State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
VIOLENT CRIME PER 100,000 POPULATION,
2002
[Violent offenses known to the police, which includes murder, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault. When States share the same rank, the next
lower rank is omitted. Because of
rounded data, States may have identical values shown, but different ranks]
| State |
Rate \1 |
Rank |
|
United States |
495 |
(X) |
| Alabama |
444 |
21 |
| Alaska |
563 |
12 |
| Arizona |
553 |
13 |
| Arkansas |
424 |
22 |
| California |
593 |
10 |
| Colorado |
352 |
27 |
| Connecticut |
311 |
33 |
| Delaware |
599 |
9 |
| District
of Columbia |
1,633 |
(X) |
| Florida |
770 |
2 |
| Georgia |
459 |
20 |
| Hawaii |
262 |
41 |
| Idaho |
255 |
42 |
| Illinois |
621 |
8 |
| Indiana |
357 |
26 |
| Iowa |
286 |
36 |
| Kansas |
377 |
24 |
| Kentucky |
279 |
38 |
| Louisiana |
662 |
6 |
| Maine |
108 |
48 |
| Maryland |
770 |
2 |
| Massachusetts |
484 |
18 |
| Michigan |
540 |
14 |
| Minnesota |
268 |
40 |
| Mississippi |
343 |
31 |
| Missouri |
539 |
15 |
| Montana |
352 |
27 |
| Nebraska |
314 |
32 |
| Nevada |
638 |
7 |
| New
Hampshire |
161 |
47 |
| New
Jersey |
375 |
25 |
| New
Mexico |
740 |
4 |
| New
York |
496 |
17 |
| North
Carolina |
470 |
19 |
| North
Dakota |
78 |
50 |
| Ohio |
351 |
29 |
| Oklahoma |
503 |
16 |
| Oregon |
292 |
34 |
| Pennsylvania |
402 |
23 |
| Rhode
Island |
285 |
37 |
| South
Carolina |
822 |
1 |
| South
Dakota |
177 |
46 |
| Tennessee |
717 |
5 |
| Texas |
579 |
11 |
| Utah |
237 |
43 |
| Vermont |
107 |
49 |
| Virginia |
291 |
35 |
| Washington |
345 |
30 |
| West
Virginia |
234 |
44 |
| Wisconsin |
225 |
45 |
| Wyoming |
274 |
39 |
X Not applicable.
\1 Based on Bureau of the Census estimates as of July 1.
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Crime in the United States, annual.
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