48 |
42 |
38 |
40 |
43 |
Wisconsin |
36 |
47 |
35 |
43 |
43 |
37 |
Wyoming |
26 |
36 |
48 |
37 |
45 |
47 |
Source: Morgan Quitno Press using data from Federal Bureau of Investigation
"Crime in the United States 1998" (Uniform Crime Reports, October 17, 1999)