Rankings of States in Most Dangerous/Safest State Awards 1994 to 2000

[2000 Rankings] [Methodology] [Press Release]

[State Rankings for the 6 Crimes in 2000] [MQ Home]

Ranking of "1" is Most Dangerous; "50" is Safest

(NOTE: The awards for 1994 through 1996 were based on a different methodology and are not directly comparable. The awards were based on a formula averaging a state's ranking in 14 to 16 categories of crime, police and corrections.)

STATE	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Alabama	21	19	20	21	23	20	16
Alaska	13	11	13	10	12	14	24
Arizona	7	8	9	6	5	7	9
Arkansas	22	20	23	25	25	26	30
California	12	10	7	5	6	8	6
Colorado	26	31	29	31	21	18	20
Connecticut	34	35	32	32	30	36	31
Delaware	11	17	18	16	33	12	21
Florida	2	2	2	2	3	4	5
Georgia	14	14	12	17	15	21	11
Hawaii	35	29	31	29	27	30	28
Idaho	40	41	41	40	38	35	39
Illinois	9	9	10	8	8	5	4
Indiana	25	24	26	27	29	31	25
Iowa	42	42	44	42	45	45	48
Kansas	27	28	30	31	26	23	15
Kentucky	39	37	38	37	34	44	42
Louisiana	4	3	1	3	2	1	1
Maine	48	48	48	48	49	50	49
Maryland	5	7	4	4	4	2	2
Massachusetts	29	30	28	26	31	28	29
Michigan	10	12	11	12	13	13	12
Minnesota	33	32	33	33	36	42	34
Mississippi	16	13	19	19	20	25	32
Missouri	20	22	21	20	9	17	14
Montana	45	46	43	43	41	38	41
Nebraska	37	39	39	41	42	43	44
Nevada	3	1	3	1	1	3	7
New Hampshire	49	49	49	49	47	47	45
New Jersey	30	27	24	24	22	22	17
New Mexico	1	4	5	7	7	9	13
New York	23	23	16	14	14	11	8
North Carolina	15	16	17	18	17	19	22
North Dakota	50	50	50	50	48	46	47
Ohio	28	26	27	28	29	29	23
Oklahoma	18	18	15	13	16	15	18
Oregon	24	25	25	23	19	24	27
Pennsylvania	31	33	34	34	39	38	37
Rhode Island	38	38	36	36	44	41	36
South Carolina	6	6	6	11	10	10	10
South Dakota	47	44	46	46	43	37	43
Tennessee	8	5	8	9	18	16	19
Texas	17	15	14	15	11	6	3
Utah	32	34	35	35	35	33	35
Vermont	46	47	47	47	50	49	50
Virginia	36	36	37	38	32	32	38
Washington	19	21	22	22	24	27	26
West Virginia	44	45	45	45	46	48	46
Wisconsin	41	40	40	39	37	34	33
Wyoming	43	43	42	44	40	40	40