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2003 Most Dangerous/Safest State Publication

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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

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

Alabama

20

17

19

21

19

20

21

23

20

16

Alaska

8

11

5

13

11

13

10

12

14

24

Arizona

3

5

7

7

8

9

6

5

7

9

Arkansas

23

22

25

22

20

23

25

25

26

30

California

12

13

17

12

10

7

5

6

8

6

Colorado

25

30

26

26

31

29

31

21

18

20

Connecticut

36

37

37

34

35

32

32

30

36

31

Delaware

19

12

10

11

17

18

16

33

12

21

Florida

4

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

4

5

Georgia

15

16

13

14

14

12

17

15

21

11

Hawaii

26

28

33

35

29

31

29

27

30

28

Idaho

42

46

42

40

41

41

40

38

35

39

Illinois

13

10

11

9

9

10

8

8

5

4

Indiana

24

26

24

25

24

26

27

29

31

25

Iowa

43

44

43

42

42

44

42

45

45

48

Kansas

28

23

23

27

28

30

31

26

23

15

Kentucky

35

35

38

39

37

38

37

34

44

42

Louisiana

1

1

4

4

3

1

3

2

1

1

Maine

48

49

48

48

48

48

48

49

50

49

Maryland

5

4

6

5

7

4

4

4

2

2

Massachusetts

31

32

30

29

30

28

26

31

28

29

Michigan

9

9

12

10

12

11

12

13

13

12

Minnesota

34

34

36

33

32

33

33

36

42

34

Mississippi

14

20

16

16

13

19

19

20

25

32

Missouri

17

21

21

20

22

21

20

9

17

14

Montana

41

42

45

45

46

43

43

41

38

41

Nebraska

39

36

34

37

39

39

41

42

43

44

Nevada

2

7

3

3

1

3

1

1

3

7

New Hampshire

46

43

49

49

49

49

49

47

47

45

New Jersey

32

33

31

30

27

24

24

22

22

17

New Mexico

7

3

1

1

4

5

7

7

9

13

New York

29

24

22

23

23

16

14

14

11

8

North Carolina

16

15

14

15

16

17

18

17

19

22

North Dakota

49

50

50

50

50

50

50

48

46

47

Ohio

22

25

28

28

26

27

28

29

29

23

Oklahoma

18

19

18

18

18

15

13

16

15

18

Oregon

33

30

27

24

25

25

23

19

24

27

Pennsylvania

30

31

29

31

33

34

34

39

38

37

Rhode Island

27

27

32

38

38

36

36

44

41

36

South Carolina

11

8

8

6

6

6

11

10

10

10

South Dakota

47

47

44

47

44

46

46

43

37

43

Tennessee

6

6

9

8

5

8

9

18

16

19

Texas

10

14

15

17

15

14

15

11

6

3

Utah

37

39

39

32

34

35

35

35

33

35

Vermont

50

48

47

46

47

47

47

50

49

50

Virginia

38

38

35

36

36

37

38

32

32

38

Washington

21

18

20

19

21

22

22

24

27

26

West Virginia

45

41

40

44

45

45

45

46

48

46

Wisconsin

40

40

41

41

40

40

39

37

34

33

Wyoming

44

45

46

43

43

42

44

40

40

40